Life Advice Quotes

When a chance for real happiness comes by, grab it with both hands and devour it. If it lasts five minutes or five lifetimes, it's still worth it. ~ Malorie Blackman

I know of nothing that I feel is of so great value in life as to be obedient to the counsel and advice of the Lord, and of His servants in this our day. ~ Heber J. Grant

You have to be a responsible adult and support yourself because no one else is going to do it for you. ~ Susane Colasanti

The words you use can influence your life. Positive words are well spring of life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm 19 years old and I've already wasted my entire life ~ Burgerpants

That's my advice to all homosexuals, whether they're in the Boy Scouts, or in the Army or in high school: Shut up, don't tell anybody what you do, your life will be a lot easier. ~ Bill O'Reilly

The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do. ~ John Mortimer

You need someone in your life to give you advice without yelling at you. ~ Mimi Kennedy

Go! And remember! Zebra is fine creature to admire, but you do not have to ride it. ~ John Allison

One of my goals is to reduce the possible negative moments in life that I can have direct influence over. Bad situations and events will inevitably happen in everyone's life, at some point, but your reaction can affect the situation more than the initial problem if you allow it to. You have power over your actions. A negative moment can ruin your life, or be the foundation of your success. Being nice and smiling allows you the most opportunities to gain positive experiences in life. ~ Brian A. Jackson

Since there is nothing new under the sun. The aim of motivation is to confirm what you already know. Simply, clearing your doubts. ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

Live life, love life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Money cannot buy life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

One of the heaviest load so many people are carrying today is neither thoughts about things they lack nor things they wish to have, nor how to manage what they already have, but toxic words that have taken a greater portion of their thoughts and such words not just occupying a great part of their hearts, but also draining their very joy in life! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Without challenge we become too comfortable with life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Healthy ecosystems promote healthy life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellows ~ Alex Morritt

Don't let anything be too much for you ~ Claudia Pegus

Ask advice of him who governs himself well. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

The first source of advice you should listen to is your instinct. ~ Mitta Xinindlu

You don't have any control over anyone's feelings.

You can't make your parents feel proud of you.
You can't make anyone like you.
You can't make anyone love you.

You can make it easier for them, by sacrificing your time and energy, but you cannot MAKE THEM, you can only make it easier for them - and yet again, what have you gained? Nothing. You're gambling. Putting trust coins into a slot machine hoping that love comes out. ~ M. Kirin

If two or three of the most important people in your life are telling you something and you are resisting it with everything you have, there is a distinct possibly [sic] that what they are saying is true. ~ Sara Zarr

He cannot wisely consent to spend the best years of his life in getting ready to live. ~ Horace Greeley

If people don't appreciate what you bring to the table, I think it's time you let them eat alone. Don't waste your time keeping around those who belittle you just because you're afraid to leave behind great memories. So what, you can make new memories with better people. If time has taught me anything it's that you can never let people hold you back from what you're supposed to do or need to do in order to fulfill that peace of life. ~ Lorenzo Dozier

It's really hard to deny a kid who's father has passed away. We all just wanted you to be happy so we messed that up. Your career wasn't about the money. Not at first. It gave you both something big to do so you could stay busy and forget how much you missed your dad." His heart twisted, and he whispered, "When I think of him ... I don't remember his face, but I do remember how much it hurt to have him simply there one day and gone the next ... just gone." Nan nodded. "Imagine how your mom felt. Your dad was the love of her life. ~ Anne Eliot

Be enthusiastic about life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You need to decide to stop letting their crazy box you in. ~ Ella Fox

The teacher should not assume that he/she is always correct, or try to make the worst cases appear reasonable before his pupils. On the other hand, the teacher should accept the corrections as much as they love to do it to others. ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

We live by the power of God. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life. ~ Dale Carnegie

Do your best; don't worry about the results of your test. ~ Debasish Mridha

Never stop falling in love with your significant other.

Don't lose your desire to have sex with your significant other. It can ruin your relationship no matter how much you love them.

If you can see your life without them, they are not The One.

Be happy with what you have because you probably have a lot more then most people will ever get, but that doesn't mean settle for something less. ~ Leah Land

My best life advice:Take the high road.No matter how much stress, or strain, or consternation you are facing, take the high road.You will never regret it. ~ Tim Gunn

We are just too blinded by the phrase, "grow old together" and learning its meaning from hopeless movies and novels that glorify undying love and unbelievable understanding. Don't you think?
Reality is...
Love dies. People change. And we grow old together in present. Today, tomorrow, and every day after that.
It's not about eternity. It's not till death do us part.
It's about today. This day. And I believe only in today.
So, come! Let's grow old together today! ~ Mansi Laus Deo

Every child that receives life advice should keep in mind that in every parent's past, there's leftover booze and contraceptives. ~ Bauvard

In every person there is the capacity to do something really special. ~ Colm O'Rourke

Immerse yourself into yourself. ~ Adrienne Posey

You cannot settle and be happy. ~ R. Cooper

Rule 1: Be kind.

Rule 2: Don't be a doormat when they step on you.

Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in hand if you want happiness. ~ Richie Norton

Out of his private victories, public victories began to come. ~ Stephen R. Covey

I'm prepared to take advice on leisure from Prince Philip. He's a world expert on leisure. He's been practicing it for most of his adult life. ~ Neil Kinnock

Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life. ~ Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Your thoughts become your BELIEFS. Your beliefs become your TRUTH. Your truth becomes your STORY. Your story IS your REALITY. ~ Sarah Centrella

Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life. ~ Bernard Williams

Great books make a great life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Living the good life as created beings depends on living within the limits and according to the truths of the human condition. Purity of heart and the capacity to channel desires toward personal self-mastery in holiness are part of the high calling of the Christian life. These remain necessities, despite the promises of a false humanism that claims that human nature has neither limits nor boundaries, being infinitely plastic and malleable -- a vain and counterproductive attempt to liberate humans from guilt. ~ George Cardinal Pell

I'll give you some life advice," I said. "The first piece is: Listen and listen intently when you're being spoken to about something. The second: Take the high road. When presented with frustration or anger or discontentment with a situation or a person, don't reduce yourself to that level. Don't get into a conflict in that moment. You'll feel better about yourself for it." Well, to my surprise, this created a near frenzy in the room. The students were aghast. I was surprised by the reaction, so I said: "Tell me more about why that seems like bad advice to you." "I believe I should stand up for myself!" said one student. "I'm not saying you shouldn't stand up for yourself," I said. "I'm just saying, in the heat of the moment, walk away from it. ~ Tim Gunn

That's not our role here, provide our parents with a "success story" to share at gatherings.

Our role here is to contribute the best we can to the society. Use our talents and make sure we add the greatest value possible to other people's lives. ~ Lukasz Laniecki

Love advice is like life advice, so there are so many elements of that. I think humor, patience, admiration are really important love elements. Love and respect. You have to respect the person that you're going to love, and you have to be confident in yourself and love yourself. ~ Zac Posen

Just remember that this relationship is based on mutual trust and respect, so never reveal your true self. ~ Betsy Lerner

It isn't always easy to act on what's in your head instead of what's in your heart. And it isn't always right to. The whole trick to knowing what to do is deciding when to make yourself listen to your head, and when it's okay to just follow your feelings. ~ Steven Brust

One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel is right. ~ Annie Bryant

Be good to your sacred self. Love life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Explore the endless possibilities in life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The power of the pen is landmark of life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life. ~ Janis Joplin

Live in the moment ... but don't be led by the moment, or the people who belong to it. ~ J. Aleksandr Wootton

It takes ten times longer to get rid of your reputation than it does to make it. ~ Jay Reatard

Sleeping is good for good health! When you skip a moment's good sleep, you skip a moment's good health! Mind your time and make a time for a good sleeping time! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

It's important to remember that regret is a difficult teacher, but class is optional. ~ Andrena Sawyer

You can't always be by the people you love you have to let them live their own life. ~ Brynlee

Know Thyself, a wise old Greek once said. Know Thyself. Now what does this mean, boys and girls? It means, be what you are. Don't try to be Sally or Johnny or Fred next door; be yourself. God doesn't want a tree to be a waterfall, or a flower to be a stone. God gives to each one of us a special talent." Janice and Rabbit become unnaturally still; both are Christians. God's name makes them feel guilty. "God wants some of us to become scientists, some of us to become artists, some of us to become firemen and doctors and trapeze artists. And He gives to each of us the special talents to become these things, provided we work to develop them. We must work, boys and girls. So: Know Thyself. Learn to
understand your talents, and then work to develop them. That's the way to be happy. ~ John Updike

They keep telling you, when you're older, you'll have experience - and that's supposed to be so great. What would you say about that, sir? Is it really any use, would you say?"

"What kind of experience?"

"Well - places you've been to, people you've met. Situations you've been through already, so you know how to handle them when they come up again. All that stuff that's supposed to make you wise, in your later years."

"Let me tell you something, Kenny. For other people, I can't speak - but, personally, I haven't gotten wise on anything. Certainly, I've been through this and that; and when it happens again, I say to myself, Here it is again. But that doesn't seem to help me. In my opinion, I, personally, have gotten steadily sillier and sillier and sillier - and that's a fact."

"No kidding, sir? You can't mean that! You mean, sillier than when you were young?"

"Much, much sillier."

"I'll be darned. Then experience is no use at all? You're saying it might just as well not have happened?"

