Best Advice Ever Given

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  • jdploki70
    jdploki70 Posts: 343
    Shortly after running into a screen door that I failed to open as I came up to it, my mother gave me the best advice I have ever heard...

    "You just have to be smarter than the door"

    Oh, and another pearl of wisdom, though I don't know if she borrowed it or not,

    "The only person you can fool all the time is yourself"
  • blair_bear
    blair_bear Posts: 165
    "Is this the hill you want to die on?" - from Mom to me, but I think it is an old Marine Corps. quote (it saved me from a lot of pettiness in my life)
  • Oates_13
    Oates_13 Posts: 1
    Grind regularly, celebrate rarely
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    You have to be happy by yourself before you can truly be happy with anyone else
  • Queenie_O
    Queenie_O Posts: 65 Member
    "The only difference between a dream and a goal is a timeline."
  • tashaa1992
    tashaa1992 Posts: 658 Member
    I posted it yesterday cause it's so true! You're you, you will never look like anyone else but you're beautiful just the way you are. You may not be able to do things other people can but you have different talents, things those people can't do, you can. Don't wish you were someone else because your traits are what makes you you, and it's the reason people love you so much. Everyone has a battle to overcome and just fighting it is what makes you strong. Be the best you can be! - my mum
  • SouthernSkylark
    SouthernSkylark Posts: 128 Member
    " is this the hill you want to die on"

    Love this!!!

    I am only responsible for what I say, not what you understand

    Never assume
  • flyingwrite
    flyingwrite Posts: 264
    Take it 15 minutes at a time. _On dealing with heartache.
    Don't borrow trouble. _On worrying.
    Throw the scale away. _On weight loss.
    Breathe. _On life.
  • SeanNJ
    SeanNJ Posts: 153 Member
    "You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."

    --Tyler Durden
  • amonroe1343
    amonroe1343 Posts: 206 Member
    "hide your kids, hide your wife"

    I had to keep from laughing hysterically at work at this one!
  • ladyfox1979
    ladyfox1979 Posts: 405 Member
    If it's yellow let it mellow.. if it's brown flush it down:tongue:
  • sandrinamsilva
    sandrinamsilva Posts: 651 Member
    Marriage Advice:
    "Don't listen to the people that are bitter about their divorce - Listen to the people that are happily married after 27 years"
  • sandrinamsilva
    sandrinamsilva Posts: 651 Member
    "Never ruin an apology with an excuse".

    I like this one
  • TaintedVampyre
    TaintedVampyre Posts: 1,428 Member
    "Don't over think it.....keep it simple stupid!" :)

    the "KISS" method :)
  • chickky311
    chickky311 Posts: 17
    If it is meant to be it will.....(my aunt)

    I have to remind myself of this sometimes, but its very true.
  • nursenessa1
    nursenessa1 Posts: 182 Member
    Worrying does not change an outcome, you are resonsible for your own happiness, you are what you eat, if you get super sized you will be super sized.
  • OfficerFuzzy
    OfficerFuzzy Posts: 222 Member
    Don't just be yourself, be the best version of yourself that you can be.
  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
    Don't be afraid to say "No".
  • djkamin60
    djkamin60 Posts: 88
    "Take care of you first, if you don't, then who will?"
    This
  • Santan9ful
    Santan9ful Posts: 37
    Don't ever underestimate anyone-even yourself.
  • mjkirk1101
    mjkirk1101 Posts: 3 Member
    Trust the process
  • Fit2morrow
    Fit2morrow Posts: 48 Member
    "Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it." - Benjamin Franklin
  • nattyb823
    nattyb823 Posts: 4 Member
    This too, shall pass. -my mom and my grandma

    It's funny because it has gotten me through some hard times in life knowing that it's always true.
  • susanswan
    susanswan Posts: 1,194 Member
    Anything is possible as long as you don't ever give up!
  • jsj024519
    jsj024519 Posts: 400 Member
    "Whether You Think You Can or Can't, You're Right"--Henry Ford
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    When swimsuit shopping this year I had it narrowed down to two. Asked my husband which one he liked better, he said he liked both. I said I wasn't buying both and he said, "Well, which one are you more comfortable in?" I had never once in my life thought about comfort in a swimsuit! I always thought looks were the only thing that could sell one! Ha! I am so happy with my choice because I don't fidget around in it or anything!
  • "Be the change you want to see in the world"
    I think about this often.
  • DarthH8
    DarthH8 Posts: 298 Member
    If you want your body to change you need to prove to it that it absolutely has no choice but to do so.
  • If you can fix it, then don't worry about it. If you can't fix it, then don't worry about it.

    That's probably my favorite piece of advice. There is no sense in worrying over things we cannot control.
  • "To thine own self be true"

    To me this meant not only to be honest with yourself, but listen to and fashion your own life -as you would like it to be.