20 Platitudes That Seem Corny Until You Get It

‘Everywhere you go, there you are’
20 Platitudes That Seem Corny Until You Get It

When you’re dancing if nobody is watching? There are entire social media apps based on that premise.

The older you get, however, the more you understand why old people are such buzzkills. Sometimes literally. Especially about the downed power lines. That’s why one Redditor asked r/AskReddit, “What’s a profound quote you heard but didn’t really understand till years later?”

YayaMalli . 5y ago Everywhere you go, there you are.
Exothermos . 5y ago Health is a crown only the ill can see.
theoretical-zero . 5y ago If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you still have a soul left to lose
 . 5y ago These mountains that you carry, you were only supposed to climb.
Idulcebelluminexperti . 5y ago Only those who have never experienced war truly crave it. - Julius Ceaser.
johnvanarsdale . 5y ago We suffer more from imagination than from reality. - Seneca
Anal_Toaster . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago We didn't know we were making memories, we were just having fun. -Winnie the Pooh
johnvanarsdale . 5y ago The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. -- Horace Walpole
ilistentodancemusic . 5y ago Youth is wasted on the young. Makes sense though that you have to be older to really get it.
johnvanarsdale . 5y ago If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your estimate of it, and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. - Marcus Aurelius
johnvanarsdale O 5y ago If you have a problem that can be fixed, there is no use in worrying. If you have a problem that cannot be fixed, there is no use in worrying. - Buddhist proverb
c0wg0d . 5y ago When my first child was born, my Grandmother said to me The days will be long, but the years will be short. Looking back, she was absolutely right.
valjcoo . 5y ago We had the experience but missed the meaning. -T.S. Elliot This is one of my mentor's favorite quotes, I keep coming back to it.
OrangeMarmalade . 5y ago Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt. My teacher told me this one in 1st grade. I always ed it but didn't really understand what it was saying until years later.
chux4w . 5y ago Hell is other people. It doesn't mean people are shitty, it means we judge ourselves through the eyes of other people. Our fears and insecurities wouldn't exist if there were no other people to interact with.
DonLoverboy 5y ago From all the words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: What Might Have Been. I never really thought too much about it until I came to a realization that every day was just the same as the last. I missed opportunities, and time with friends. I noticed that the time I had with these people would run out. I don't like looking back now but instead I take this knowledge and I don't waste a single moment of the time that I have.
Toblerogna 5y ago Two roads diverged in a wood. and I- I took the road less travelled by, and that made all the difference. -Robert Frost It doesn't mean you should always do the thing other people aren't doing. It's just saying that no matter what choice you make, things will be different. Personally, I like to believe it means to be decisive, because the difference doesn't matter all that much as long as you're walking.
VictorBlimpmuscle 5y ago The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. - J.D. Salinger, A Catcher in the Rye You never really understand how reckless and rash you are when you're young until you're older.
shelve66 . . 5y ago When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. I didn't appreciate the profundity of this amazing animated TV show watching for the first time as a teenager
SeamOre . 5y ago Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Didn't really understand completely til Twitter came out

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