A mutton dressed as lamb. |
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth (grandma always used to say this). |
Those who gossip with you, gossip about you. (My HS freshman year advisor)
If you wouldn't want to see it on the front of the Washington Post, don't write(/email/post) it. (aka the Washington Post rule) |
Sometimes the cheap comes out expensive |
I like this! I'm going to start using this one. I'm the peach, btw. |
I love the Spanish phrase "No necessita abuela." It really captures a bit more than "tooting his own horn." |
+100000 Nor ten! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If you've done it all by the time you're XX (15, 16, 21, etc). what have you got to look forward to?
(Translation: don't be in such a hurry to grow up. My parents used to say this to us when we were teens). |
Suck it up, Buttercup. |
Comparison is the thief of joy.
Don't let X live in your head rent-free. |
When someone is complaining to me that they want something they cannot not have - "and I want to be taller, the world is an imperfect place."
If you are multitasking, you are not doing any of those tasks as well as you could if you did them one at a time. A friend does not intentionally hurt you, if you were hurt by a friend, you should forgive them because it was not done intentionally. |
You only need to amuse yourself. |
Do the work.
This too shall pass. All that I know about life can be summed up in three words--it goes on. |
Yes. One of the best parenting books is "All Grown Up and No Place to Go" by Dr. David Elkind. |
It is what it is.
Make it happen, Captain. Smell you later ( instead of see you later - to make them laugh) |