What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?

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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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'Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.' - Maya Angelou

I use this one regularly, paraphrased as:

“We do the best we know how; and when we know better, we do better”

Have you watched any older movies recently? It's horrifying to see the racism and homophobia in them. It's also a reminder that we are doing better.