Best advice your mom or daddy gave you...

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#51
Just got back from GP's. Took forever. 2 bags of IV saline for dehydration. GP said: sister, it's okay to get old. Guess I will have to roll with that.
 
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#53
Mom and Dad were never real words of wisdom givers. However, they did a great job of leading by example. With that said, I have my own set of advisories I impart to others (kids and coworkers).

#1. I do a good enough job of making myself look like an ass, I don't need anyone else's help.

#2. No matter what you're doing, be the best at doing it.

#3. You get ready to go to work, don't go to work to get ready.

#4. Before you do anything, ask yourself the following question: Will this embarrass my family? My State? My God?

#5. "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

- Henry Ford

#6. "It all comes out in the wash."

- Grand Mother

#7. Always strive for perfection, but be willing to except less.
 
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Hey mods! If you are out there, would you please correct the word in title to "advice"? It is bugging the tar out of me.
 
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I remember when I was in high school and I thought this guy was attractive. My mama said "everything that looks good isn't always good for you"... As I've grown up that is the realest thing ever. I've met many who are attractive physically but really are ugly ( personality, attitude, integrity, etc.)... No thanks HARD PASS...
 
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My Dad told me when I was a teenager "If you can't see yourself doing something, don't do it" and that was
advise that helped me make the better decision several times in my life so far.....thanks Dad <3
 
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Do what you say and say what you do
Life is short, treat it accordingly
Its not how long the journey takes...its how you take the journey
 
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When I was born, eons ago, Staph aureus was running rampant through the hospital. The building was quarantined. Of course, I got it and had first shot of Penicillin at 2 months old. That nasty staph harbors in your nares. So as a kid, my Mom said: if you pick your nose, don't eat the boogers and wash your hands.
 
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My Mom, "Do your damn homework and act like a man."
My Dad, "Don't volunteer for anything." The day I shipped off to basic training.
 
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I was about 10-11 and I'd gotten in a fight with a kid. My father found out about it and he told me "I'm very disappointed in you, you've failed intellectually. The only reason you get in a fight is because you aren't smart enough to avoid a fight. Fighting is intellectual failure" It's the last fight I ever had.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
I was about 10-11 and I'd gotten in a fight with a kid. My father found out about it and he told me "I'm very disappointed in you, you've failed intellectually. The only reason you get in a fight is because you aren't smart enough to avoid a fight. Fighting is intellectual failure" It's the last fight I ever had.
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Now this is a complex issue. There's a time to fight and a time to walk away. I've seen plenty of people fight over foolish pride/insults, women and money.

I guess the best advice would be "discretion is the better part of valor". Being able to size up a situation and have the discernment to know whether to fight or walk away is tough.
 
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From Dad...

On reputation: "You are what you're perceived to be. Whether that's right or wrong, fair or unfair, it's just the way it is."

On the allure of women: "Think with this head (pointing up), and not this one (pointing down)."

On what-if's: "Don't worry about what ifs. What if a frog had wings? He wouldn't bump his butt every time he landed on a lily pad. What if your aunt had balls? She'd be your uncle. So what?"

Smart man.
 
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You folks are retarded. But, I like you because I am , too. Daddy was chopping wood. So precise because he was a ME. Cut off a fingertip with the axe. He was already in the car. Mom was yelling " I have to find your finger." Daddy said : we just gotta go. Sometimes you just gotta go.
 
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