Previous Reflections:
On Jul 18, 2008 Angela MacVicar
Best advice I ever received was "to remember people only ever tell you what they want you to hear"
On Jul 18, 2008 BASIL
say what you mean and mean what you say.
some one one's told me if i want to enjoy my stay here on earth i should STUDY HOW PEPOLE LIVE JUST TO LIVE AND LIVE WITH THEM.
On Jul 18, 2008 tiny
was very uncomfortable about my shape,then one of my friends told me"be your self"be like zebras,they born with stripes they don't spend their precious time trying to change them.
On Jul 18, 2008 Sara
The best advise I think I have ever been given is that "happiness comes from within" over the last few years this has been a very important lesson for me.
On Jul 18, 2008 imran
if you have paid the cost of success then success is yours
On Jul 18, 2008 Nadine
The best advice I received in business was "You are trusted to make good decisions so make a decision and deal with the consequences later if that decision is wrong". This has served me well in all the various roles I have worked in.
On Jul 18, 2008 Harleyrob
Some of the best advise I ever got was from my mother. She said always tell the truth then you won't have to remember what you said..Thanks Mom..
On Jul 18, 2008 flyingbeta
"Don't be afraid of dough. It's just dough."
My dear ol' mom gave me that advice when she taught me to make pie. She was right. Better still, I can substitute just about any word for "dough" and it's still true.
On Jul 18, 2008 lww
The best advice I ever received came from Rick Warren in his book The Purpose Driven Life: "It's not about you." That changed my entire life. It's not about me. It's all about God and what I can do for him.
On Jul 18, 2008 m
My mom told me "You never pass a class, you pass a teacher." What she meant was that life is about people, not ideas. You have to get to know people, their perspective, and what they want or need. If you can do that well, you can be successful in anything.
On Jul 18, 2008 Pearl
The best advice I ever received came to me and I don't even remember who it came from. I think it just came from people. From my view of people, from different interactions and experiences. The advice was to accept myself as I am. Come to terms with the fact that I am human and I am in control of what I see in myself. Now that I have learned to just be me I have taken that to the next level and learned to see others as who they are and not just little lego toys that need to be changed to suit me.
On Jul 18, 2008 SUSAN
I found this in a magazine, and I keep it on my desk at work:
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission---Eleanor Roosevelt
On Jul 18, 2008 Dan
Best advice? so much to choose from!
if you don't like it change it! if you cant change it, don't worry about it it's not your problem to change.
On Jul 18, 2008 kma
Kindness Creates Happiness
On Jul 18, 2008 Julian
Treat others as you want to be treated. Very simple, but yet profound...
On Jul 18, 2008 Barbara Fuhrwerk
The best I have ever received as a teacher is:
Look behind the eyes of every student; each has a story. And stay in "the conscious now".
On Jul 18, 2008 Kay
"No decision is a bad decision but the best decision at the time" When I get in my shoulda, woulda, coulda mode I remember this quote and it comforts me and keeps me from beating myself to death.
On Jul 18, 2008 Nina
the serenity prayer..
"God, grand me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference"
For me this means I can not change other people, I can change me, and I can change my perspective. I believe it is true wisdom to know that difference.
On Jul 18, 2008 AbbyLadybug
Two things come to mind:
(1) Quick to listen, Slow to speak, Slow to anger. -The Bible
(2) Choose your battles. -former manager
On Jul 18, 2008 Ramanand Kowta
Just BE - not THIS or THAT ! is a quote, I think, by OSHO - mkes absolute, eminent sense to me.
On Jul 18, 2008 Lovebug
The best advise I ever did get was "To think for myself and not become apart of herd mentality". The thought that has helped me the most inlife is "I can only be offened if I choose to be"
On Jul 18, 2008 anniebupps
My father has always told us "I can do what I HAVE to do," and he meant that no matter how difficult or desperate (physical, emotional) your circumstance, you can "do what you have to do." Life punches you in the stomach sometimes, but you can go on if you keep this advice in mind.
On Jul 18, 2008 Rick Brooks
Love connects. Fear divides.
On Jul 18, 2008 Merle
Be careful of the words YOU speak keep them soft and sweet you never know from day to day which ones you will have to eat.
On Jul 18, 2008 barbara
When faced with a dilemmma,consider the worst possible scenario then decide if you can live with it; or not.
On Jul 19, 2008 Banashree
Making mistake is not foolishness but repeating the same is fooishness.
On Jul 19, 2008 meg
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart..." and advice from the Bible.
On Jul 19, 2008 laura
"you are all you have"
we enter the world alone, and we die alone.
...so value, find peace within'you'
On Jul 19, 2008 robin
never let go of your joy
On Jul 19, 2008 PRANAV
according to BHAGWAT GEETA- Do work don't tense for RESULT
On Jul 19, 2008 PRANAV
Stop searching forever, HAPPINESS is just next to you
On Jul 19, 2008 PRANAV KAUSHAL
my teaCher saId:: If yOu Look wID LoVing eYes... aLL dA wOrLd lOoKs loVeLY... ~
On Jul 19, 2008 PRANAV KAUSHAL
i can cheat myself i can laugh but when i m alone i wanna die
one day u will be alone, nobody can stay with u forever, didnt god tell u, only i can, then also u let urself hurt me... why?
