Basic Phrases:

If you always give what you've always given, you'll always get what you've always gotten. |
The best teacher is experience. |
A picture is worth a thousand words. |
It is hard to fail, but it is better than not having tried to succeed. |
experience is recognizing your mistake the second time you make it. |
Success is often disguised by hard work. |
Lead by example. |
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. |
Finish what you start. |
Actions speak louder than words. |
Better than counting your years is making your years count. |
It's all how you look at it. |
Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards. |
Your thoughts are not my thoughts, you ways are not my ways. |
The business of life is not is not business, but living. |
Being able to ignore those who irritate you is an important step towards becoming a functional member of society. |
Jumping to conclusions seldom leads to happy endings. |
Sometimes, the only thing to do is to follow your heart. |
The only fellow who never steps on anyone else's toes is standing still. |
Laugh with those who laugh at you, it confuses them. |
Worry is the fever induced by the mind's lack of faith in its ability to solve its problems. |
Smile, People will think you're up to something. |
What you do today is important because you're exchanging a day of your life for it. |
Don't be afraid to express yourself. |
Tact is the art of building a fire under people without making their blood boil. |
Respect yourself for who you are, regardless of what people think. |
If you are patient on one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. |
What you like should be what you like, not what you're told to like. Figure the difference. |
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. |
How you act influences who you are. |
One way to save face is to keep it shut. |
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. |
A little pot boils easily. |
Get your facts straight before you debate. |
Fear is the sand in the machinery of life. |
It does not do to dwell on the past. |
If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time. |
Think before you speak. |
There's a mighty big difference between good sound reason and reason that sounds good. |
Don't overthink it. |
The trouble with being a good sport is that you have to lose to prove it. |
Nothing is easy to the unwilling. |
True wisdome is knowing how to make a point without making an enemy. |
There will always be someone who does not agree, just as there will always be someone who does agree. |
Better safe than sorry. |
An optimist counts his blessings while a pessimist thinks his blessings don't count. |
Looks can be deceiving. |
Err on the side of caution. |
Trust but verify. |
Happiness cannot exist without discipline. |
You are in charge of yourself. |
It's better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. |
Don't judge a book by its cover. |
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. |
To each his own. |
There is one thing of which you have absolute inhernt control; your mental attitude. |
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. |
You can't win them all. |
A friend is someone who doesn't believe everything they hear about you. |
If you've thought it couldn't be done, chances are that it's already been done, or that you've been interrupted by someone doing it. |
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach the man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. |
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. |
Friends should be like books; there when you need them, but seldom used. |
A smart man learns from his mistakes; a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. |
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. |
Less is more. |
Honesty is the best policy. |
All truths/facts need not be spoken. |
Don't knock it till you've tried it. |
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. |
Just because you see no point to it doesn't mean you can ignore it, or that there isn't one. |
You learn something new every day. |
There are two sides to every coin. |
Everything is a choice. |
Think for yourself. |
It's not better or worse, just different. |
Everyone's weird to someone. |
You don't have to make them understand as long as you understand. |
Respect others as you do yourself. |
Money saved is money earned. |
Change is good, unless it is bad. |
If they're good, more power to them. |
Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy, and wise. |
Discretion is the better part of valor. |
Pick your battles. |
Never miss a good chance to shut up. |
Patience is a virtue. |
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. |
Speak softly, and politely, and carry a big stick. |
If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly. |
If you can't trust them with the small things, you can't with the big. |
Nothing worth loving isn't askew. |
Perfection isn't without its flaws. |
Doctors are not immune. |
If you're always right, you'll never learn. |
Spouses: If you're always right, you'll soon be left. |
With great power comes great responsibility. |
Weapons don't kill people, people with weapons do. |
If you didn't earn it, it means nothing, but just because you didn't earn it doesn't mean that it means nothing. |
The pen and/or tongue is mightier than the sword. |
Sticks and stones may break your bones but words should never hurt you. |
If you've thought of it, chances are that someone's done it. |
Grow old or die trying. |
The ship of failure floats on the sea of excuses. |
Misfortune subdues small minds. |
To assume makes an ass out of you and me. |
Don't be afraid to ask; you'll be a fool for a moment, but wise for a lifetime. |
Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. |
Whether or not you think you can or you can't, you're right either way. |
You don't have to agree with it to understand it.

Rules of Thumb:

Every rule has an exception. |
'Never' never means 'never', as with 'always', 'everything', 'nothing', 'everywhere', and 'nowhere'. |
Only the Sith deal in absolutes. |
'Normal' is merely 'usual'; 'normal' is generally good, 'common' is generally not.

Things people should know:

Mayor is to City as Governor is to State as President is to Country. |
Talent is raw innate ability, and must be developped properly into a skill.

Sometimes by =DemonEclair