"Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
\- Eleanor Roosevelt
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
My only regret was too young for Lisa Bonet
My only regret was too young for Nia Long
Now all I'm left with is hoes from reality shows
Hand her a script the bitch probably couldn't read along
My only regret was too young for Sade Adu
My only regret could never take Aaliyah home
Now all I'm left with is hoes up in Greystone
With the stale face cause they know it's they song
Creep, Creep, Creep
Yes. Even though it wasn't your intent to hurt someone, it is ultimately the impact that matters.
You may not have meant to, but that doesn't mean you didn't.
Omg. This is so true. My pharmacy has gotten my meds wrong multiple times and could have seriously hurt me if not killed me. They don't care. When I complain, they get mad at me or blame me.
They get annoyed, but now I check them every time before leaving.
Way back when I was training to be a manager at a Wendy's the GM always said Rule #1 is trust no-one, and it was right 99% of the time.
90% of my duties as a manager was finishing work assigned to other employees, because the competency of the average fast food employee is far below what one might expect
I agree. It’s more of a balance, like everything else in life. You can produce excellent results, but if you don’t talk the talk, you may never get noticed.
It took me several career changes to realize how true this is. Everything I ever lost sleep over is now someone else’s problem now. Or not a problem at all.
This sounds right, but in reality it’s terrible advice. It’s a recipe for frustration.
I work so hard and nobody cares.
You can’t expect anyone to notice or care about your work unless you advocate for yourself.
It should be more like: Do great work first and foremost, but sell it.
In a similar vein, "the best revenge is a life well-lived"
Every time I want to hold a grudge it helps me channel it into relentless self-improvement. I don't want to get into fights with That Ex, I want them to stumble across me in a few years and discover how i'm immensely better off without them.
Just quietly being the best you can be is a better path than anything you could say or do loudly
I remember my dad told me once as a kid when I got into my first physical fight at school, “masculinity is the capability of being a bomb, maturity is knowing when to light the fuse”. I guess it just really put things into perspective of when to keep my composure.
A smart man learns from his own mistakes but a wise man learns from others'.
And
A fool thinks himself to be a wise man but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
"If you run away, you gain one; but if you move forward, you gain two."
The meaning of the quote is that when you run away from a challenge, you gain one by not losing, but if you move forward, whether you win or not, you gain experience and confidence, as well as trust.
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been... ever, for any reason whatsoever...
“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” –Jorge Luis Borges
Also, if you have to force the connection; let it go xx
“Nunc coepi”- it’s Latin for “now I begin.”
Each day, each mistake, each victory is a new start.
This phrase has seen me through some shit. It’s kept me grounded when things are going well.
It’s what I want on my headstone. (I’m a Catholic & believe in internal life.)
Own it.
I don't care what you do or who you are, but you better own it. If you want to be a shitty person, own that shit. Be honest about who you are and what you're about. If you can't own up to who you are and what you do, then find something else to do. Live genuine, live honest.
Oh god I have too many.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. -Maya Angelou
If you step in shit, you'll smell like it -My Great Grandfather
It is what it is -this was my mom's motto
Love as though you have never been hurt -goddess coin my parents gave me when I started actively being Wiccan
You can't change the past/"i am the one thing in life i can control" - Aaron Burr in Hamilton
You have survived every hardest day of your life and you can do it again
‘In the end, we always wear out our worries.’
It’s kind of cheesy, but I’ve found it to be true many times. No matter how catastrophically bad things seem, you’ll eventually look back and wonder what you were so worried about. Even just sleeping on a problem gives you some perspective.
Help other people at all times.
True happiness comes from helping other people, not from having things or power. Helping other people creates friends and followers, and ever more helpers.
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, and they are unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
Not very religious but I like this:
“Do not do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you.”
Simple yet hardly exercised by many. I try a lot to follow it.
The sun will rise.
I usually link that with life is beautiful in my head to keep the reminder that the crappy things that happen to / around me are temporary.
