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  1. Dale Nelson profile image45
    Dale Nelsonposted 14 years ago

    I thought it would be a nice to share a tidbit of wisdom that you have come across at one point or another in your life.

    Heres one to start.

    If you do the right thing, the consequences dont matter.

    1. Music And Guitars profile image60
      Music And Guitarsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Do you believe in the existence of 'true altruism'?  (and, 'the right thing' is a highly subjective statement, but I get your sentiment, and applaud it).

      1. Shahid Bukhari profile image59
        Shahid Bukhariposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Wisdom ... are the defined, Universally applicable Concepts...  good for us ...

        The Greatest Wisdom, Is Truth, In state of  an Univesrally Applicable Law.  And The Law, Governing the Created Totality Is:

        "The Lord Hath Created in Pairs the Totality."

        See for yourself ... Everything around you, Exists in state of Paired Forms.

      2. profile image0
        kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        If you are lucky enough to know Dale Nelsen, you are truly blessed

        xo

        and ralwus just made me pee my pants again  big_smile

      3. perfectperception profile image60
        perfectperceptionposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Love for self is more important than love from others!

    2. CMHypno profile image82
      CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

      It costs nothing to be kind

    3. kirstenblog profile image77
      kirstenblogposted 14 years ago

      Perspective, use it or lose it.

    4. Pearldiver profile image68
      Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

      Man Who Fly UpSideDown Must Have CrackUp! yikes

    5. sofs profile image74
      sofsposted 14 years ago

      Nothing worthwhile comes free!

    6. Kangaroo_Jase profile image73
      Kangaroo_Jaseposted 14 years ago

      I have two pearls...........


      Do unto others as they would do unto you........unless you get in quick and do it to them first big_smile

      If you love something, set it free, if it comes back it's yours, if it doesn't come back.......hunt it down and kill it.... lol

    7. Kangaroo_Jase profile image73
      Kangaroo_Jaseposted 14 years ago

      oh and a 3rd one

      Two wrongs don't make a right, but three wrongs may make it interesting.......

    8. goldenpath profile image67
      goldenpathposted 14 years ago

      It is wise to keep HAZMAT's number handy especially if you run into a wall of eye-watering flatulence. sad

    9. goldenpath profile image67
      goldenpathposted 14 years ago

      Safety first!  Never run too fast with your finger crammed up your nose.

    10. profile image0
      jerrylposted 14 years ago

      When children are young, they step on your feet

      When they grow older, they step on your heart

    11. darkside profile image60
      darksideposted 14 years ago

      A date is where a man or woman agrees to see you in an intimate setting. It is not a date if police or a sedative is involved.

    12. camlo profile image81
      camloposted 14 years ago

      If you're in a hurry, and are about to step out onto a busy road, remember: Better late in this world than early in the next.

    13. Flora Miles profile image60
      Flora Milesposted 14 years ago

      Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time.  -- Richard Carlson

    14. profile image0
      Toby Hansenposted 14 years ago

      1. Never look before you leap... it ruins the surprise.

      2. The light at the end of the tunnel is usually the 2.20pm service to Traralgon

      roll

    15. couturepopcafe profile image61
      couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

      "Much of the world's beauty forms in response to a wound."

    16. lrohner profile image68
      lrohnerposted 14 years ago

      Hindsight is 20/20 vision

    17. couturepopcafe profile image61
      couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

      "I have joined the brotherhood of the world and everything is holy, even me."  John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath

    18. rotl profile image60
      rotlposted 14 years ago

      Respect other people's views and beliefs.

    19. couturepopcafe profile image61
      couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

      Luke Skywalker:  "I don't believe it."
      Yoda: "That is why you will fail."

    20. Music And Guitars profile image60
      Music And Guitarsposted 14 years ago

      All trout are fish, but not all fish are trout.

    21. Music And Guitars profile image60
      Music And Guitarsposted 14 years ago

      Never stand up in a canoe

    22. Misha profile image64
      Mishaposted 14 years ago

      Life mortality rate is 100% smile

    23. couturepopcafe profile image61
      couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

      "It's not what I am that holds me back (or moves me forward), it's what I think I am." (parentheses added by poster)

    24. timorous profile image81
      timorousposted 14 years ago

      You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.big_smile

    25. profile image0
      ralwusposted 14 years ago

      Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.

