Advice

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.

Lose your troubles in bubble.

There are two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works.

You're like a worm in hot ashes.

And the most important.....ONE DAY AT A TIME...

But for the grace of God.

Easy does it.

Expect a miracle.

First things first.

God never gives us more than we can handle.

Let go and let God keep coming back.

Live and let live.

Recovery is a process...not an event.

Think....think....think.

This too shall pass

Willingness is the key.

A good thing to remember, and a better thing to do...

is work with the construction gang and not the wrecking crew.

Accept what you can change, tolerate what you can't.

Actions speak louder than words.

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give but dreadful to take.

Always judge a person by the way they treat someone who can be of no possible use to them.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A wise person cares not for what he cannot have but for what he can.

Advice is least heeded when most needed.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't...

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

Always carry something interesting to do.

Always do right.

This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. (Mark Twain)

Always forgive your enemies...they hate that !!

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

Anger is like a piece of shredded wheat stuck in your dentures.

If you leave it there...then you'll get a sore and have to eat Jell-O for a week.

But if you remove it....the sore...just like the anger will slowly but surely go away.

As you go through life...two rules never bend.

Never whittle toward yourself or pee against the wind.

Attitude is everything ! Pick a good one !

Be happy !! It's a way of being wise !!

Be careful of the words you say... Keep them short and sweet... because you'll never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat !

Be...instead of do ! Be just...and fear not ! Be of use...but don't be used. Be pretty if you can, witty if you must, but be yourself...if it kills you !!

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

Be yourself. Who else is better qualified ?

Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can get by with what is left.

Being cool...is not trying to be cool.

Believe in yourself !

Better to break your promise than doing worse in keeping it.

Breathe deeply and often...

Care for your soul...

Carve out an hour for solitude.

Character is what you stand for. Reputation is what you fall for.

Choose thy life...Love thy choice.

Cling to your imperfections....for that's what makes you unique.

Confucius say: make sure words touch, wisdom tooth, n way out of mouth.

Deal with the faults of others...as gently as with your own.

Develop yourself...before you develop others.

Do more than exist; live. Do more than touch; feel. Do more than look; observe. Do more than read; absorb. Do more than hear; listen. Do more than listen; understand. Do more than think; ponder. Do more than talk; say something.

Do not allow yourself to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Do not practice moderation to excess.

Do not say a little in many words...but a great deal in a few.

Don't burn your candle from both ends.

Don't live in the past....what's done is done.

Do things for others.

Do your best and leave the rest.

Don't answer the telephone during dinner.

Don't ask the question if you can't live with the answer !

Don't be a fool....stay in school !!

Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember, that pressure is what turned a lump of coal into a diamond.

Don't be afraid of your passion. Don't be afraid to be good. Don't be afraid to strive to be first...first to nod, first to smile, first to speak and first to forgive.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't burn the bridges behind you.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't cry over split milk.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Don't die until you're dead.

Don't give up the ship.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first. (Mark Twain)

Don't go near the water until you learn to swim. (English Proverb)

Don't hide your light under a bushel.

Don't hurry...don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers.

Don't find fault...find a remedy.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Don't kill the dream....execute it !!

Don't let what you cannot do....interfere with what you can do.

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees. (Swedish Proverb)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't run your life in such a way... that people will want your fingerprints... instead of your autograph.

Don't spend money you haven't earned to buy things you don't need....to impress people you don't like.

Don't start anything on Saturday...you can't finish.

Don't take any wooden nickels.

Don't try to hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire. (Arab Proverb)

Encourage others...

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and find they were the big things.

Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours. (Swedish Proverb)

Find something to laugh about everyday...

Finished is better than perfect !

Forgive a wrong and you'll surely confuse the person who did it...

Friend, do not try to borrow combs from shaven monks.

Go to bed at nine o'clock twice a week.

Good things happen to those who wait...

Have character....don't be one!

He asks advice in vain who will not follow it.

Hem your blessings with praise lest they unravel.

Honesty is the best policy....

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

I can only show you to the door... it's up to you to walk through it.

I rather be hated for who I am then to be loved for who I am not.

If all else fails...read the instructions.

If at first you don't succeed...change the rules !!

If at first you don't succeed....redefine success !!

If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.

If...if and buts were candy and nuts we would all have a Merry Christmas !

