You probably heard some of them before – from your parents, friends, teachers, and counselors. Or, you might have read a few of them from books, newspapers, magazines, and the Holy Bible. Or, you got the idea from listening to music and watching movies and television talk shows. Now, read them all over again:
Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds a man down or polishes him depends upon the kind of stuff he is made of. Life is also a lot like tennis – the one who can serve best seldom loses. We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages – we don’t throw it away all at once.
Learn by experience – preferably other people’s. Experience is not what happens to a man, it’s what a man does with what happens to him. One good reason experience is such a good teacher is that she doesn’t allow any dropouts.
He who has never failed has never tried. Five rules for job failure: (1) Do only what is required; (2) Leave it till the last minute; (3) Let the mistakes go; (4) Don’t listen to your conscience; and (5) Learn to be a convincing bluffer.
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. Most of us can live peacefully with our own faults, but the faults of others get on our nerves.
Practice what you preach. Doing right is never wrong. Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. One-half the trouble of this life can be traced to saying “yes” to quick, and not saying “no” soon enough.
Live truth instead of professing it. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies. The trouble with stretching the truth is that it’s apt to snap back.
When you determine what you want, you have made the most important decision in your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it. If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up somewhere.
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment. Trust in money and you may have it taken from you. But trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time of eternity. The greatest act of faith is when man decides he is not God.
Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking. A great man is always willing to be little. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Don’t worry about your mistakes. Making mistakes isn’t stupid; disregarding them is. More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.
If you expect perfection from people, your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings, and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped.
It is better to have love and lost than never to have at all. If someone loves you, your battle is a lot more than half won. Love cures people – both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. If we do not love, we are nothing. And, if we are not loved ourselves, we are nobody.
Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have. Conquer yourself rather than the world. Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. Failures want pleasing methods, successes want pleasing results.
A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. To get through the hardest journey we need to take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.
Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It’s no use. I can’t go on. If you do, you’re licked, and by your own thinking, too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
Remember to forgive – then remember to forget. A forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man. Forgiveness is our command. Judgment is not.
The happiest people don’t necessarily the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.
Forget yesterday, it is already gone. Don’t wait for tomorrow, it may never come. Accomplish all the things you want to do today. Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past nor satisfy your daydreams. Your duty, your reward – your destiny – are “here” and “now.”
Ten rules for successful living: (1) Find your own particular talent. (2) Be big. (3) Be honest. (4) Live with enthusiasm. (5) Don’t let your possessions possess you. (6) Don’t worry about your problems. (7) Look up to people when you can – down to no one. (8) Don’t cling to the past. (9) Assume your full share of responsibility in the world. (10) Pray consistently and confidently.
No matter what do you and where you are, life goes on. So, take it easy.
For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com
Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds a man down or polishes him depends upon the kind of stuff he is made of. Life is also a lot like tennis – the one who can serve best seldom loses. We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages – we don’t throw it away all at once.
Learn by experience – preferably other people’s. Experience is not what happens to a man, it’s what a man does with what happens to him. One good reason experience is such a good teacher is that she doesn’t allow any dropouts.
He who has never failed has never tried. Five rules for job failure: (1) Do only what is required; (2) Leave it till the last minute; (3) Let the mistakes go; (4) Don’t listen to your conscience; and (5) Learn to be a convincing bluffer.
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. Most of us can live peacefully with our own faults, but the faults of others get on our nerves.
Practice what you preach. Doing right is never wrong. Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. One-half the trouble of this life can be traced to saying “yes” to quick, and not saying “no” soon enough.
Live truth instead of professing it. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies. The trouble with stretching the truth is that it’s apt to snap back.
When you determine what you want, you have made the most important decision in your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it. If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up somewhere.
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment. Trust in money and you may have it taken from you. But trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time of eternity. The greatest act of faith is when man decides he is not God.
Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking. A great man is always willing to be little. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Don’t worry about your mistakes. Making mistakes isn’t stupid; disregarding them is. More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.
If you expect perfection from people, your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings, and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped.
It is better to have love and lost than never to have at all. If someone loves you, your battle is a lot more than half won. Love cures people – both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. If we do not love, we are nothing. And, if we are not loved ourselves, we are nobody.
Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have. Conquer yourself rather than the world. Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. Failures want pleasing methods, successes want pleasing results.
A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. To get through the hardest journey we need to take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.
Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It’s no use. I can’t go on. If you do, you’re licked, and by your own thinking, too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
Remember to forgive – then remember to forget. A forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man. Forgiveness is our command. Judgment is not.
The happiest people don’t necessarily the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.
Forget yesterday, it is already gone. Don’t wait for tomorrow, it may never come. Accomplish all the things you want to do today. Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past nor satisfy your daydreams. Your duty, your reward – your destiny – are “here” and “now.”
Ten rules for successful living: (1) Find your own particular talent. (2) Be big. (3) Be honest. (4) Live with enthusiasm. (5) Don’t let your possessions possess you. (6) Don’t worry about your problems. (7) Look up to people when you can – down to no one. (8) Don’t cling to the past. (9) Assume your full share of responsibility in the world. (10) Pray consistently and confidently.
No matter what do you and where you are, life goes on. So, take it easy.
For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com
