Don’t let other people live rent-free in your head.
I’ve found this quite useful. The irony is that it came from an ex-boss who was a drug-addicted sociopath and screwed over a bunch of people, myself included. It took awhile to get him out of my head, but otherwise, it’s proven to be very good advice. At least I got something out of that mess.
Never resist temptation; it might not come your way again.
Never put your d*** in crazy.
Heh. I wrote that in my daughter’s birthday card when she turned 18. Four years later, I wrote the same thing in my son’s 18th birthday card. He confessed to hoping he’d get that warning (she’d shown him her card). Truthfully, I’d totally forgotten writing it in hers.
The orange is sweetest without the white stuff.
From my grandmother ------ never argue with crazy people.
My mom’s advice from 50 years ago: “I don’t care what you grow up to be, just as long as you are good at it.”
“When you have to shoot, shoot! Don’t talk.”
“Never pass up a free meal.”
A closed mouth don’t get fed.
When on safari, always wear a lightweight helmet.
Be who you are.
Two pithy pieces of advice from fictional characters:
Be true.
Sin is when you treat people as things.
-Granny Weatherwax in one of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books
Also, “A penny saved is a penny earned. A penny earned is a penny taxed”.
From my father:
Migrate, mutate, adapt or die.
From my C++ teacher many moons ago - “A computer will do exactly what you tell it to do, whether you want it to or not.”
You gotta know when to hold 'em,
know when to fold 'em,
know when to walk away,
know when to run.
never attribute to malice that which can be fully explained by incompetence (sic. or cowardice).
I always find that helpful when trying to understand bureaucratic decisions.
Marriage is grand.
Divorce is a hundred grand.
“Never back up any further than you have to, you can’t see back there.” - from an old boss who was a truck driver for many, many years.