Every day, people say different things to us; sometimes we forget them immediately, but there are rare instances when they make profound impressions on us, and they stick. Cheesy quotations, clichéd expressions, and feel-good thoughts: what’s not to love?
I am a total sucker for this kind of thing, so I asked several people for the best piece of advice they have received or heard. Here are some of the most memorable words of wisdom.
From friends, family, and mentors:
“There’s good in sadness and misery. It shows that we have room to grow and that things actually matter to us. The one thing we all have coming is an end; you might as well pick your punctuation. Nothing would be worth anything if there wasn’t a limit to it.” – Anonymous Friend
“People who gripe and complain about everything annoy me. In the end, we’ll all fall back to entropy. Let things go and enjoy life while you are still alive.” — Anonymous Friend
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Jamie Morse (Teacher at Hathaway Brown School)
“Worry about your character, not your reputation, because your character is who you are, and your reputation is what people think you are.” — Brendan Berry
“Character is who you are when no one is watching.” — P.J. Concannon
“Don’t let the bastards get you down.” — A BC Faculty Member
“People are never as bad, or as good, as they seem.” — Mike Wham
“The best relationships are when each person thinks the other is out of his/her league.” — Julianne Wojno’s brother
“If you find a job you love, you’ll never work another day in your life.” — Lauren Ruvo’s dad
“Keep your nose clean- stay out of trouble, don’t get in other people’s drama.” — Katie Moran’s mom
From songs and proverbs:
“Everything happens for a reason. Just let the chips fall where they may. You can never be wise and old if you were never young and wild. Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. It’s all about the climb.” – Miley Cyrus
“The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells.” — African Proverb
“Consider the past and you will know the present.” — Chinese Proverb
“Perseverance is the hard work you do when you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” — Anonymous
Just for fun:
“You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose!” — Tom Culkeen
“Life’s a sh*t sandwich, and every day you take a bigger bite!” — Brendan Berry
“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again… and if you still do not succeed, get rid of all the evidence that you ever tried!” — P.J. Concannon
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