Eighteen Random Rules of Life 656.2
I love maxims, those concise capsules of worldly wisdom. I collect them and write them and, of course, love to share them. Here are 18 random rules of life worth posting on your mirror or, better yet, using as dinner-time discussion starters.
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- Find the lesson in every failure and you’ll never fail.
- The likelihood that you’re right is not increased by the intensity of your conviction.
- Real friends help you feel worthy and make you want to be better.
- When you’re in a hole, stop digging.
- Don’t confuse fun with fulfillment or pleasure with happiness.
- Refusing to let go of a grudge is refusing to use the key that will set you free.
- Hating hurts you more than the person you hate.
- Counting on luck is counting on random chance. Your odds are much better when you plan and work.
- Being kind is better than being clever.
- Don’t underestimate the power of persistence.
- The easy way is rarely the best way.
- It’s much easier to burst someone else’s bubble than to blow up your own.
- You can’t avoid pain, but you can avoid suffering.
- Self-pity is a losing strategy. It repels others and weakens you.
- Shortcuts usually produce short success.
- Control your attitude or it will control you.
- It’s more important to be significant than successful.
- The world is waiting for you to heal it.
This is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts.
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Good words to live by. At least one of them applies each day.
Posted by: mama chang | February 1, 2010 4:10 PM
Rule number 1, I have something similar to it:
"There are no bad experiences, all experiences are good if we are able to learn something from them."
I've had some tough experiences in my life, but I realized that if I can learn something from them, it's not a bad one. I choose to learn from all my life experiences, no matter how hard they are.
Posted by: Eric | February 5, 2010 8:08 AM
Can you expound on number 12?
Posted by: ana | February 5, 2010 8:46 AM
How do you get a printable copy to put on the fridge?
Posted by: Nick | February 5, 2010 10:14 AM
Thanks for being who you are. It's heartening to know there are others who have led the way and mapped the better route.
Posted by: Maureen Morgan | February 6, 2010 10:37 PM
Here's a practical one I heard recently: There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.
Posted by: Cheryl | February 7, 2010 11:53 AM
Great stuff - came just when I needed to have a character discussion with a group of struggling students.
Posted by: Lesley Grainge | February 10, 2010 12:02 AM
I love these words of simple wisdom. They are truly words to live by. I wish I could send #2 to the person who recommended this site to me. How interesting that one can see the speck in someone else's eye but not the plank in their own.
Posted by: LaVivian Wicks | February 10, 2010 3:07 PM
I got a list of 6 that more or less sums it all up:
1. Choose a good attitude. Be thankful.
2. Be resepectful. Love God, familly, friends, and yourself. Be kind.
3. Have integrity, follow rules, be fair and honest.
4. Accept difficulties and challenges. Try again when you fail.
5. Keep learning all your life.
6. Enjoy life: play, have fun, and laugh a lot.
Taken from "Life's Greatest Lessons" by Hal Urban.
Posted by: Luly | February 11, 2010 8:14 AM
Sent these in my weekly letter to my incarcerated daughter. Not the first time I've included quotes from your Commentary. She and her pod mates look forward to receiving them. Great seeds for discussion!
Posted by: Donna Chappell | February 13, 2010 2:33 PM
We enjoy listening to Character Counts. It's a good dose of medicine which I recommend all to take. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Posted by: anita | March 18, 2010 5:10 PM