"No. I'm not saying that. I only mean, you can't use it. But if you don't try to - if you just realize it's there and you've got it - then it can be kind of marvelous. ~ Christopher Isherwood

I would not have you think me regretful, or melancholy. Life has been good to me - and every age has its gifts for the man who is willing to work for them and use them temperately. And nothing is more ungraceful, more ludicrous, than the spectacle of one who attempts to linger over the pleasures of an age he had outlived, and ignore the advantages of his own time of life. ~ John D. Swain

As I write these recollections of women who survived, I hope my readers are taking careful note of why they did.
They screamed.
They fought.
They slammed doors in a stranger's face.
They ran.
They doubted glib stories.
They spotted flaws in those stories.
They were lucky enough to have someone step up and protect them. ~ Ann Rule

I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened really fast. I can't give people advice, because everything in my life changed completely in less than a year and it's still not something I am used to. ~ Chuck Klosterman

The average Frenchman would shrug, as if to say: These notions of yours are all very fascinating, no doubt, but we make a decent living. Nobody has ulcers. I have time to work on my monograph about Balzac, and my foreman enjoys his espaliered pear trees. I think as a matter of fact, we do not wish to make the changes that you suggest. ~ Julia Child

Please allow me to offer you three pieces of advice:

One: Be bold. Never miss an opportunity to let your brilliance shine and dazzle. Take that chance. Accept the challenge, or if the challenge doesn't arise, make your own challenges.

Two: Don't settle for mediocrity. Find a dream and pursue it. Allow every decision you make to bring you closer in achieving that dream.

And three: Have fun. Take time to play, because if you're not having a good tear-squirting belly laugh, chances are you're doing it wrong.

I will not wish you good luck. I don't believe luck to be a necessary ingredient for success. Instead, I wish you the wisdom to make good decisions. I'm sure you will be fabulous.

Grace ~ Alyssa Brugman

Connect and communicate to sacred strangers in daily life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life. ~ Meg Medina

They never see what they're too much of a hurry to look for ~ Norton Juster

Forget about style; worry about results. ~ Bobby Orr

God gives us all 24 hours in a day. How we spend it is up to us, how we are judged on it is up to him. Use God's gift of time wisely. ~ Dr. Michael Inoue

Can't say it often enough - change your hair, change your life. ~ Thomas Pynchon

Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal position, or was I going to woman up? I went into fetal position on the bed to think about this. Fetal position turned out to be very comfortable. ~ Maureen Johnson

Taking the high road is always the best way to go. You feel better about yourself, and the world feels better about you. ~ Tim Gunn

One of the things that put me off writing for a while was that piece of advice everybody gives new writers: 'Write what you know.' Nobody would ever want to read about my boring life! But I do know a lot of things about different societies' cultures and mythologies. The way people were and are. ~ Carol Berg

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves. ~ Julian Fellowes

A happy healthy soul; sacred life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The moral of the story is even though that seemed like the end of the world back then, right now I can look back on it and laugh. And if anyone is going through something similar right now just know it will get better. ~ Phil Lester

When it's over no one cares what you did ~ R.Gayan Priyankara

Seek your happiness in the happiness of all. ~ Zoroaster

It's when you stop planning every last detail that you discover the fun in life. ~ Joanne Clancy

Giving is an open gate to a great life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

They (parents) use this guilt-tripping to stop you from fulfilling your plans, but most important, from believing something they don't (something which contradicts their beliefs) ~ Lukasz Laniecki

The best way to persuade is with your ears. ~ Dean Rusk

Good things don't come easy and anything free you have got to ponder the tiny
literature under the big words. ~ Harken Headers

To strive to better oneself is natural and expected.
To abandon oneself in an effort to attain a new self is foolish and unhealthy. ~ T.A. Miles

Utu
Maori revenge. 'Do everything well, boy. Do it better than them. Be a better rugby player, better at your job. Outshine them everywhere. Tramp on their pride. Go far, and leave them sniveling in your dust. ~ Kris Pearson

You don't need to be perfect; just be yourself. ~ Debasish Mridha

Be Practical. That's probably the most stupid piece of advice I've ever received in my life. ~ Sharad Vivek Sagar

Be true to who you are! Don't sit around waiting for approval, life is too short...DO what makes you happy! ~ Rosalie Bardo

The time to build your future is in your teenage years and your 20s, but equally, in your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. ~ Lukasz Laniecki

Hold fast to the love of your life ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

...we ought not meanwhile to make use of doubt in the conduct of life. ~ Rene Descartes

To be happy keep the treasures and throw out the trash. ~ Stephen Inoue

You are a toolbox, and you have to add stuff to it and build on it. I think the more tools you have, the better life gets." "I like that idea." "That's my mission in life. To keep adding to the toolbox. ~ Lang Leav

She likes to walk barefoot inside the house, even in winter
It's one of the secretes of her long-lasting mobility, keeping her toes spread and feet grounded, same as all the other beasts of nature
Hooves, that's what she's got
hooves ~ Bernardine Evaristo

Things are as they are, and no amount of self-deception makes them otherwise. The friend who is incapable of depression depresses us as surely as the friend who is incapable of boredom bores us. Somewhere in our hearts is a strong, though dimly understood, desire to face realities, and to measure consequences, to have done with the fatigue of pretending. It is not optimism to enjoy the view when one is treed by a bull; it is philosophy. The optimist would say that being treed was a valuable experience. The disciple of gladness would say it was a pleasurable sensation. The Christian Scientist would say there was no bull, though remaining–if he were wise–on the tree-top. The philosopher would make the best of a bad job, and seek what compensation he could find. ~ Agnes Repplier

You should remember that a word of good advice does not apply to every situation. Excepting this advice, of course. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich