Whose (and what) words of wisdom have influenced you/meant a lot to you?

Question

For example, I once worked with someone whose consistent response to problems was 'There is a solution to everything, you just have to find it.' They always did find the solution and helped me to see problems in a different light.

Other words of wisdom that mean something to me:

'whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are right.' (I think that was Henry Ford?)

'What goes round comes round' (my mum) This one comes back to me when I feel like getting revenge, and the feeling disappears.

Whose words of wisdom have had an impact on you?

Answer 1

Oh my God!

Answer 2

I think it was Dr Claire Weekes in her book 'Self Help With Your Nerves' ... when she said 'true acceptance of a situation is the way forward to happiness' ..... that belief has been of great value to me over the years.  

Answer 3

"The main criteria is what you do and not what you say", by some punk rocker singer, though i no longer like that music so much

"Truth will set you free" by Jesus. Though I'm not that much of a religious person!

Best wishes.

Answer 4

Homer Simpson Quotes



Operator! Give me the number for 911!

Oh, so they have internet on computers now!

Bart, with $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like...love!

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.

I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.

Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.

Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.

Doughnuts. Is there anything they can't do?

You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a woman. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons.

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.  

Answer 5

A bird is not singing because it is happy, it is happy because it sings.

Answer 6

My mother always used to say;  'If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything.”  This is not only true on a personal level, eg., when socialising and referring to others, but being positive makes us feel more cheerful - as soon as we start uttering negative comments, not only do we often start to feel 'down', we can also adversely influence those around us.