What is the best advice you have been given ?

I’m sure I have posted this before but I only ever had one piece of advice from my mother. It was ‘ Never show a man your shoulders!!!!! Any other bits were alright I suppose. I often wonder what she really meant

Never let someone make you their victim.

I remembered this after my husband of 28 years left me with no money and 3 children. I decided he wasn’t going to ruin the rest of my life and he hasn’t!

If you haven't got anything nice to say, say nothing.

The glass is always half full.

Always be kind to others.

Written in Granny's autograph book, March 9th, 1913 by Daddy.

Don't look for the flaws as you go through life,
And even when you find them,
It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind,
And look for the virtue behind them.

Wise words.

Always say thank you even if you don’t feel it is particularly deserved. Have found this very useful and drummed into DC that good manners always paid.

Never stop to pick up nothing.

Talk's cheap.

Another entry from Granny's autograph book.

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek,
Five things observe with care,
Of whom you speak,
To whom you speak,
And how and when and where.

March 5th 1913

Someone said to me when I was pregnant.......... Imagine how you think things will be when you've had the baby and then accept it will be absolutely nothing like that!!

My driving instructor always said 'if in doubt, don't'. I still say this to myself when thinking of overtaking etc and it's stood me in good stead.

Always trust your gut feelings.
Break down big jobs into smaller chunks to make them more manageable.

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My driving instructor always said 'if in doubt, don't'. I still say this to myself when thinking of overtaking etc and it's stood me in good stead.

When I passed my driving test a friend's husband said 'Always remember you have a brake'. Never forgotten those words.

My lovely mum said two things that I have tried to live by when I got married she said always keep some money in your own bank account and the one quoted here if you can't say anything nice keep quiet.
Good advise

Not sure it was the best advice, but my GM often said
"Never explain and never apologise". She pretty much lived by that.

Advice from a much missed god-mother :

"Better to be an old man's darling than a young man's fool".

Sadly, I failed to take it.

My mother's stock phrase when either my brother or I were worried about anything was "Life's too short to ......... (add in whatever the worry was) and, in her case, it sadly proved very true. She was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at 59 and died far too young.

my gran said to me to remember if it's for you it won't go by you (english version rather than glasgow), i think that is why i don't get upset about the things i can't change, i have had cancer twice, i never got angry about it, nothing would change even if i did. no matter how bad things have got over the years i have always just got on with it.

Treat people as you would like to be treated and be kind.

Fennel My dad:
"When in doubt - Don't!

You only have to take the next step (don't panic about the future)

Avoid anything immoral, illegal or fattening.

Fix the roof while the sun is shining / Be prepared!

This too will pass.

Not so much advice, but just talking my huge, gigantic problems through with my mum, would shrink them to pocket size. I really miss her.

If you keep doing, what you've always done; you'll keep on getting what you've always got.

My dad, upon meeting my now husband for the 1st time. "He's a good lad him. Don't you ever let him go!" He was right, and I didn't let him go. One of my greatest regrets is, that my dad didn't live long enough to see us get married. ?

Give it away and it will come back to you three fold. Try a smile

Don’t borrow trouble.