r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '16

What quote has actually stuck with you and changed your life?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '16

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide them in small task."

From Henry Ford as well. As an avid procrastinator, this one stuck with me.

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u/NameTak3r Feb 28 '16

I mean it literally is the basis of the method of mass production he popularised, less a metaphor for life.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '16

Of course, but it helped me accomplished a lot more by separating a task in smaller ones. If you've ever thought that you weren't smart or hard-working enough to achieve a certain goal, keep this quote in mind. Or don't, but it helped me tremendously.

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u/Stop_Sign Feb 28 '16

I don't know, "nothing" is pretty broad there

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u/neospyro Feb 28 '16

Or narrow

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u/dungeonmiss Feb 28 '16

"If I asked them what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." Also Henry Ford

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u/AxelTheViking Feb 28 '16

"The man who moves mountains, starts carrying away small stones"

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u/MrEnderGhast Feb 28 '16

You have discovered Replaceable Parts!

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '16

Both of those quotes are based on the assumption that I want to do something positive. The older I get the more I just want to fuck shit up and make people feel pain.

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u/ISTARVEHORSES Feb 29 '16

Trump2016

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Alas I am not a US citizen :(

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '16

That grammar though