Rules For Life

[CJW]

Trust science, not religion.

[Middle-agedClaret]

It’s a strange one bud but I understand the sentiment behind it, I just can’t see how, if you have for instance a car accident that doesn’t kill you but you wind up severely disabled with brain damage how that can possibly make you stronger. A friend of mine had a stroke and he survived but he now needs 24 hour care.
Apologies for being a bit pedantic but it just seems like one of those phrases that looks good until you look at the detail, then it all kinda falls apart.

Fair point.

[claret_in_exile]

If you're going down, go down swinging.

Never, never, never, never give up.

Don't cheap out on things that you stand in, sit in or sleep in.

[Tricky Trevor]

Is this a line from a film?

Because it was the Japanese that bombed Pearl Harbour, or am I missing the joke?

John Belushi in Animal House.
https://youtu.be/V8lT1o0sDwI

[Burnleyareback2]

Heard this piece of wisdom at a funeral
“Love a lot, trust a few, always paddle your own canoe”

Love it.

[Spiral]

it just seems like one of those phrases that looks good until you look at the detail, then it all kinda falls apart.

That's the entire thread, ha!

[CaptJohn]

I spent a long time working in Sub Saharan Africa. When I first arrived I was given a great piece of advice by an old sweat who'd done the rounds.
He said to me that the Africans were a lovely, kind people with a happy nature but with a tendency to screw things up. His advice was to "always laugh with them, never laugh at them!" It served me well in many situations I found myself in all over the world.

[CaptJohn]

No matter how old you are, you'll never be cool driving a Jag.*

*you're allowed to think so if you're over 60, but note, you aren't.

Hi TE, I'm well over 60 and am driving my 2nd Jag and I don't give a damn about being cool
They're great cars but don't tell anyone, as they might become cool

[Firthy]

I spent a long time working in Sub Saharan Africa. When I first arrived I was given a great piece of advice by an old sweat who'd done the rounds.
He said to me that the Africans were a lovely, kind people with a happy nature but with a tendency to screw things up. His advice was to "always laugh with them, never laugh at them!" It served me well in many situations I found myself in all over the world.

I like that one

[houseboy]

That's the entire thread, ha!

Nice one.

[houseboy]

Another one that I think comes from Africa is…speak quietly but carry a big stick.

[Falcon]

Don't sweat the small stuff

[Falcon]

Stop trying to solve other people's problems.

[RMutt]

I hope your plumber doesn’t live by that rule Falcon!Or your dentist, doctor etc. etc. etc.
In fact what a world we would live in if people didn’t try to to sort out other people’s problems.

[WellingboroughClaret]

I like this rule for life from Vaclav Havel:

Keep the company of those who seek the Truth. Run from those who have found it.

Also:

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous, anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

[Godwit]

The higher you climb up a ladder, the further you have to fall.