Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else.

Some people change. Most people don't. Accepting this makes it much harder for them to disappoint you.

If it isn't going to matter to you in 5 years, quit stressing about it. (Also, quit b*tching about it. It might matter when you're all alone in 5 yrs because you're annoying now.)

The more obstacles you encounter, the harder you must fight to meet your destiny. Never let adversity win. Never give up on yourself and the good you can bring to the world.

Looking for a gem, we are sometimes dumb enough to try to hold on to a lump of coal, convinced that it will turn into a diamond in our lifetime... but all it does it get sh*t all over you until you burn it and use the energy for something else.

If you aren't happy with your life, change things until you are... if you can't change something, change your attitude about it.

It may be easier to get forgiveness than permission, but trust is harder to get back than both.