On Jul 19, 2008 PRANAV KAUSHAL
Never whisper words of "Love" if the feeling is not true...Never share your feeling if you mean to break a "Heart"... Never look into my eyes if all you have to do is lie... And never say "Hello" if you really mean "Goodbye....
On Jul 19, 2008 jamie ryan
nothing in life worth living for comes easy
On Jul 20, 2008 jimmyox
"Attitude is everything!"
On Jul 20, 2008 judi
Best advice from my dad: "When you've had enough, you'll quit." Simple: pulls you up by the shorthairs and out of the quagmire. Kept me moving forward thrugh many tough times in life, thanks Dad :-)
On Jul 21, 2008 rodney
"never let failure take control you're the architect of your own life"
On Jul 21, 2008 Martin
Stop judging a person by looking at his/her past. We all have skeletons in the closet. The past is the past. Rather focus you energies on improving your attitude to be more positive. Positive attitudes will always generate positive actions!
On Jul 22, 2008 Angel
the best advice I got was "live without regret, and do like you won't regret anything.
On Jul 22, 2008 Angel
Life is a collection of opportunities and well exhausted opportunities make for wonderful memories
On Jul 31, 2008 Cuthbert
Its worth to believe that"As an ordinary person i can do anything but not everything"
On Jul 31, 2008 ravinder
No person deserves your tears, and who deserves them won’t make you cry.
On Jul 31, 2008 ravinder kumar
Never stop smiling, not even when you’re sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.
On Jul 31, 2008 Brian Madiya
you never miss the water until the river runs dry, whatever you have now be happy about it because you will miss it one day
On Jul 31, 2008 Sheryl Sasseville
You don't have to see the whole staircase...just take the first step.
On Jul 31, 2008 Patrick
when i was still a kid my mom used to advise me, she say, "what u r do and plan to do now dictates what u'll be in future" thanx mom; may u live till jesus descension.
On Jul 31, 2008 Pat
If i'm to get a companion in life,
she should just love me as i'm, with the little i own. what of u brother?
On Aug 1, 2008 jj
live life likk derz no tomorrow
On Aug 2, 2008 salman
when you are kind with someone , keep yourself safe from his or her mischieves.
Hazrat Ali (R.A )
On Aug 10, 2008 Jilly
"to learn, move on, grow, and be strenghened by what has happened"
my house director of my boarding school told me this when i got expled from school. it changed my life an now i am doing more things than i could imagin.
On Aug 11, 2008 Ducey
You only live once, but if you work it right, ONCE IS ENOUGH
On Aug 12, 2008 Prossie
"I am the Lord your God, is anything too hard for me?" I know that with God, ALL things are possible! I just have to believe. For me, that is the ultimate solution to all my trials.
On Aug 12, 2008 Neo
"Always enter every situation with your eyes wide open"
Wether you are starting a new personal relationship or business agreement etc. always ensure that you are fully aware of what you are doing.
I took that advice and never looked back ever since.
On Aug 16, 2008 Marie
Character is about what you do when nobody is looking....
Also, you have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was...
I saw these on a calendar many moons ago. They are invaluable to me!
On Aug 17, 2008 ANAND SHARMA
REPEAT THE DOSE TILL THE PATIENT DIES.
On Aug 29, 2008 John Scarcelli
"what goes around comes around" And better than that the recent one is "It all comes out in the wash"
On Sep 3, 2008 Debby
Stay Awake, Always be patient on Jehovah learn to wait for his hands controls all matters he will never act to late.
On Sep 3, 2008 Debby
Stay Awake, Always be patient on Jehovah learn to wait for his hands controls all matters he will never act to late.
On Sep 3, 2008 Vasanth K H
The formulah Jesus followed to win the hearts of people is obsolutely meaningful and fruitful, If you want to win the hearts of people for Christ select a very little flock and train them.
On May 4, 2009 marc
hi i like advice to my freinds and my parents
lets do it you
it is very interesting!!
On May 9, 2009 Mike
"Run your own race".
Life is about having something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
"It is what it is".
On Sep 23, 2009 Alexa
"You can't please everybody"
I have just recently recieved this advice, and within less than a week I have changed. Just imagine in a month! (:
On Oct 2, 2009 noura
there is no regrets in life,only lessons
On Feb 11, 2010 Gilbert
Life, it is nothing but a endless string of choices. Some we know the outcomes, and others we do not. Regardless, keep putting one foot in front of the other and before you know it you will have have walked miles. In which direction, well thats determined by those choices.
My gradfather told me this, nothing I have ever heard to date matches this wisdom.
On Feb 21, 2010 Milos Serbia
Learn to say goodbye, learn to forgive, you can be only what you are everybody else is already taken.
On Feb 27, 2010 Chelsea
You only have one life. Live it to the fullest.
On Apr 4, 2010 Kayla
"PMA (positive mental attitude) all the way."
On Apr 26, 2010 Third Age Health
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On Jun 19, 2010 dexter allan ladesma
"I do it because I can, I can because I want to. I want to because they said I could'nt."
from unknown person
On Jun 30, 2010 MC
Don't get so caught up in the future, because you'll lose sight of the present.
On Jul 13, 2010 julie
Live & let live
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