“It’s always Florida.”
Probably not completely original, but I swear by “Never believe something is true simply because you want it to be true.”
Science is not so much “Looking for something until you find it” but more “Looking, then accepting what you find.”
A lie sweetened with honey is less valuable in the long run than the truth soaked in vinegar.
Similarly: You have the right to think it. You don’t have the right to say it.
One of the craziest people I ever met once told me “You have to prepare like you are going to live forever and live like you’re going to die tomorrow.” Crazy or not, that is an excellent plan for living.
One day we were having a very bad moment in the store. when things got cleared up, I took the next customer. She said “It looks like you’re having a bad day.” Without knowing what was going to come out of my mouth, I replied “I had a bad moment. I don’t let bad moments become bad days.” She turned to her daughter and said 'Yo should take that advice."
When helping my kids do math homework, they would sometimes be in tears. I’d tell them “Crying is only going to make the paper soggy and hard to write on.”
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it”…
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