What quote permanently changed the way you look at things?

These quotes are particularly useful when life throws a curve ball.

"I shall either find a way or make one." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inveniam_viam

"Fortune favours the brave" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_favours_the_bold

"I think therefore I am." -- Descartes

Descartes was a deep skeptic and this statement was the one thing he could irrefutably believe must be true. Everything else is various degrees of speculation.

Jim Keller talking about reading two books a week for 50 years

https://youtu.be/Nb2tebYAaOA?t=5048

Most people are not rational, they are TRIBAL: "my gang yay, your gang boo!" It really is that simple. The rest is cosmetics. -- War Nerd

There is a saying, "Neither a lender nor a borrower be.". At some point I twisted that in my mind to "Neither a leader nor a follower be" and have tried to live by both.

Standing strong, true, and free.

The higher, the fewer.