Short One Liner That Had A Strong Impact On You

[RazorCut]

Sometimes you read something and it has a direct, instant impact on you.

It's like when you hear a certain song for the first time and you feel the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and you start rubbing your arms as you have goose bumps.

You know, that strange connection that creates that epiphany, a moment of clarity, a true wake-up call?

We can get them from all sorts of sources and sometimes they are intentional and sometimes they're accidental. Maybe a paragraph of a book we are reading when we make a mental leap and a piece of the jigsaw finally fits. Or it might be something someone says in casual conversation that, when taken in a totally different context, had a much greater meaning for you. It could be written on a bill board, a piece of graffiti or a meme.

The following had an impact on me. If you have one please share.

"Life is not happening to you. Life is responding to you"


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[ApparentHorizon]

If you can learn history, physics or literature, why can't you learn to make money?

 

[SteveO]

"I don't need this job..." Said to me many years ago by someone that I supervised. Started me on my quest to leave the job.

 

[AllenCrawley]

The man with experience is never at the mercy of the man with an argument.

 

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[Andy Black]

I was on a short flight once and wrote down over 100 one-liners that resonate and guide me. I think my hobby is collecting one-liners. I don’t know where to begin narrowing it down to the one that’s had the most impact.

Here’s a few that might help people:

“What if you already know enough?” (Craig Desorcey)

“Money is proof you helped your fellow man.” (MJ)

“The most important formula in business is R+R=Profit.” (Blaise Brosnan)

“It’s a journey, and it doesn’t happen overnight.” (Blaise Brosnan)

“Sales is a screening process.” (Blaise Brosnan)

“Help the people in motion.” (Amy Hoy)

Each of these was an aha moment.

I’ve so many I could go for an hour or more...

 

[eliquid]

" I dont have to be right "

It was @jon.a that said it to me on this forum.

It really impacted me and changed how I act. Sometimes it's best to just let things go.

.

 

[edward ace]

"Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from." - Seth Godin

 

[lewj24]

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
~ Henry Ford

"Discipline equals freedom." ~ Jocko Willink
"The disciplined are free." ~ J.C. Penney
"Through discipline comes freedom." ~ Aristotle

 

[100k]

"Anything that costs you money is a liability, anything that makes you money is an asset. To be rich, have more assets than liabilities!"

"Everything in this world was created by people no smarter than you."

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

 

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[PureA]

"If not not now, then when?"

"You can be right, or you can be rich."

It's a shame the insta-society overplays these kinds of statements and they lose some their power.

 

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[conquer]

"Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them." -- Epictetus​

 

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[DVU]

"When doing sales, you are just looking for people that are interested."

 

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[Flow]

"Pretend that everyone else is hemmed in by predetermination but that you, and you alone, have been given free-will."
- Ryan Holiday's blog / Bertrand Russel?

This quote lowered my social anxiety and made it much harder to get angry or frustrated at someone.

 

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[TonyStark]

If it is to be, it’s up to me.

 

[socaldude]

"We don't see things the way they are, we see things the way we are"

 

[Legend]

If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.
-Turkish Proverb

 

[WJS]

"Tough Times Never Last but Tough People Do!"

It's actually the title of a book written by Robert H. Schuller. I'm going through hell right now. Rereading this book, even just the title itself, really helps me at the moment.

 

[GregDott]

"Everything ends."

 

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[ShamanKing]

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend" Groucho Marx.

 

[Lionhearted]

“Don't wish it was easier wish you were better." Jim Rohn
Though not a one liner, it is a great truth,"I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think and now I know a great secret of life for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements, and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise. I will no longer be fooled by the garments they wear for mine eyes are open. I will look beyond the cloth and I will not be deceived." Og Mandino
“the truth will set you free”
Seek the truth.

 

[Bekit]

My most recent (I think I'm going to put this on my wall):

DISCIPLINE IS A MATTER OF DECISION-MAKING, NOT A MATTER OF SELF-PUNISHMENT!

Just one of the gold nuggets left by @Filippos in this thread

 

[YoungPadawan]

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

 

[TonyStark]

"Companies are focused on the wrong thing. Companies are focused on client satisfaction, when they should be focused on client acquisition. You can't satisfy anyone if you don't have clients."

Grant Cardone

 

[Jeff Noel]

"You have one F*cking life. Do something about it."
"Oh... You have time... You just picked something else."
"Stop focusing on dumb shit."
"Living your life for someone else is always a mistake, even when it comes from a good place."

"Nobody owes you shit."
"The biggest issue many of you have is that you say 'no' for the other person before you even try."
"Everyone else sucks too, they might just be better at faking it than you."

-Gary Vaynerchuk

 

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[Seth G.]

"Nobody is coming to save you - you have to save yourself"

 

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[The Abundant Man]

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and to kick a$$ and I'm all out of bubble gum."-They Live
"Kick names. Take a$$."-Avengers: Infinity War
"Is it too much to ask for both?"-Iron Man
"Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give A Damn."-Gone With The Wind
"Do or do not. There is no try."-Yoda
"Give me some sugar, baby!"-Army of Darkness
"Hail to the King, Baby!"-Army of Darkness
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."-The Godfather
"For lack of a better word...Greed is good."-Wall Street
"Sell me this pen."-Wolf of Wall Street
"I'm CEO, Bitch!"-The Social Network
"If you make yourself more than just a man. If you devote yourself to an ideal. You will become something else entirely...legend. Mr. Wayne."Batman Begins
"Training is nothing. Will is everything. The will to act."-Batman Begins
"Mama, always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get."-Forrest Gump
"Coffee's for closers only."-Glengarry Glen Ross
"Show me the money!!!"-Jerry McGuire
“Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn’t have F*cked with? That’s me” – Gran Torino
"60% of the time. It works everytime."-Anchorman
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine"-Casablanca
"Get busy living or get busy dying"-Shawshank Redemption
"These go to 11."-This is Spinal Tap
"I think that's just like your opinion, man"-The Big Lebowki
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life."-Animal House
"An idea is like a virus, resillent, highly contagious, and the smallest seed can grow."-Inception
"A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite the rules."-Inception
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."-Lord of the Rings
"There's some good in this world, Mr.Frodo and it's worth fighting for."-Lord of the Rings
"I am Jack's wasted life"-Fight Club
"I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom."-Fight Club
"Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."-Fight Club
"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."-Fight Club
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."-Fight Club
"We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need."-Fight Club
"We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear."-Fight Club
"Women. Can't live with them. Can't kill them."-True Lies
"I feel the need. The need for speed."-Top Gun


etc...

 

[Olimac21]

"Do nothing which is of no use" Miyamoto Musashi

 

[GreasyGinger]

Jay-Z on branding
"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man."

Jay-Z on success
"If you got a boss, you ain't a boss."

 

[Ninjakid]

"I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right." -Elon Musk

 

[Andy Black]

Ok. Here’s one top of mind at the moment:

“F*ck why. It only holds you back.” (Craig Desorcey)


Context: I want to focus my business on specific verticals. I’ve wanted to do so for a while and was wondering why that hasn’t happened already. I’ve just caught myself and decided to just make changes necessary to make it happen and not waste time wondering why.