Texts of Advice 2: Realities in Life

• Walk your talk.
• An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.
• By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
• Feel free to let go, let go to feel free.
• Do not let life make you ugly.
• To rest is to rust.
• Do not spread the net when the bird you want to catch is watching.
• Common sense is not always common.
• Old habits die hard.
• Beggars can’t be choosers.
• Uncertainty is inevitable, worrying is optional.
• Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
• Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
• Eyes provide sight; heart insight.
• Stop looking for a purpose; create it.
• Success follows experience so get more experience.
• It is a sin to despise anyone. — Proverb 14:21
• If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say a thing. — P. Fry
• A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read. — The Talmud
• Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good. Impatience will get you into trouble. — Proverb 19:2
• There are no unanswered prayers. Sometimes the answer is no.
• Some people see the donuts. Others the hole.
• Even a small person can turn the light on in a small room.
• Every man has something to die for. A man who has nothing to die for is not fit to live.
• Something that affects you will have an effect on you.
• If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
• No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. — Henry Adams
• If it’s not yours, it will never be yours no matter how much you are blessed with it. But if in case, just in case it’s for you, it will always be for you… no matter how often you ignore it.
• Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice... But for those who love, time is eternity. — Henry van Dyke
• The most dangerous part of hell is reserved for those who do not take a stand. — Dante
• A big jar full of water gets emptied by just a small hole, even a little anger and pride will drain all the nobility of a good heart. Stay humble.
• Dreams are free so free your dreams! — Astrid Alauda
• The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams, no reasons are necessary. — Ashleigh Brilliant
• What does not kill you makes you stronger.
• Everything that is happening in this world has a purpose, be it something good or something bad. The universe never willed our lives to be like hell. So when a turning point seems so terrible, later you would notice that a wonderful thing compensates for then seemingly hopeless incident. Very often than not, our lives become better and things become blessings in disguise after all.
• The measure of our life is the love that we leave when we are gone.
• Like turtles, let us take one day at a time. It is neither how fast we move nor how long we live. It’s how we cherish every moment. Life is a gift!
• Watch your thoughts for they become words. Choose your words for they become actions. Understand your actions for they become your character. Study your character for they become your destiny.
• I’ve realized that life is indeed full of contradictions. Sometimes it’s crazy to be sane, you need to fall to fly, people suffer because you care. You have to unlearn to know the lesson. You have to give up because you are strong. You have to be wrong to make things right. Nonetheless, life’s complexities are also life’s source of beauty. We should cry to laugh again. Fall apart to be whole again and get hurt to love again. That’s life... a sublime irony!
• One sad irony of self is... we always know what’s right for others while there are certain wrong things we pursue on our own.
• Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
• The sand taught me one thing: “You can’t hold too many things, no matter what you do to make them stay, and no matter how much they want to stay, the wind will always blow them away. So learn to let go and choose carefully which you want to stay, because like the sand, only those which are in the center of your palm will last.”
• Today, don’t think of saying any unkind word, think of the people who can’t speak. Don’t complain about the food you eat, some have nothing. Don’t complain about life, many die young. When you’re tired of your job, think of the jobless, the disabled and those who wish they had yours. When sad thoughts seem to put you down, paint a smile on your face and thank God you’re alive and still around. Life is a gift. Live it well.
• Just for today, decide to be happy. To live with what is yours. If you can’t have what you want, maybe you can like what you have. Just for today, decide to be kind. Be cheerful. Be agreeable. Be understanding. Be your best. Dress your best. Talk softly. Look for the bright side of things. Praise people instead of criticising them. Just for today, try it. After all, it’s just for today. Who knows, you might like it and do it again tomorrow.
• If wealth is the secret to happiness, then the rich should be dancing on the street. But only poor kids to that. If power ensures peace of mind, then officials should walk unguarded. But those who live simply sleep soundly. If beauty and fame bring ideal relationships, then celebrities should have the best marriages. But those who trust God completely have the most fulfilling relationships.
• The greatest desire in the world isn’t medical. It’s being unwanted, unloved and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases but the only cure for despair is love. There are those who are dying for a piece of bread but many more are dying for a piece of love. Share it every day.
• Life is a matter of perspective, either you complain because roses have thorns or you rejoice because thorns have roses. It all depends on how you look at it.
• Beginnings are scary. Endings are sad. And the middle? Well, it’s what counts the most. So don’t dwell on a dismal beginning or devote yourself on aiming for a happy ending. Coz you might miss the best part of the whole story. Enjoy life while you’re still in the middle. We can’t change how it began. Moreover, we can’t predict how it will end.
• Sweet words are easy to say, nice things are easy to buy; but good people are difficult to find. Life ends when you stop dreaming. Hope ends when you stop believing. Love ends when you stop crying. Friendship ends when you stop sharing. Love without condition, talk without intention, give without reason, and care without expectation.
• Every day, smile and act like nothing is wrong. It’s called putting everything aside and simply being strong!
• You won’t fully enjoy a swing unless you raise your feet from the ground. You won’t enjoy a boat ride unless you remove the rope’s knot from the river bank. Lesson: Never ever limit yourself when it comes to happiness, learn how to let go and take risk. Life is much beautiful outside the comfort zone.
• Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.
• Understand life; do not stand under it.
• Humility is like underwear; indecent if it shows.
• Our name is one of our most important possessions.
• A bore is someone who keeps talking after everyone has stopped listening.
• Manner, like love, does not boast.
• People are less likely to notice your clothes if you wear a big smile.
• Do not prioritize what’s on your schedule. Rather, schedule your priorities. — R.S. Covey
• Conservatives are not necessarily stupid but most stupid people are conservative.
• A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
• We can’t discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving deeply gives you courage.
• Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — Da Vinci
• Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten the wrong half.
• Remember when drinking: Drink triple. See double. Act single.
• Love yourself for who you are. But keep in mind who you are becoming.
• Looks ain’t everything but they sure help you to get what you want.
• It’s your life so it’s your domain.
• He who has a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how’. — Friedrich Nietzche
• My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn. — Louis Adamic
• The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins. — Heywound Brown
• To test if your mission on earth is finished, check your heartbeat. If you’re still alive, it isn’t. — Richard Bach
• A promise is a comfort to a fool.
• True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. — Socrates
• Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. — Aristotle
• In the chase between cat and mouse, the mouse mostly wins. It’s because the cat is running for its food while the mouse for its life. Purpose is more important than need.
• Virtue does not come from wealth; but wealth and every other good thing which human have comes from virtue. — Socrates
• Sometimes you need to experience everything so that you would learn. There’s no easy way in living life so live it as it is. Cry. Laugh. Be crazy. And don’t miss the chances life is giving you because the most important things are not “things” at all. Most of the time, they are “people” making your life worth living.
• All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. — Edward Gibbon

See also Txt of Advice 1: Life in General.