100 Helpful Things in Life

#1 - If you want others to be tolerant of you, thenyou be tolerant of others.
#2 - If you want people to understand you, then beunderstanding.
#3 - If you don't want people to judge you, thendon't judge people.
#4 - The virtue of patience is patience
#5 - Don't assume, ask questions.
#6 - Don't react, listen and negotiate.
#7 - You may be right, but listen to the other sideanyways, cause you actually may not be right.
#8 - Ask if you have the correct understanding,before taking what someone says as an insult. Askfor clarification.
#9 - If you want people to be kind to you, be kindto them.
#10 - Give of what you have, even if you don't havemuch to give.
#11 - Tell someone you care. Don't assume they know.
#12 - Learn from other people's mistakes.
#13 - Adults are more experienced than kids, howeverneither are more or less intelligent than the other.Your child might actually know something you don't.Kids should be both seen and heard. So shut up andlisten.
#14 - You can be a teacher or a student at any age.
#15 - When someone wrongs you, remain peaceful, anddo nothing. They will bury themselves in yourinactions.
#16 - The generation gap is nothing but a void ofarrogance filling the space betweenmisunderstandings.


#17 - Respect is earned not given. How can yourchild learn respect when they don't know what it is?
#18 - Help others as much as you can, but not atyour own expense.
#19 - Do not help others, before helping yourselffirst.
#20 - Choose your battles wisely. Do not get upsetover trivial issues.
#21 - Hate only hurts you, not those you hate.
#22 - Do not expect others to do something that youare not willing to do yourself.
#23 - If you are going to give advise, make sure itsadvice you are also willing to take.
#24 - Accept people for who they are. Like them fortheir qualities, don't hate them for their flaws.
#25 - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, butonly if you learn from it. Otherwise it will destroyyou.
#26 - You cannot force someone to change. It must bea choice they make, if it is to be made at all.
#27 - The only person whose choices you areresponsible for is you.
#28 - Apologizing for something you've done wrong isa show of strength, not weakness.
#29 - Always forgive those who wrong you. It onlyhurts you if you don't.
#30 - Forgive yourself when you've done wrong.
#31 - Forgiveness and trust are not the same thing.
#32 - Trust is earned, not given.
#33 - A friend is not the sum of a person's socialor financial status.
#34 - A friend is not the sum of all of theirchoices you happen to agree with.
#35 - Friendship is revealed in actions, not words.
#36 - Swallowing your pride to save a life is abetter alternative than saving your pride at theexpense of a life.
#37 - Peace and friendship are not the same thing.
#38 - Do not hold a grudge, and always accept anapology.
#39 - Accepting an apology should not also entailreopening the door to get screwed again.
#40 - If you do not give someone a chance to earnyour trust, they never will.
#41 - If you do not give someone a chance to earnyour respect, they never will.
#42 - Life is perception. No mater what happens, itis what you make of it.
#43 - True friendship never ends, even if you areapart.
#44 - Never end a friendship over trivial issues.
#45 - Never borrow a lot of money from a friendunless you are absolutely certain you can pay itback.
#46 - Never let someone you do not know stay in yourhome.
#47 - Romance with your best friend has a betterchance of succeeding than romance with a completestranger.
#48 - Do not take unnecessary risks, but do not beafraid to take risks.
#49 - Life is a chance. So take it.
#50 - Suicide only hurts those who care about you.
#51 - Do not become the thing you hate.
#52 - Hard times can be a learning experience, oryour downfall. The choice is yours.
#53 - Never tell a white lie to cover your butt, butit is ok to tell one to keep a friend from gettinghurt.
#54 - Do not protect a friend from getting hurtunless it is absolutely necessary.
#55 - Always take the middle ground. Extremes leadto disaster.
#56 - Do not tell a sugar coated lie nor a harshblunt truth. Just be honest.
#57 - By saying nothing, you're saying everything.
#58 - Your inactions can be more powerful than youractions.
#59 - Venting to people is healthy. Venting on themis not.
#60 - An excuse is not a reason you disagree with.
#61 - A reason is not an excuse you agree with.
#62 - A person has only as much ammunition to throwat you as you give them.
#63 - Do not be concerned with those who prove theyare not your friends, just be concerned with thosewho prove they are.
#64 - You can accomplish whatever you set your mindto. It just takes a lot of time. Do not expectresults over night.
#65 - Fight fire with water, not fire. Respond tohostility with diplomacy.
#66 - Other people’s opinions do not matter; justyours, and those who care about you.
#67 - Do not believe everything you hear. Do someresearch. Gather facts.
#68 - Do not take sides in a fight between 2friends, or you may lose them both.
#69 - Whatever you do, do for you. Not to impressothers.
#70 - Ignorance is the lack of knowledge. Stupidityis the inability to obtain it.
#71 - To see the big picture take a few steps back.
#72 - Everything happens for a reason, even if it isnot apparent at the time.
#73 - Do not blow off everything as coincidence.
#74 - Do not make snap decisions, but takeeverything into consideration.
#75 - Do not dislike someone just because yourfriend happens to dislike him or her.
#76 - Do not speak in anger. Calm down first.
#77 - Your gut feeling is almost always right.
#78 - All good things come in due time.
#79 - It is better to try, than spending the rest ofyour life wondering if you could have succeeded.
#80 - A dollar is just a dollar until you have amillion of them.
#81 - There is such a thing as a stupid question.
#82 - To be truly mature, you must be both adult andchild in equal measure.
#83 - To be a truly good parent, you must be parentand friend in equal measure.
#84 - To forget your childhood is to forgetyourself.
#85 - Do not judge someone until you've walked amile in his or her shoes.
#86 - Lashing out can be a cry for help. Don'tassume someone is just trying to be a jerk.
#87 - Do not fight a hopeless battle. There is noshame in retreat.
#88 - Never take revenge. They will eventually burnthemselves.
#89 - Realizing you have made a mistake means youare capable of learning, it does not mean that youare an idiot.
#90 - You do not know what love is until you havebeen hurt.
#91 - Chromosomes, estrogen, and testosteronedetermine sexuality. It is not a choice.
#92 - Getting frustrated will not solve the problem.
#93 - Making love and having sex are not the samething.
#94 - A relationship is a partnership, not adictatorship.
#95 - There is no relationship without trust.


#96 - Never be in a relationship with your oppositeor your equal. Be with one that is a little of each.
#97 - You will get as much out of something as youput into it.
#98 - A relationship based purely on physicalattraction is doomed to fail.
#99 - The person you want is not necessarily theperson you need.
#100 - Not getting something you've wished for cansometimes be to your advantage.

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