Most Powerful Sentence

What is the most powerful sentence you know?

“All you need is love, la, la, la, la, laaa…,” by Paul James and John Winston. Or is it Paul Winston and John James? Where’s PG when you need her?

Life “isn’t short”, it’s the longest thing you’ll ever do, so don’t screw it up. -I can’t remember but it was some guy on Reddit

I mean this in a literary, not a religious contribution: from John 11: “Jesus wept.”

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” - Gilles Deleuze

So it goes.

“At the end of the game, the pawn and the king go back in the same box.”

A death sentence.

“In this life, change is the only constant” - Slug

“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

A near infinite resistance is multiplied by a near infinite current.

If you do not control your emotions, your emotions will control you.

“How can I help you?”

“Men of power are often convinced by their own words”

…and the wisdom to know the difference.

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” --Eleanor Roosevelt

Actually, kind of going with that thought:

“Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda

I know it’s silly to quote movie characters but it’s a really powerful quote imo.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. – Spinoza

I’m sorry.

“Apology is only egotism wrong side out.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

I think it’s actually interesting to think about - When you apologize to somebody, you make an assumption that you make an impact on their life, and in an abstract way, that’s actually quite egotistical :stuck_out_tongue:

Sorry for the weird analysis haha.

I was actually thinking of it from the perspective of things people have said to me that had an impact.

“I’m sorry for what I did” has allowed me to forgive people and find closure.

“I’m sorry for what you’re going through” has been a great comfort at times when I was dealing with horrible situations.

So simple, and yet so elegant.