Freedom, after all, is the ability to accept the consequences of your decisions. -Jefferson
People change not because they see the light, but because they feel the heat.
It isn’t what you acheive, it is what you overcome.
*And now some sage advice from a Doper *
Life doesn’t suck because people are oppressing you; it sucks because you let the mean people take advantage of your neediness. *Eva Luna *
Don’t poke a skunk.
Wisdom is being able to accept ever-greater levels of paradox - Jung
A man who gives in when he is wrong is wise; a man who gives in when he is right is married - not sure, but sure is true
There are four things you should give a child:
A healthy sense of self-esteem
A structured sense of right and wrong
A compelling sense of intellectual curiosity
A committed sense of discipline to put long-term results before short-term moods
The last one is mine, but you may use it and the others if you find them appropriate…
use 'em if you want.
Don’t sweat the small stuff.
If it will cause you to lose sleep with worry, don’t do it.
Norinew wrote:
I really like this one, and from many years at a frustrating job came my sig:
You only live once … or twice. Depends on who you believe.
My favorite, posted over my mirror:
It is better to experience the pain of discipline than the pain of regret.
I dunno where it came from - it was the parting words of my professor to our public-speaking class. So as far as I’m concerned, use it all you like!
Feel free to use them.
“Think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought.” - Henri Bergson
“Don’t eat yellow snow.” - Anon.
and my sig.
There are some real jewels on this thread. Here a couple that have stuck with me over the years. Quotes like these are meant to be shared:
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”–Wayne Gretzky
Even a fool can appear wise when he keeps his mouth shut.
God gave you two ears and one mouth. Use the former twice as much as the latter.
“The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.”-Albert Einstein
Pain is weakness leaving the body
“Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.”
And one of my favourites:
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort but where he stands at times of challenge.
“Quitters never win; winners never quit!” — my 11th grade history teacher (well, I’m sure he didn’t make it up, but I hadn’t heard it before)
“People are no damn good.” — my paternal grandfather
“Hold on to the thread.” — my mom. (She was teaching me to sew, but the phrase can be applied in a lot of other situations.)
“Life is not a Cheers episode.” — Mr. Rilch
“Yes, it is a lot of bullsh*t. But you have to do it anyway.” — Me at 30 to a 16 year old friend who was griping about high school
Never play cards or shoot pool with anyone named after a state.
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. (Or the corollary: you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, but it’s still no substitute for bullshit.)
When they tell you there’s nothing to worry about, start worrying. When they tell you there’s no problem, start looking for the problem.
No one schedules meetings in advance to deliver good news.
Wherever you go, there will always be someone who is more overdressed than you, and someone who is more underdressed than you. The mathematics would suggest that you’d eventually be one or the other, but somehow it doesn’t work that way.
Dingy little restaurants in obscure locations stay open for a reason.
Conventional wisdom is for conventional people in conventional situations.
“That’s the way we’ve always done it” is not a reason to do anything.
Most people are at least as fucked up as you are.
“Sex is like pizza–when it’s good, it’s really good, and when it’s bad, it’s not that bad.” --Woody Allen
Before you get a tattoo, consider what your doctor will think of it in forty years.
Write stuff down.
You’ll reach an age when you realize that your parents were right about a lot of things. Then you’ll reach another age when you’ll realize that they were wrong about a lot of other things.
No one can ever take experiences away from you after you’ve had them.
Nothing is final until you are dead…and even then I’m sure God negotiates…
If you worry about something and it doesn’t happen then you’ve worried for nothing…
This last one my dad says all the time…and I have to say it bothers me…
Sometimes you’re the windshield…sometimes you’re the bug…
Zany
My words to live by… source unknown…
“You may not get what you pay for, but you will definitely pay for what you get.”
I’m not sure, but I think the following is paraphrased from Homer Simpson:
“Hard work may yield future benefits, but laziness pays off NOW!”
“happiness doesn’t buy money”
Never hurt anyone.
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail” - John Wooden.