“It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity”
― Dag Hammarskjöld

Do not burn you're bridges you will meet the same people on the way up as you do on the way down

The only one I've always tried to live by:
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke 1729-1797

i had forgotten about it but that is the winner.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Good, better, best. May you never rest, until your good is better and your better, best.

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends' nose.

Experience is a wonderful thing. It helps you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

Another two:

1. Let us not grow weary while doing good as we will reap in due season,
if we do not lose heart. Galatians: 5:13

2. It doesn't cost nuttin to be nice. - Mom

I think that is based on this quote from St Paul in his epistle to the Philippians

Philippians 4:12

"Whoever said that diamonds are a girl's best friend ... never owned a dog". :doggie:

"I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet."

Repeating this phrase to myself during difficult times changed the way I perceived the situation.

It's five o'clock somewhere.

From Matthew 25...parable of the talents...


"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'

You get what you get and you don't throw a fit.

Four year old granddaughter to her two-year old brother.