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Look before you leap.
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion – The Cat and the CockIn context
- Decisions
Self-help is the best help.
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Lion and the Mouse – The Fawn and His MotherIn context
- Motivation & Goals
Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – The Man and His Two SweetheartsIn context
When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don’t take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole.
Louisa May Alcott1832–1888Little Women (1868–1869), Part Second, Chapter XLIIn context
- Men
- Women
Remember this⁠— that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Marcus Aurelius121–180IV, 32
Whensoever by some present hard occurrences thou art constrained to be in some sort troubled and vexed, return unto thyself as soon as may be, and be not out of tune longer than thou must needs.
Marcus Aurelius121–180Meditations (c. 170–180), The Sixth BookIn context
- Emotion
The worst men often give the best advice.
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Rectorial Address, St. Andrew’s (3 May 1922)
- Enemies
Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 190
- Anger
Let all things be done decently and in order.
The Bible (King James Version)1 Corinthians 14:40 (KJV)In context
Advice, n. The smallest current coin.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy
When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914Epigrams, p. 354
- Philosophy
Sing the melody line you hear in your own head. Remember, you don’t owe anybody any explanations, you don’t owe your parents any explanations, you don’t owe your professors any explanations.
Bonoborn 1960PENN Address (2004)
Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.
Ray Bradbury1920–2012Speech at Brown University (1995)
- Inspiration
Accept good advice gracefully⁠—as long as it doesn’t interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
Gene Brown