On how to have an argument:
Decide if you want to be right or happy afterwards, because you will never be both.
My father: “Never cheat. If the stakes are small, it’s not worth the effort, and if the stakes are big, you’ll be caught.”
Just be yourself. Everyone else it taken.
Interesting. The one which stuck with me was “Quit trying to be what you already are.”
Said to me by a mentor who watched me try to act smart, when, if I just participated in the discussion, I would’ve come off as much smarter.
Knees, nuts, neck, or nose.
– my sensei
Regards,
Shodan
You have to be yourself, and it has to be the right self.
My grandmother: People who iron sheets and pillowcases need something to do with their time.
A co-worker when I at 21 was trying to decide whether to move off to a place where I had no job, no friends, and no place to live: “Go. Even if you have to come back, you can at least say you went”. (I’ve been here for 34 years now)
Have you found a job, a place to live, made any friends?
All of the above, many more times than I can count. And an ex-husband to boot. that I could have done without.
Awesome.
“What your brain forgets, your feet make up”
- various relatives
Reminds me of an ex-roommate whose leaving the apartment routine went “spectacles, testicles, wallet, watch” to make sure he didn’t forget anything.
You can’t drink all day if you don’t start early.
That is a big thing in my family, too. It’s based on an old joke that my dad used to tell - based on what a rabbi says he’s checking in his pockets when a priest sees him and asking why he’s genuflecting.
Live simply.
Don’t pay credit card interest.
Start saving early.
Nm
That’s the pithiest one yet, and sound advice.
Good people improve themselves.
Great people improve others.
I think I just came up with that.
I’m going to remove the first letter and pass it off as my own.