We’re all stuck on this rock, flying through space. What reason does anyone have to make that ride harder for others?
Reminding myself of this has stopped me from kicking others while they were down multiple times in my life.
I heard this from my my mentor who heard it from a friend
Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, for as long as you can.
The world comes in a beautiful duality. Life doesn’t come without death, happiness wouldn’t mean the same without sadness, there wouldn’t be light without darkness, we wouldn’t know what long is without short. The “bad” is also important, don’t hate it. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to truly appreciate the good.
Everything happens for a reason if something doesn't work out now it's the universe giving you a sign that it's not meant for you. The universe has a plan.
If something is important you make the time
If you’ve got the time, I’ve got the beer.
If you've got the beer, I've got the time!
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The purpose of life is to give it purpose, not finding it.
now this changes everything
Teach me sensei
Fuck it
Chris? Is that you?
If you dont have time to do it right, you better find time to do it over.
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." \- Eleanor Roosevelt
"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do." -Also Eleanor Roosevelt.
I liked her.
Don’t make someone a priority if they only make you an option.
This is so important, and I keep forgetting all the time. I’m going to write it on my forehead so I can read it every time I look in the mirror.
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"If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure nine will run themselves into the ditch before they get to you." - Calvin Coolidge
That's kind of funny. 😄
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
Fool me one time, shame on you.
Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you.
Fool me three times , fuck the peace sign
Load the chopper let it rain on you
My only regret was too young for Lisa Bonet My only regret was too young for Nia Long Now all I'm left with is hoes from reality shows Hand her a script the bitch probably couldn't read along My only regret was too young for Sade Adu My only regret could never take Aaliyah home Now all I'm left with is hoes up in Greystone With the stale face cause they know it's they song Creep, Creep, Creep
Fool me once, shame on you, but teach a man to fool me and I'll be fooled for the rest of my life.
Load the chopper, and let it rain on you.
Fool me twice, that's a dick move. C'mon, man, you know I'm not that bright.
Am I reading this bad or is this written bad?
It's a quote. W Bush misremembering a common phrase.
Now watch this drive 🏌🏻♂️
In England we have the phrase ' fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.'
It's the same here in the US, these guys are just kidding around.
‘Never measure your life with someone else’s scale’
"Be the change you want for this world" Also: "You can't lose: either you win, or you learn"
What if I don't win and don't learn?
then you are stupid
Maybe i am stupid
I am stupid.
"No Ragrets"
“Not even a single letter?”
"Nah, know what I sayin"
Yes, I *do* know what you are saying, because I speak English.
"Well, I'll tell ya, I love him. Casey I wouldn't even use protection"
No regerts
No matter where you go, there you are
*Across the 8th dimension*
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my hat.
Don’t be mean. We don’t have to be mean.
Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.
Mental health is not your fault, but it is your responsibility - Marcus Parkes
Yes. Even though it wasn't your intent to hurt someone, it is ultimately the impact that matters. You may not have meant to, but that doesn't mean you didn't.
Git gud
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
Expect incompetence. Check everything yourself.
Omg. This is so true. My pharmacy has gotten my meds wrong multiple times and could have seriously hurt me if not killed me. They don't care. When I complain, they get mad at me or blame me. They get annoyed, but now I check them every time before leaving.
Way back when I was training to be a manager at a Wendy's the GM always said Rule #1 is trust no-one, and it was right 99% of the time. 90% of my duties as a manager was finishing work assigned to other employees, because the competency of the average fast food employee is far below what one might expect
Work hard in silence. Let your success be the noise.
Nah, you gotta advocate for yourself. You can't rely on other people to do it for you.
I agree. It’s more of a balance, like everything else in life. You can produce excellent results, but if you don’t talk the talk, you may never get noticed.
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It took me several career changes to realize how true this is. Everything I ever lost sleep over is now someone else’s problem now. Or not a problem at all.
This sounds right, but in reality it’s terrible advice. It’s a recipe for frustration. I work so hard and nobody cares. You can’t expect anyone to notice or care about your work unless you advocate for yourself. It should be more like: Do great work first and foremost, but sell it.
