All Quotes By Tag: Advice
“Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better”
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“It’s disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.”
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“If you don’t feel the same way about him, if you’re just leading him on, you need to tell him that. I’ve seen too many nice guys get shafted because a girl can’t get over some jerk.”
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“When a man plays with your heart it is for one of two reasons: He knows he can or he is undecided.”
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“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
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“Don’t let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you’re stupid.”
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“People tell you to believe in yourself for your whole life, then call you arrogant when you begin taking their advice.”
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“No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or what anyone else says, YOU MATTER, and your life matters!”
“Distance yourself from people who:1. Disrespect you2. Mistreat others3. Are abusive4. Lie to you5. Are negative6. Have no goals7. Use you8. Put you down”
“Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.”
“I’ve never had a moment when I thought: “Tom, you’ve made it!”, and I don’t think I want to, because that feels like you’ve reached the end; that you’ve crossed the finish line. But to me there is no end. An achievement is not a finish line; it’s a checkpoint on a far greater journey. It’s a moment to pause, to take a breath and look back and enjoy what you’ve experienced and be grateful for it, but then to turn around and look towards the next checkpoint, the next achievement.”
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“If I have one piece of advice to give you all about what to search for in your quest for What Next, it’s to find where the line blurs between hard work and happiness for you. To find that thing where working hard at it makes you happy, and where you’re happy to work hard at it.”
“Don’t always use prudence for precaution, sometimes use it for progress.”
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“When you’re twenty-one, life is a roadmap. It’s only when you get to twenty-five or so that you begin to suspect you’ve been looking at the map upside down, and not until you’re forty are you entirely sure. By the time you’re sixty, take it from me, you’re fucking lost.”
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“Do not be afraid of books, Miss Bennet. Simply treat them with the respect they deserve, and you will be richly rewarded. You do not have to be clever or rich or have attended celebrated schools or universities in order to appreciate them. It is enough simply to have an open and receptive mind– and sometimes, it is true, a little perseverance. But you must not be afraid, Miss Bennett, for books do not judge you.”