That which does not kill us makes us stronger.Įxcept heart disease, strokes, being stabbed in the leg, smoking, and most other things. They know the way.Īn inspirational quote you want to keep away from would-be murderers, burglars, sociopaths and psychopaths. What is even going on in this analogy? Are we collecting water for our village or washing our cutlery? One of the world’s deadliest natural disasters occurred when the Yangtze and Huai rivers overflowed in China in the 1930s and upwards of four million people died, swept up by the allegorical opportunities. Life is like a flow river of opportunities, it’s up to you to stand up with a bucket or with a spoon. Ignoring the obvious scientific explanation, this quote completely forgets that eyes and the heart don’t have mutually exclusive functionality – at this very moment both my eyes and my heart are working pretty well. Why do we close our eyes when we PRAY, CRY, DREAM? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen… but felt only by the heart.
Passion can be born anytime – usually at the most inconvenient time for teenage boys with limited control over their new physical functions. Swap ‘Passion’ with ‘Ambition’ and this might just pass as a lazy but understandable quote. Passion is born when you catch a glimpse of your true potential. Generally rule of thumb: Lions are almost always okay – they sleep 20 hours a day and then eat whoever they want, pretty okay. The inspirational quote is usually accompanies by a picture of a lion stoically staring into space, presumably wishing someone would ask how he feels and if everything is okay. Usually screamed at bemused parents who are too hasty to hide their own similarly awkward phases which involved more bucket hats and newly-learned Mancunian slang the quote will precede a “you just don’t understand what it’s like to be young!” The worst part of being strong is that no one asks if you’re okay. The kind of quote used by teenage girls to justify their new found love for Green Day is more than just an awkward phase. If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
And that’s not even taking into account the plurality of ‘stars’ – suggesting a mythical spot of stars hanging around under a moon for over-ambitions fools to come spinning into their bosom. The moon is 384,400km from the Earth, whereas the closest star (the Sun) to Earth is 149,785,000km away. Hopefully this phrase was not coined by someone who works for NASA, as it displays absolutely zero understanding of where the Earth’s moon position compared to the stars. Even if you fail, you’ll land among the stars. At most, we can create someone who might share a few features and unattractive traits with us – providing we get the help of a willing partner. Whilst blacktip sharks, boa constrictors, stick insects and (depending who you believe) Godzilla are all capable of asexual reproduction of genetically-identical offspring – we, as a species, are woefully unable to create ourselves. Here are just 10 banal quotes which have been angering the Banc team this Monday morning. Unfortunately David Brent did not represent the death knell of the middle management type who loves to spout inspirational quotes with no meaning or substance – so we still have to suffer through terrible ‘mantras’ and ‘life codes’ (often complete with air quotes) thrown at us in chain emails, LinkedIn shares and Monday morning meetings.
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