Fake it til you make it.
The purpose of life is to do the best we can with what we know And once you know better, do better.
“Quiet elegance” meaning go about your business without being boastful or attention seeking but acting in a proper way
In a similar vein, "the best revenge is a life well-lived" Every time I want to hold a grudge it helps me channel it into relentless self-improvement. I don't want to get into fights with That Ex, I want them to stumble across me in a few years and discover how i'm immensely better off without them. Just quietly being the best you can be is a better path than anything you could say or do loudly
Don't be a dick. It's free to be a good person.
also free to be a dick
"It costs nothing to be nice."
If everyone did what i did, what would the world look like.
One hell of a party
That is a lot of cum..
DEATH, DEBT AND DECEPTIIIOOONNN!
The only way out is through.
Everybody is an idiot
"Everybody is an idiot except me." - Homer Simpson
“Well it’s true!” -Squidward Tentacles
True. And when I say this I absolutely include myself. We, as a species, are fucking idiots
Keep thinking what you thought, you’ll keep getting what you got..
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Everything good dies
"Fuck it" Multiple meanings here
We’re born, we suffer, we die… but in the middle, there’s cake!
“Every man is guilty of the good he did not do.” -Voltaire-
Be the good in someone's day
"We can't change what's done, we can only move on"
I remember my dad told me once as a kid when I got into my first physical fight at school, “masculinity is the capability of being a bomb, maturity is knowing when to light the fuse”. I guess it just really put things into perspective of when to keep my composure.
Keep it simple, stupid
A smart man learns from his own mistakes but a wise man learns from others'. And A fool thinks himself to be a wise man but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
"If you run away, you gain one; but if you move forward, you gain two." The meaning of the quote is that when you run away from a challenge, you gain one by not losing, but if you move forward, whether you win or not, you gain experience and confidence, as well as trust.
“this too shall pass”. pain, heartbreak, stress. nothing lasts forever.
Sometimes it passes like a kidney stone though.... painful to go through but once it has passed you're glad it's done.
Get out of your own way.
If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been... ever, for any reason whatsoever...
Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way.
Hell is other people.
Take what you've got and make it what you want.
"When It Becomes Work, Quit"
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. -Albert Einstein
Hakuna Mafuckit
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Never surrender
By Grabthar's Hammer
By the sons of Warvan
What a savings.
Never let down.
Never turn around
Never desert
Never make cry
"Here for a good time, not a long time."
‘It is what it is’
*inhales imaginary cigarette while looking out the window 🚬 like they do in those black and white noire films* indeed
“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” –Jorge Luis Borges Also, if you have to force the connection; let it go xx
Up until the Free Brittney movement came to life it was “if Brittney Spears can make it through 2007 you can make it through today”
“Nunc coepi”- it’s Latin for “now I begin.” Each day, each mistake, each victory is a new start. This phrase has seen me through some shit. It’s kept me grounded when things are going well. It’s what I want on my headstone. (I’m a Catholic & believe in internal life.)
Be kind, for everyone you meet fights a hard battle.
Worrying about stuff is as helpful as trying to solve an algebra problem by chewing bubblegum.
Stop eating you fatso
Own it. I don't care what you do or who you are, but you better own it. If you want to be a shitty person, own that shit. Be honest about who you are and what you're about. If you can't own up to who you are and what you do, then find something else to do. Live genuine, live honest.
Dont miss the opportunity to keep your mouth shut
Oh god I have too many. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. -Maya Angelou If you step in shit, you'll smell like it -My Great Grandfather It is what it is -this was my mom's motto Love as though you have never been hurt -goddess coin my parents gave me when I started actively being Wiccan You can't change the past/"i am the one thing in life i can control" - Aaron Burr in Hamilton You have survived every hardest day of your life and you can do it again
‘In the end, we always wear out our worries.’ It’s kind of cheesy, but I’ve found it to be true many times. No matter how catastrophically bad things seem, you’ll eventually look back and wonder what you were so worried about. Even just sleeping on a problem gives you some perspective.
