What is the best advice you've ever received?

[Islamosocialist]

I keep a journal of quotes that people have said and I appreciate.

And I tear out the pages that, after years of reflection, have really impacted my life. Those I frame.

I have many quotes framed, here are a few that guided my life/views:

"Live a good life because, I promise you, if any of those who died today could trade your place, they would change the world."
- My mother

"Yes, you're a Muslim. But don't be JUST a Muslim. Be a person who is Muslim. Be everything you want to be, and Muslim. Your faith should not be all others see when they look at you. You must be successful in your chosen career, a good wife, maybe someday a good mother, and a great neighbor and friend. And, after all that, a Muslim. If your identify is one thing, you become a caricature. You'd be the Muslim equivalent of a gay pride float."
- My Imam

"You must respect your husband. If you don't, get a new one."
- My grandmother.

"Love? Only the young are stupid enough to dream of marrying for love. Marriage and love are not often compatible. If you insist on having this, then you must be able to survive without your husband but want him around. Dependency breeds resentment."
- My grandmother.

TV: "The fish is surrounded..."
My sister: "The fishes surrounded? ****ing Americans, don't even know their own English."

"Nothing is worth more than this day."
- I read it somewhere.

[RGacky3]

"Dump her" - A friend

"You want to be known as someone that puts other people first." - My Dad

"Pride comes before a crash" - Proverbs

"Don't be a dick." - a friend

"Do on to others as you would have them do to you" - Jesus, yeah its Cliche, but hey.

"Worry never added a day to anyones life" - Somewhere in the bible, I can't remember.

"Let your hair grow out" - Some chick.

"Just because it does'nt bother you does'nt mean it does'nt bother other people." - The Same chick

[The Man]

"Don't become a Trotskyist."

:laugh:

No but, probably it is:

"Stop shouting and yelling at people, and hear them out first."

[thefinalmarch]

"Businessmen and politicians are lying, self-interested scum. Never believe a word they say." - my father

[Demogorgon]

The best advice I think was to wait till I was a bit older to go into further education. Too bad I ignored it first time round. :lol: It worked well in the long run though.

[TheGeekySocialist]

never trust a Tory

[Zealot]

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it." - Karl Marx

[ComradeMan]

Marcus Valerius Martialis
Epigrams Liber X:47

These, my dearest Martialis, are
the things that bring a happy life:
wealth left to you, not laboured for;
rich land, an ever-glowing hearth;
no law, light business, and a quiet mind;
a healthy body, gentlemanly powers;
a wise simplicity, friends not unlike;
good company, a table without art;
nights carefree, yet no drunkenness;
a bed that’s modest, true, and yet not cold;
sleep that makes the hours of darkness brief:
the need to be yourself, and nothing more;
not fearing your last day, not wishing it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
De Divinatione (Liber II:LVIII: 119)

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum

There is nothing so ridiculous that some philosopher has not said it. :D

[Smyg]

"Never trust a human. They're too human."

[Sasha]

"Don't ask for advice over the internet"

[Le Libérer]

"Dont get married. Run as fast as you can before its too late". Me to all my female friends who think they are achieving a means to an end by getting married.

[Kornilios Sunshine]

"Don't....uh..."

No it is

"Never EVER EVER EVER EVER give up." ~I don't know guy.

[Rafiq]

"Most, if not all Imams are lying, money hoarding, pedophiles" - My cousin.

[citizen of industry]

This was a framed, hand stiched quote on my bedroom wall as a child, made by some deceased relative I never knew. I first read this when I first learned how to read. Later I found out it was from Calvin Coolidge, a bourgeois pig, but I'll take it to the grave anyway:

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."

[Dumb]

"Leave us alone."

[thriller]

You are better than that - My dad when I pulled some stupid shit

Any time you need something, don't even ask, it's yours - A friend

One day at a time - AA line, but I think it's a good saying for life in general

[NoOneIsIllegal]

"It's a trap!"

[Meridian]

My philosophy is basically this, and this is something that I live by, and I always have, and I always will: 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, or where you are going, or, or where you've been. Ever, for any reason, whatsoever.

-Michael Scott

[Apoi_Viitor]

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today. ~Malcolm X

[Bud Struggle]

Make sure you always look out for #1 and treat every one else like they are #2.

(Hey, don't forget I'm am a Bourgeoisese. I have Capitalist sayings. :D :D )

[DarkPast]

"All animals—even humans—can be herded. The trick is to make them think they choose their own destination."

[RED DAVE]

When I was being an angry revolutionary ascetic (and all of 17):

""Remember Dave, even a Bolshevik needs a catharsis every once in awhile." :D

RED DAVE

[L.A.P.]

