The following is a running list of quotes that I feel anyone & everyone will gain value from reading and truly internalizing. Hopefully bending your perspective on many things, ranging from life, career advice, software development and much more.
The format will be: the quote, who gave it, when I came across it and some of my personal favorites will be in bold. Anything underlined, is a link redirecting you to where I saw the quote.
If you have any that you believe deserve a spot on this list, please share them with me here or send it in an email here. Lastly, if any quote deeply resonated with you, I’d love to hear about it so please let me know :)
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.
— Vivian Greene · 04/06/26
Cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection to think: no matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.
— Brené Brown · 04/05/26
Comparison is the thief of joy.
— Theodore Roosevelt · 03/04/26
First impressions last. If you start behind the 8 ball, you’ll never get in front.
— Harvey Specter · 02/27/26
Embarrassment is an underexplored emotion, go out there and make a fool of yourself.
— Austin Butler · 02/21/26
Extreme results require being extreme.
— Kevin Naughton Jr. · 02/18/26
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
— Corrie ten Boom · 02/16/26
Time is the only thing we cannot create, but we can change how it feels.
— Bradley · 02/13/26
Bigger dreams call for healthier habits and healthier habits require more self discipline.
— ??? · 02/12/26
I don’t know if you get to live more than once but if you live right the first time, once is enough.
— Danny Thompson · 02/11/26
One who looks around him is intelligent, one who looks within him is wise.
— Matshoma Dhliwayo · 02/11/26
We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.
— Anaïs Nin · 02/11/26
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
— Buddha · 01/28/26
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
— Bill Gates · 01/17/26
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. Code for readability.
— John F. Woods · 01/04/26
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
— Charles R. Swindoll · 01/04/26
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
— Robert Frost · 01/01/26
Turning worries into actionable steps can truly transform our daily lives. By identifying which concerns are within our control and separating them from those that aren’t, we free up mental space for productive thinking.
— Joseph Vale · 12/10/25
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
— Chinese Proverb · 10/10/25
Many inexplicable feelings of depression, rage, and anxiety are actually reactions to hidden false beliefs.
— Martha Beck · 06/16/25
But you can always, no matter what your circumstances, find and follow it yourself.
— Martha Beck · 06/02/25
Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. To know all is to forgive all.
— Dale Carnegie · 01/06/25
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— Socrates · 01/01/25
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
— Steve Jobs · 09/24/24
Reach beyond your grasp, have immortal finish lines, and turn your red light green, because a roof is a man-made thing.
— Matthew McConaughey · 08/18/24
Many people shy away from healthy self-acceptance because they insist upon identifying themselves with their mistakes. You may have made a mistake, but this does not mean that you are a mistake.
— Maxwell Maltz · 05/02/24
So remember, “You” make mistakes. Mistakes don’t make “You”–anything.
— Maxwell Maltz · 05/02/24
The purpose of conscience is to help make us happy and productive–not the other way around.
— Maxwell Maltz · 05/02/24
Once an implementation intention has been set, you don’t have to wait for inspiration to strike.
— James Clear · 04/03/24
You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.
— James Clear · 04/02/24
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
— Friedrich Nietzsche · 01/01/24
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
— Carl Jung attributed by James Clear · 09/02/23
There is nothing holding you back in life more than yourself.
— Brianna Wiest · 06/26/23
What you believe about your life is what you will make true about your life.
— Brianna Wiest · 06/23/23
We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.
— Confucius · 03/02/19
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
— Albert Einstein · ~2018
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
— Seneca · 12/02/17
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
— Martin Luther King Jr. · ~2011
If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.
— Chef Gusteau · ~2007
With great power comes great responsibility.
— Uncle Ben · ~2006