What is the best quote or piece of advice you've ever heard?

....about life, love, beauty, education, image, health, the world, time management, relationships, or anything else you can think of. (I'm looking for thoughtful, serious, and unique responses.....it can even be a quote or piece of advice that you created yourself.....)What is the best quote or piece of advice you've ever heard?
Be the change you want to see.What is the best quote or piece of advice you've ever heard?
Use it or lose it.
Happiness is making others happy.


If your going to throw your life away, give it to a good cause.
';Life is a labyrinth of trial and error. Mistakes are to serve the purpose of error, so you may find a new path that suits your life better.';
Two wrongs don't make a right.





I can't tell you how many times I heard this from my mother. So simply put. Not to mention, it seemed to apply, as a great defense, to any excuse I ever tried to justify.
Look to this day!


For it is life, in its brief coarse lie.


All the verities and realities of your existence.


The bliss of growth, the glory of action.


The splendour of beauty.


For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision.


But, today well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.





My encouragement, for each and everyday!


Look well therefore to this day.
Your life is very valuable.


Don't ever ignore it, don't ever evne think of giving it away,


Don't take your life casually. Since if you do that it is a big sin.
';Do what is best, for the most people,


over the longest period of time.';





Dr. Greene


(1945-1946)





When you have done your best,


Try to do better.


If you can do better,


You have not yet done your best.





(My own)
You are a product of your own decisions!
If you're gonna walk on thin ice, you might as well dance. :-)
life is like a d!ck - when its hard f^ck it





i think those are great words to live by
';Never ask strangers for advice.';
Quote --- Sometimes, life is more colorful in black and white.


Quote --- Art is art, to the artists.


I LOVE THOSE QUOTES!





Peice of Advice(this one's so SERIOUS) --- Always share your cookies.
';Take the truth about God seriously, but do not take yourself too seriously.';
';If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it鈥檚 not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.'; His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
';When everyone is using common sense, fill the void. Use Uncommon sense.';





Cowboy Logic from Roger Haller
';Out of every positive there is a negative.


Out of every negative there is a positive.';





These thoughts have absolutely changed my life. Forced me to evaluate everything that happens %26amp; to find the negative/positive aspect of things.





Thanks for all the marvellous quotations everyone has given.





Cheers.
10 commandments
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Hmm... there are many that seem nice to know:





1. One who knows not, and himself knows he knows not, is a student. Teach that person.


2. One who knows, and others know he knows, is a teacher. Learn from that person.


3. One who knows, and himself knows not that he knows, is humble. Encourage him.


4. One who knows not, and himself knows not that he knows not, is stupid. Avoid that person.





Rule your mind or it will rule you





There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much its getting done.





There is no reason ever to have the same through twice, unless you like having that thought.








It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in you head.





It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.








Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.





Its one thing to write down that you need milk; it's another to be at the store and remember it.





Every decision to act is an intuitive one. The challenge is to migrate from hoping it's the right choice to trusting its the right choice.





Ones that helped me along the way are:





We all have a reason, just like everyone else. God never puts something in front of you that he doesn't - mean - to be there. He never gives you more then you can handle. And that is the beauty of life.





If you don't like something, don't complain, change it yourself.





Stabbing someone with a knife, drawing it out and apologizing repeatedly isn't going to change anything because the wound is still there.





Holding a grudge on someone is as same as burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.





Two pairs of eyes and ears are better then one.





He who refuses to grow gets swallowed by life.





And the best one, is what I say all the time: Stay safe.





- Maryam
treat others the way u would wanna be treated
Love thy neighbor.
As you travel the highway of life, don't forget to stop and eat the roses.





(Gary Larson, ';Cow Philosophy';)
';No one knows what a Sin really is in God's eyes';


isnt it such a timeless piece of wisdom??
Kant's Universal Imperative is good, but it is a negative mirror image of the classic, ';Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'; by Jesus the Nazarene.


Mom's ';Eat all of your brocolli.'; isn't all that good. I've always the song lyric, ';Don't spit in the wind.';
make the best of the hand you're dealt
';i didn't mean to hurt them, I only wanted to kill them'; by Albert Del Salvo..





No I am not a muderous nut or sadist it rung to me about how we all justify the selfish actions in our lives.





Or ';you can't always be lucky but you can be smart everyday';.
If you're going to be stupid, you better be tough.
It sounds corny, and I first heard it on one of my kids teeny bopper movie, ';A Walk to Remember.'; It's a quote attributed to Dolly Parton, ';Find out who you are and do it on purpose.';





If God saw fit for you to have your unique personality, likes and dislikes, and your abilities, wouldn't he want you to live in a fashion that suits your design?





This is the best advice I've ever heard ... words to live by.
It is not your thoughts that define you it is your actions.


I'll die when I'm done.
';this above all, to thine own self be true...'; from Hamlet, and the golen rule from the sermon on the mount.