What are some wise sayings that you've come across or you yourself invented from life experience

[Centipede]

don't hold on to your pain like it means something

 

[Telstra]

Always look at what is the intention behind the question?

 

[freefall]

"You cannot make every single person likes you, everywhere, every time."

"If it doesn't hurt, it's not love."

"Even the yesterday becomes the future."

"In order to have a winner, some people have to lose. And the cycle repeats."

 

[Essex Boy]

'It is never too late to make a fresh start, even with your final breath.'
- Bertolt Brecht (probably quoting a Taoist text)

'Man says time passes. Time says man passes.'
- Sundial motto

'There is no detail too small to be worth your full attention.'
- The man who taught me to draw used to say this

'Never cut paper when you can tear it.'
- He said that as well

 

[Essex Boy]

Just one more:
'Remember that everybody is somebody's Dreadful Friend.'
- My old college tutor

 

[blackbeltninja]

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.

Even monkeys fall out of trees.
-these are the two favourites of my karate instructor, a 6th Dan.

-d-

 

[star-warrior]

"Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts."
~ Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

 

[star-warrior]

Oh, and...

If you can't be a good example... Then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

I think the Rolling Stones say it best.

“You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need”

I think Jeebus was in them that moment.

 

[DigitalFudge]

Don't Curse the Darkness, Light a Match

 

[kombatwombat]

"If kindness doesn't work try more kindness." Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

 

[cgymike]

If in doubt roll the tape forward even faster. Yesterday's news is now from a few minutes ago.

 

[bort138]

"Live every week like it's Shark Week"

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

Divine was a gift from heaven and she taught me this years ago

 

[Rusty Crown]

"And we know that in all things Life works for the good of those who love it." - Me

 

[Adrock-JD]

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow. - James Dean

 

[Ephemeral]

"When reaching for the stars, bring a parachute." -Me

 

[HunterM]

Don't fight fire with fire. Fight fire with water. --Me

 

[cgymike]

"Being part of the solution means also being part of the problem"

Uncredited

 

[TickTockMan]

"what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, and so are everybody else’s."

"What is right for right now may not be what is right for later."