Here are a few off the top of my head (though I looked up the original kanji for some of the Japanese ones)...

To enjoy life's immensity, you do not need many things.

• Ryōkan, a Japanese poet

Ain't no shame in holding onto grief, as long as you make room for other things too.

• Bubbles, from the last episode of The Wire

Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do.

• Kaladin, from The Stormlight Archive Book 2 by Brandon Sanderson

Beware the difference between intelligibility and correctness.

• Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Success consists of moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

• Winston Churchill

猿も木から落ちる (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

Even monkeys fall from trees.

• Anonymous, traditional Japanese saying

正勝吾勝 (Makatsu agatsu)

True victory is victory over one's self.

• Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido

"you can stick your well-laid plan up your well-laid ass"

Been almost 30 years, what a dumb quote to come to mind so often. I never say it, haven't seen Die Hard 3 since the '90s, no idea why it's stuck so hard

"If you are racist, I will attack you with the North"

"i have d cups grandma, the waitress thinks you have dementia"

This one is from my previous boss: “you gotta do what’s good for you, and nobody else”

Taught me to prioritize things that are important to me and not to live for the sake of others

Another was “you can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves”

Taught me that some efforts are futile because unwillingness from others will result in deterioration to the status quo unless they’re willing to participate to move things forward

For my whole life is a tall order. Probably "what goes around comes around".

If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else.

A bit long, but charlie Chaplins speech in the dicktater. I mean dictator...

https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator-

"Love is the only rational act." -Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie.

"When in doubt, draw a distinction." - Neil Postman

No one is ever on their deathbed wishing they had worked more.

(And quotes of that ilk). It’s genuinely something that informs the structure of every day for me.

"If worms had machine guns, then birds wouldn't fuck with them." A quote from my TI in basic from 85'.

Hanlon's razor is basically my religion at this point. It's just a huge part of how I see and engage with the world.

“Ignorance is bliss.”

I only concern myself with 'how'. 'Why' is a question for philosophers and cowards, of which I am neither.