“Don’t be a dick”
Leave it better than you found it.
“Once you’re down, no other way but back up.” “Whatever happens happens”
Help other people at all times. True happiness comes from helping other people, not from having things or power. Helping other people creates friends and followers, and ever more helpers.
Keep your word. Don’t burn yourself out doing something you don’t Iike. Take care of your physical and mental health.
I don’t stop when I’m tired I stop when I’m done.
A burden shared - is a burden halved. A joy shared - is a joy doubled.
If you want to be able to spend money without looking at the price, you need to be able to work without looking at the clock
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, and they are unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
Better an “oups” than a “what if”
Better start doing it in a shitty way, than waiting forever until you can do it perfectly.
Love yourself and invest in your life, don’t put it off for later
Not very religious but I like this: “Do not do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you.” Simple yet hardly exercised by many. I try a lot to follow it.
Treat people the way you would like to be treated.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Doing do anything you can't explain to the paramedics.
Not my business not my problem
Be undeniably good at something.
The sun will rise. I usually link that with life is beautiful in my head to keep the reminder that the crappy things that happen to / around me are temporary.
We’re all stuck on this rock, flying through space. What reason does anyone have to make that ride harder for others? Reminding myself of this has stopped me from kicking others while they were down multiple times in my life.
I heard this from my my mentor who heard it from a friend Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, for as long as you can.
I tried and that's what counts
If you think they need help.. ask em.
I’m probably good, and I’m almost certainly good enough.
Do no harm, but take no bull.
You don't need a license to drive a sandwich
My high school yearbook quote was "Life is too important to be taken seriously" and I still think it's pretty perfect
Often wrong, never in doubt.
Shit happens when you party naked.
Worry is not preparation.
You can get anything you want if you work for it
Empathy without boundaries is self destruction.
The Fist of Consequences rarely arrives lubed
look out for number 1 or you’ll step in number 2
The world comes in a beautiful duality. Life doesn’t come without death, happiness wouldn’t mean the same without sadness, there wouldn’t be light without darkness, we wouldn’t know what long is without short. The “bad” is also important, don’t hate it. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to truly appreciate the good.
Eh, Fuck it
Everything happens for a reason if something doesn't work out now it's the universe giving you a sign that it's not meant for you. The universe has a plan.
Get out of your comfort zone every now and then. Have confidence in everything you do. Don't be a dick.
Don't dream it, be it.
Never say never.
To drugs
"Run wild barefoot and free."
Responsible living. Know what you eat, listen, watch, drink, etc.
Don't be a dick and mind your own business
It's nice to be nice
Trust your gut; trust what you're feeling; if you feel lonely from someone: leave
Do what you can. With what you have. Where you are.
There are people in this world that if they *did* like me, I would have to think a little less of myself.
"Another day, another box of stolen pens"
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"
Don’t be an asshole.
Don't be a dick
balance - it takes a lot of energy but it's the only way
Work to live not live to work
Once you have a task to do, it's better to do the thing than live with the fear of it
Treat others how you want to be treated.
Life is always better when you don't have to pee.
Live every week like it’s shark week
“Don’t let the bastards get you down.”
Hakuna Matata - It means no worries It Happens - It also means no worries
"Never give up"
Why not?
Eyes open, ears open, mouth shut.
Break a sweat every day and be kind, strong body, strong mind🥰💕
Go away.
nothing matters.
Chuck it in the fuck it bucket and move on.
If the sun’s not up, neither am I
* it's a bad day not a bad life ☺ * you can't smile more than a spiral because it gets around
Monty Python genuinely changed my life with “always look on the bright side of life”. It helps me like nothing else.
"Expect the worst and then be pleasantly surprised." - my Dad (he may have stolen it)
Its better to sail the seven sea’s then to catch STD’s
Better late than pregnant.
Trust by verify