If it's not broke, don't fix it.

If it's not delicious...don't eat it !!

If opportunity doesn't knock then build a door.

If the shoe fits, but it in every color.

If wisdom is what you seek... remember be aware of whom, to whom, when, where and how you speak.

If you always do what you have always done, you will always get, what you always got.

If you are going to kill time...try working it to death !

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

If you carry your childhood with you...you'll never become older.

If you come to a fork in the road...take it !!

If you do your best, you cannot do more.

If you don't like something, change it.

If you can't change it, change the way you think about it!

If you don't love it...live without it !

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If you scatter thorns...don't go barefoot.

If you take big paces...you leave big spaces.

If you want a thing well done...do it yourself !

If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

It is better to sit quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt ...

It's better to die standing than to live kneeling! ! !

It's no use crying over split milk.

Just do what you do best.

Keep it simple.

Keep your head down and your powder dry.

Keep your ideals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you !

Keep your words sweet...you never know when you'll have to eat them!

Know your audience.

Learn from mistakes of others.

You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Learn from other's mistakes...rather than making them all yourself !

Leave both doors open and they can both slam shut !

Let me listen to me, and not to them. (Gertrude Stein)

Live by what you trust...not by what you fear.

Live each day to the fullest because you never know if you will be able to tomorrow.

Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. (Henry David Thoreau)

Look before you leap.

Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

Make hay while the sun shines !

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you !!

Make today something to smile about tomorrow...

Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

Measure twice, cut once.

Never argue with an idiot They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience

Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut.

Never ASSUME because it makes an ASS out of U and ME

Never confuse motion with action.

Never do card tricks with the group you play poker with.

Never go too far for too little.

Never let YESTERDAY use up TODAY !

Never play leap frog with a unicorn.

Never promise more than you can perform. (Pubilius Syrus)

Never put off 'til tomorrow...what you can do today.

Never say NEVER !!

Never show your opponent your intentions.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

One of the most important trips a person can make...is the one where he meets another halfway.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

Pay attention to your enemies...for they are the first to discover your mistakes !

People may doubt what you say; but they always believe what you do.

Practice makes perfect...so be careful what you practice.

Remember, when you throw dirt, your losing ground !

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Sing as if everyone can hear you... Act as if everyone is watching.... Live as if it's your last day on earth.

Solitude is a pinnacle.

Sometimes you can observe a lot by watching.

Speak kind words and you will hear kind echoes.

Speak softly, but carry a big stick.

Speak when you're angry, and you'll deliver the best speech you'll ever regret.

Spend some time alone.

Start at the beginning.... and finish at the end.

Stay away from negative people.

Strike while the iron is hot !

Strive for realistic deadlines.

Swallowing angry words is much better than having to eat them.

Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself!

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. (George Bernard Shaw)

Take my advice...I'm not using it !

Take time to love the little things...

That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

The best comeback...is a blank look !!

The best way to keep someone's word is not to give it. (Napoleon)

The best way to knock the chip off another person's shoulder... is to pat him on the

The best way to save time...is to use it !

The less you speak the more you will hear.

The more he spoke of his honesty...the closer I watched my purse.

The most valuable gift you can give another is a good example.

The noblest revenge is to forgive.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The time is always right to do what is right.

The time to stop talking is before people stop listening.

Things remembered best are those best forgotten. (Baltasar Gracian)

There are things in the future and things in the past. Live each moment as though it were your last...

To be thought wise...keep your mouth shut.

To thine own self be true.

Trust your hunches... They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without.

Waste not fresh tears over old grief. (Euripides)

We should always remember that cutting remarks have a way of leaving scars.

What should not be heard by little ears, should not be said by big mouths.

Whatever is worth doing at all...is worth doing well !

When all else fails, panic !!!

When in doubt....DUCK...!!!

When in doubt...figure it out !

When in doubt...tell the truth.

When in doubt...be vague.

When someone we love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure !

When you argue with a fool...be sure he isn't similarly engaged.

When you don't know what to do....walk fast and look worried !

When you have nothing to say...say nothing !

Whistle while you work.

Wise men learn much from fools.

Work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody's watching, and love like you've never been hurt.

You can run, but you'll just die tired.

You never have a second chance to make a first impression.

Your reach should exceed your grasp.