"*my name*, i hope one day you get out of your shell and tell me what you want you want to do with your life and say Dad I want to be a rocket scientist, Dad I want to be a race car driver, Dad I want to be a limo driver, Dad I want to wash cars. I'm gonna say; son, what do you want me to do about it?"
-my father

:lol:

[#FF0000]

"Stick to your story, never confess, and never turn in a friend"

[Ele'ill]

"Use your work-ethic as a weapon"

[Luc]

"Watch his hips not his chest" -football advice from some guy (just got it today actually)

....

thats about it, I need to socialise more:(

:lol:

[Ele'ill]

"Watch his hips not his chest" -football advice from some guy (just got it today actually)

....

thats about it, I need to socialise more:(

:lol:


Watch their chest not the puck or their hips.

[Islamosocialist]

Fantastic, thank you for sharing! I especially loved Apoi's.

A few more... only one that I actually printed, ha!

"Don't drown yourself in pity. It doesn't matter how horrible your experiences, there are always people in this world who will look at you and think: if only I had that life, I could be happy. Always."

"A scarf, a vest, a jacket, a sweater... it's not that cold. You shouldn't wear so many layers. You look like an onion."

"Don't get too comfortable with youthful beauty. You're Slavic. God may have blessed us more than the rest, but he takes our blessings away fastest. If you're not careful, when your Germanic friends are getting their first wrinkle, you'll already look like your grandmother. Start moisturizing with olive oil now."

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

"Don't panic" cover of the Hitchikers guide to the galaxy

[Aloysius]

The only advice I ever really get these days is "Fuck it", or "Be more spontaneous."
Neither of my parents give me advice, and the only shit my friends say is "Ask her out, idiot!"

But of course, I always get the best advice from strangers:


"Remember not our faulty pieces,
Remember not our rusted parts,
It’s not the petty imperfections that define us but
The way we hold our hearts,
And the way we hold our heads..."

[Ose]

Take care of yourself. Adults are just big children. The best kind of job is one that you don't have to take home with you. Don't be a dick. There's no better reason for doing something than that it feels good. All from my dad.

[ExUnoDisceOmnes]

O ME! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish; Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d; Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me; Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined; The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here—that life exists, and identity; That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
Whitman

Sunt lacrimae rērum et mentem mortālia tangunt.
Latin for: "The world is a world of tears, and the burdens of mortality touch the heart."
or "They weep here \ For how the world goes, and our life that passes \ Touches their hearts."

[Decolonize The Left]

“There is nothing certain but uncertainty, and nothing more miserable and arrogant than man.” - Pliny

- August

[RGacky3]

"Don't get too comfortable with youthful beauty. You're Slavic. God may have blessed us more than the rest, but he takes our blessings away fastest. If you're not careful, when your Germanic friends are getting their first wrinkle, you'll already look like your grandmother. Start moisturizing with olive oil now."

That made me laugh.:laugh:

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Expect the unexpected.

[Luc]

Watch their chest not the puck or their hips.

But they can juke with their chest

not sure about puck... we're talking about American Football right? just making sure we're on the same page:lol:

[PhoenixAsh]

I was talking about this yesterday evening with one of my, by then drunk friends....

His words:

"Advice is like opinions. Everybody has one. And...and...there was something else...o..yes...and everybody is an asshole or something like that. Unless somebody buys me beer. So...you need to ask yourself: do you want to be an asshole?"

I think that about sums it up ;-)

[Luc]

technically I didn't "receive" this so I didn't post before but...

"Let a man never stir on his road a step
with out his weapon of war;
for unsure is the knowing when need shall rise
of a spear on the way out."
-Havamal, sage advice to guests and men, verse 38

also:

"Let no man glory in the greatness of his mind,
but rather keep watch o'er his wits.
Cautious and silent let him enter a dwelling;
to the heedful comes seldom harm,
for none can find a more faithful friend
than the wealth of mother wit."
-same as above, verse 6

[Rafiq]

Make sure you always look out for #1 and treat every one else like they are #2.

(Hey, don't forget I'm am a Bourgeoisese. I have Capitalist sayings. :D :D )

I see no correlation between that saying and the Capitalist mode of production.

[Skooma Addict]

What was the ebst hat you have ever received?

[Revolution starts with U]

"Don't forget to bring a towel."
~Towellie :lol:

[Skooma Addict]

Do nice shit for other people -My friend Hubert of Armenia.

[Bud Struggle]

Never explain.

[RGacky3]

Maybe thats why you can't formulate an argument :D

[Bud Struggle]

Maybe thats why you can't formulate an argument :D

Got me there. :D

[Aspiring Humanist]

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to sleep at night and in between he does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
Really encouraged me to follow my own dreams and not to go to school where my parents want,not get a job, get married have kids pay a mortgage etc

[Bud Struggle]

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to sleep at night and in between he does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
Really encouraged me to follow my own dreams and not to go to school where my parents want,not get a job, get married have kids pay a mortgage etc

True, but anyone could sustain a "do what you want" lifestyle for the short time. It takes considerable planning to do it for the long haul.