"Common sense is not so common"
-Confucius
"It's common sense" Is it??
"I will ignore the pettiness of others"
I will ignore the rotten, and focus on the friendly
"Anger is like a disease, don't be the one one to spread it"
Don't take your anger out on innocent others
"It's better to be alone than in bad company"
-Gorge Washington
When your with people, do you add to the conversation, or do you drive people away?
"The most effective way to cope with change is to help create it."
-L.W. Lynett
The best way to love change, is when your the one changing it.
"The best and most beautiful things and life cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart"
- Helen Keller
Think about it. If you were blind, how many things in life could you actually feel with your heart?
"In the end, you only regret the chances you didn't take"
If you are debating on doing something in life, just do it. When you are older and think back on all of the things in life, a debate might make that list.
"I thank G-d for the difficult people in my life,they show who not to be"
If one is depressed, this is the perfect quote for him. It tells us, that when a difficult person comes into our lives, how instead of complaining about this person, we thank God that we are not like them. We think how not to be like that person. That alone, helps us improve our character.
"What you seek you will find, what you ignore, you will avoid"
If your out to find good, you will defiantly find good, If your to find bad you will defiantly find bad. Remember, life is not perfect. Stick to seeking good, and avoiding bad
"Say little and do much"
- Pirkei Avos Chapter 1 Mishna 15(b)
We can all say, and think about what we are going to do, but how much of us can actually do it? It is easy for us to criticize others and say "I would have done that better" but in reality, how much of us would really have done it? Before criticizing one should ask himself if he would practice what he preached.
"You can please some of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time"
- Abraham Lincoln
Truly, we as human beings cannot please all people, however when we are faced with the challenge of doing so we should not have this mind set. Instead we should be thinking that we will try and please all of the people who are able to be pleased. It is only after we have done our best that we must think this way.