<p>My dad: “Any problem that could be solved by money is not a big problem.”</p>
<p>My mom: “Before you get married keep both eyes open, after you get married keep one eye shut.”</p>
<p>Me: “Only have friends who could add something positive to your life.”</p>
<p>To my boys: girls (and later women) will pay very close attention to how you treat your mother.</p>
<p>Both from my father
“It is just money” – meaning it doesn’t make you smarter, happier, healthier, freer, more beautiful, more loved. It just means you can have more stuff. And stuff in the long run isn’t what counts.</p>
<p>Marriage is not a 50-50 proposition. It is a 100-100 proposition. For it to work you both have to put everything you have into it.</p>
<p>Just because you do not know what you want to be in life should not prevent you from perusing an interim goal. For good things will likely come of it. For inaction, likely comes misery.</p>
<p>Me</p>
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<p>I heard Peter Greenberg say that on Oprah 20 years ago and it has stood me in good stead ever since.</p>
<p>From my dad: “Expecting [something of others] is the longest pregnancy in the world.”
From my mom: “Any port in a storm” when you find yourself among a group of strangers.
From Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.”</p>
<p>From my Mom: Don’t be afraid to ask, the worst they can say is “no”.</p>
<p>The grass may be greener on the other side but you don’t know how high their water bill is.</p>
<p>Try! If you do not take the shot-100% zero. If you try–possible goal.</p>
<p>From Dr. Phil of all people: “Do you want to be right, or do you want to solve the problem?” I love the simplicity of how it takes your ego out of the situation.</p>
<p>“There’s no accounting for taste.”</p>
<p>I don’t know where I heard that first but it sure does explain a lot. ;)</p>
<p>I love all these quotes! Build a bridge and get over it – I hadn’t heard that one before. Thank you 2cakes!</p>
<p>“That which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger.” Nietzsche</p>
<p>“Hope for the best, plan for the worst.”</p>
<p>My mother: “Make sure you love him, warts and all–Over time, the warts only get bigger.”</p>
<p>when you’ve had a bad day, when your kids make you crazy, when people say stupid things…just remind yourself to FIDO</p>
<p>Forget It and Drive On.</p>
<p>Spouse offers: When crossing a one-way street, look both ways.
Both literally and metaphorically.</p>
<p>My Mom told me when I was dating this one piece:</p>
<p>Look at how his father treats his mother, that will be your relationship in the future!</p>
<p>“Don’t squander a golden opportunity to keep your mouth shut” (coworker got this from her mother)
“Don’t change a mind, change a mood” (Haim Ginott, I think)</p>
<p>Do be a do bee, don’t be a don’t bee. </p>
<p>Learned that from Mr. Do-Bee on Romper Room.</p>
<p>do–bee do–bee doooo.
Frank Sinatra</p>
<p>Don’t just do something, stand there (read from a book by a MD, talking about doc’s instinct to try to DO some intervention when sometimes watchful waiting is best & toughest course for docs, especially in puzzling cases).</p>
<p>Two I picked up recently, courtesy of the Sweet Potato queen