Hey Pandas, What Cliché Phrases Do You Find Helpful? (Closed)

There are always those things that sound too cliche to be true, but oftentimes they are great advice! What's a tip you received that's changed your life forever?

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Lefty loosey righty tighty

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Shelp

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*me* 3 years ago

Now that’s useful

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"Not my circus. Not my monkeys." It always makes me smile more than 'Worry only about what you can control" because then I see monkeys in my head!

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SlothyK8

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Measure twice; cut once.

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I am avoiding my homework 3 years ago

I like that one too

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Be the change you want to see in the world. Also: we blame the society yet we are the society.

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Bee / she/her

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Stephanie Keith 3 years ago

Yup! Totally agree. There is nothing wrong with this world. It provides us with all the natural resources we need to live and sustain our lives. It is us that make it horrible. People do it and I'm tired of seeing people actually blame the universe and the world for their own actions.

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Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

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Niffler_13

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Night Owl 3 years ago (edited)

Also said every hoarder ever :D (To be honest, I too have a hard time to part with things)

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Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

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Chrissa Gordon

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Pepper DeVoe 3 years ago

That's a good one!!

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What goes around...comes around......

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Jette Wang Wahnon

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"Do unto others what THEY would like done." This one helped me realize that not everyone wants what I would want. It is important to find out what other people need and want and not get hung up on thinking everyone wants what I would want.

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Michaele

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I always say "God Hates a Coward." when I am preparing myself to do anything stressful and for me it calms me and prepares me. I know it isn't the phrase that does it, but for me mentally I have to do this. The funniest part is, I am an atheist.

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Night Owl 3 years ago (edited)

That last sentence LOL That was unexpected and made me laugh

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Think globally, act locally.

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albernistuff 4sale

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Night Owl 3 years ago (edited)

That's a good motto (when it comes to climate change etc.)

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One mans trash....another mans treasure... In this case woman,I love flea-markets..

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Jette Wang Wahnon

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Better safe than sorry

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Em Feurer

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Don’t sweat the small stuff.

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Helen W

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Kim Bush 3 years ago

....and it's all small stuff.

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Smooth sailing doesn’t make good sailors

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Nessy

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There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who don’t ask them.

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Mad Mar

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Sean Harrison 3 years ago

There are no stupid questions, but there is an abundance of inquisitive idiots.

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You can’t change other people, you can only change yourself.

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Sadia Timmermans

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It's OK to love your kids without necessarily liking them, at least all the time.

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Tim Fountain

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Firelord 3 years ago

So true

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I don’t know if this is a expression but, you can’t get a job without experience and you can’t get experience without a job.

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Ladyandthetramp

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Telmo Belo 3 years ago

There's ways to get experience without a job. Want to be a bartender, invite some friends and make them drinks from a drink book.

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NO means NO

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LAWLAWLAW

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Theoretical Empiricist 3 years ago

And only "yes" means yes.

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Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.

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Awesomepanda

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If its meant for you, it won't pass you by.

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Patsy

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If you cannot pay it back, pay it forward

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albernistuff 4sale

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Only worry about what you can control.

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Theoretical Empiricist 3 years ago

I'd add "...and be ready to deal with those outcomes you can't control".

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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

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Larry Nearmyer

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#25

Leave people and things better than you found them.

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Tim Fountain

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"Compare yourself with past selves"
"Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you"

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Titas Burinskas

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When faced with a big financial problem or a just a lot of stress my husband and I will tell the other “You can’t fix it tonight.” It’s just our way of knowing no matter the issue is sometimes you need to take the time to just relax and unwind and not miss out on quality time together

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