    26. couturepopcafe profile image61
      couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

      "Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men for they may act their dream with open eyes and make it possible"  - T.E. Lawrence

    27. Jaggedfrost profile image61
      Jaggedfrostposted 14 years ago

      In a lightning storm grab your feet and stick your butt in the air.  A ditch might help.

    28. Stimp profile image60
      Stimpposted 14 years ago

      Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves

      1. couturepopcafe profile image61
        couturepopcafeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Love this!

    29. Jaggedfrost profile image61
      Jaggedfrostposted 14 years ago

      I like that Stimp

    30. Jaggedfrost profile image61
      Jaggedfrostposted 14 years ago

      Mind and will are real, all other things are illusion- Jaggedfrost (at least I never read it anywhere lol)

      No sense running from death, he knows where you live- Jaggedfrost (maybe)

      It is probably just as well that Justice reserves his work until death or most people wouldn't live much past eight.

    31. Kangaroo_Jase profile image73
      Kangaroo_Jaseposted 14 years ago

      - There are three types of people in the world, those whom can count and those whom cannot.

      1. couturepopcafe profile image61
        couturepopcafeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        lol

        1. maven101 profile image72
          maven101posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Actually, there are two types of people in the world: Those that think there are two types of people and those that don't...

    32. WryLilt profile image87
      WryLiltposted 14 years ago

      Not everything is about you; but not everything is about other people, either.

    33. earnestshub profile image71
      earnestshubposted 14 years ago

      The human condition is no condition to be in. smile me.

    34. profile image0
      Aleister888posted 14 years ago

      our life is always totally in our control, but we often live it by the regulations and perceptions of others...

      1. couturepopcafe profile image61
        couturepopcafeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Amen.

    35. CMHypno profile image82
      CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

      If you want people to respect you, you must first respect yourself

    36. megs78 profile image61
      megs78posted 14 years ago

      the best way to get the last word is to apologize smile

    37. megs78 profile image61
      megs78posted 14 years ago

      if the grass looks greener, fertilize your side!

    38. Kangaroo_Jase profile image73
      Kangaroo_Jaseposted 14 years ago

      Nobody gets out of life, alive

    39. Kangaroo_Jase profile image73
      Kangaroo_Jaseposted 14 years ago

      Another personal fav - quote by Oscar Wilde ~

                    I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

    40. sofs profile image74
      sofsposted 14 years ago

      a couple of my seeds of wisdom...

      I know I am confident, but I cannot be sure until I have really tried it!-  sofs

      If you love someone show it, if not it is wasted. - sofs

    41. couturepopcafe profile image61
      couturepopcafeposted 14 years ago

      "Realize there are no accidents."
      "What you think about expands."
      "Do what you can and you'll be amazed at where you arrive."

      and above all else:

      "Worship the Jeep!"

    42. NCBIer profile image62
      NCBIerposted 14 years ago

      He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'. Friedrich Nietzsche

    43. kirstenblog profile image77
      kirstenblogposted 14 years ago

      “The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp”

    44. kirstenblog profile image77
      kirstenblogposted 14 years ago

      “It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.”

    45. kirstenblog profile image77
      kirstenblogposted 14 years ago

      “Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.”

    46. Dennis AuBuchon profile image60
      Dennis AuBuchonposted 14 years ago

      Profit should not be an excuse to operate a business without integrity.

    47. Briton profile image59
      Britonposted 14 years ago

      Red sky at night, your best barn is alight, Red sky in the morning, the damn thing is still burning!

    48. Briton profile image59
      Britonposted 14 years ago

      If a cow is born in a stable, that don`t make it no racehorse!

    49. mikicagle profile image82
      mikicagleposted 14 years ago

      Life isn't fair so stop complaining.

    50. michael's son profile image61
      michael's sonposted 14 years ago

      life is far to short to waste time by not standing up for what we believe in.

     
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