# Favourite Wise sayings to Live your life by! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052 "2016-01-03T11:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/21 "2016-01-03T19:37:43Z")
Only the boring get bored. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/22 "2016-01-03T19:56:42Z")
“A man who is nice to you, but rude to the waitress, is not a nice person.” Dave Barry. (He was giving advice to his teenage daughter, but it also works in non-dating situations.) ---
**Author:** ![Annadroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Annadroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annadroid)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/23 "2016-01-03T20:32:21Z")
A fave of mine is “Mind your own business”. Hubby says, “Procrastinate tomorrow”. Laozi (AKA Lao Tsu, Lao Tze, etc.) said, “Music in the soul can be heard by the Universe”. Bruce Lee said, “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer”. Andy Carnegie said, “He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave”. J K Galbraith said, “It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought”. Billy Shakespeare said, “Better a witty fool than a foolish wit”. And Forrest Gump said, “Stupid is as stupid does”. hehehe A Chinese proverb advises, “Do not push the river. It flows by itself”. Teddy Geisel (Dr. Seuss) said, “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter, don’t mind and those who mind, don’t matter”. And another fave of mine: "One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’ The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, ‘Which wolf wins?’ The old Cherokee simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’ " ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/24 "2016-01-03T20:41:04Z")
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. (The Dalai Lama) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/25 "2016-01-04T01:25:09Z")
> [@Annadroid](#): > > A fave of mine is “Mind your own business”. > > Hubby says, “Procrastinate tomorrow”. > > Laozi (AKA Lao Tsu, Lao Tze, etc.) said, “Music in the soul can be heard by the Universe”. > > Bruce Lee said, “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer”. > > Andy Carnegie said, “He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave”. > > J K Galbraith said, “It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought”. > > Billy Shakespeare said, “Better a witty fool than a foolish wit”. > > And Forrest Gump said, “Stupid is as stupid does”. hehehe > > A Chinese proverb advises, “Do not push the river. It flows by itself”. > > Teddy Geisel (Dr. Seuss) said, “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter, don’t mind and those who mind, don’t matter”. > > And another fave of mine: > > "One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. > He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. > The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’ > > The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, ‘Which wolf wins?’ > The old Cherokee simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’ " Less is more. - Robert Browning ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/26 "2016-01-04T01:39:01Z")
“Some days the magic works. Some days it doesn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/27 "2016-01-04T01:42:52Z")
Don’t borrow trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/28 "2016-01-04T01:46:57Z")
Everything in moderation, including moderation. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/29 "2016-01-04T02:16:54Z")
“Admit nothing. Deny everything. Throw counter-accusations.” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/30 "2016-01-04T02:32:44Z")
[ul] [li]_Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad._[/li][li]\*Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it. \*[/li][li]_Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now._[/li][li]_I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness._[/li][li]_If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments._[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/31 "2016-01-04T02:37:10Z")
A give-and-take from my old workplace: Boss: “Just make it work. We can make it pretty later.” Me: “Later never happens.” A Dunning-Krueger aphorism: “There will always be those who would rather know than learn.” ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/32 "2016-01-04T02:53:47Z")
My favorite actually came down to me from my paternal grandfather - there are three reasons a woman wears a sweater; one is to keep warm and the other two are usually obvious. I’m sure he stole it from someone but I always liked it. For more life’s lessons in general, mine has always been “expect there to be days that even all the chocolate in Hershey PA can’t help.” ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/33 "2016-01-04T03:10:21Z")
“After the game, the king and the pawn go in the same box.” -Italian proverb ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/34 "2016-01-04T03:11:54Z")
It is better to be a toad concealed under a stone than butterfly crushed beneath it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/35 "2016-01-04T03:21:57Z")
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Life… is a river. No? Okay, life’s _not_ a river. A flexible, workable lie is better than a complex, unfathomable truth. Never order fish in Denver. ---
**Author:** ![keeper0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/36 "2016-01-04T03:35:01Z")
“A person’s best attribute and their worst attribute are usually the same.” ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/37 "2016-01-04T03:53:42Z")
“Let go or be dragged.” - Zen proverb ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/38 "2016-01-04T04:12:14Z")
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” _Hunter S Thompson_, also a previous sig of one of the esteemed SDMB members, **RickJay** if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/39 "2016-01-04T05:41:04Z")
“Count yourself lucky every time anyone insults you, attacks you, or tells lies about you. Be glad whenever that happens.” - Jesus Christ “To learn about humanity, don’t look at the faces in the magazines. Look at the faces in the street.” - G. K. Chesterton ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/40 "2016-01-04T05:51:06Z")
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