What are your "Rules for Life?"

[User 150927]

It is far better to regret the things that you did, than to regret the things that you never had the courage to try.

Don't love everyone you sleep with, but don't sleep with everyone you love.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Savor the anticipation but appreciate the opened gift.

No is a complete sentence.

Admit when you’re wrong.

And a rule my dad and I heard over a radio commercial when I was a kid: Never buy meat over the phone.

 

[FileNotFound]

You don’t always have to tell the truth, but never lie.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

 

[swingline]

Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

Except with propane containers.

 

[swingline]

One rule I sorta live by: The doctor can suggest, but it's up to me to determine my level of care. The doctor can't demand anything.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Except with propane containers.

And the threads for pedals on the left side of bicycles.

 

[Octave]

Don't **** where you eat.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Don't be afraid to take a loss

Don't ask questions you know the answers to

Stay in or go out? GO.

Be loyal until you're given a reason not to be

Know what you want to come from every conversation

 

[clintrichardson]

In a men's room, you're generally better off in the second stall from the door than the first.


(note: this is from a Louise Penny novel. I've found it to be sound advice).

 

[Huggy]

Years ago I worked for a hard ass boss who I was convinced was going to rip me a new one for a mistake I made on a report that I couldn't correct and resend before he saw it.

Instead he told me something I have never forgotten:

"There's a reason they put erasers on pencils. People make mistakes."

 

[Severian]

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
- Wayne Gretzksy

- Michael Scott

 

[garrow]

Never vote for amateurs
Forgive and forget
Pick your battles
Always know when to be flexible and when to be steadfast

 

[Octave]

say what you mean and mean what you say.

 

[playthrough]

Don't sweat the small stuff
Don't go cheap on ice cream
Stay off the ****ing Twitter
Tell your parents you love them
Check tickets before leaving the window

 

[Driftwood]

Enjoy every day. One of them will be your last.

 

[heyabbott]

- Michael Scott

Ron Jeremy

 

[User 149557]

In a men's room, you're generally better off in the second stall from the door than the first.


(note: this is from a Louise Penny novel. I've found it to be sound advice).

In this vein, always do the thing that takes a little more effort because you’ll probably end up in a situation where fewer people are willing to do it, so you end up in the presence or wake of conscientious people.

I alway walk to the farthest urinal or stall.

 

[Tighthead]

At work parties, have a drinking limit and an exit strategy and stick to both

 

[bigpern23]

Win or learn.
If you’re not five minutes early, you’re late.
Never turn down a breath mint.