Summation:

1. Have the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expect of you.

2. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

3. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”  - Ernest Hemingway

4. Don’t make decisions when you’re angry. Don’t make promises when you’re happy.

5. “Never argue with a stupid person, they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain

6. Only pack what you can carry yourself.

7. Remember you’ll always regret what you didn’t do rather than what you did.

8. “You’d worry less about what people think about you if you knew how seldom they do.” - David Foster Wallace

9. If you blame it on someone else, don’t expect it to get better.

10. “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, but there will always be someone who hates peaches.” - Dita von Teese

11. If the grass is greener on the other side, there’s probably more manure there.

12. Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.

13. With regards to the opposite sex: If you look hungry, you’ll starve.

14. “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” - Isaac Asimov

15. Strive to be the man you want your daughter to marry.

16. “Remember only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.” - Stephen King

17. Never forget your car keys will change your car from one ton of inert metal into one of the most deadly killing machines that has been invented.

18. Wait 24 hours before getting mad and reacting about anything. If it doesn’t bother you in 24 hours time, it probably isn’t important enough to get mad over.

19. Never make someone a priority who only makes you an option.

20. Try not to take anything personally. No one thinks about you as much as you do.

21. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” - Sirius Black

22. Figure out what you love to do, and then figure out how to get someone to pay you to do it.

23. If you treat a woman like a queen, and she treats you like a jester, your princess is in another castle.

24. Whenever something happens that makes you sad, ask yourself whether you’d still care about it when you’re ninety.

25. Be persistent. When knowledge and ability aren’t enough, be persistent.

26. “Life is scary. Get used to it. There are no magical fixes. It’s all up to you. So get up off your keister, get out of here, and go start doin’ the work. Nothing in this world that’s worth having comes easy.” - Bob Kelso

27. Smart girls like to hear they’re pretty, pretty girls like to hear that they’re smart.

28. Happiness is a choice and everything else is a matter of perspective.

Impermanence

"Don’t get addicted to being human. This is only temporary." 

— Robert Monroe

“Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot. I am learning to live between effort and surrender.” 

- Danielle Orner

“You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts.” 

- Philip Arnold

“It Doesn’t Matter Where You Came From. All That Matters Is Where You Are Going.”

- Brian Tracy

“The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it, it runs away.” 

- Robin Sharma

"Just take the High Road. It's better."

"Success is survival."

- Leonard Cohen

"There is no greater poverty than being unwanted, uncared for, and unloved."

"'NO' is a complete sentence."

- Dr. Judith Orloff

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” 

~ Frank Crane

"I know that I know nothing."

- Socrates

"We all ruin the world a little."

"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone."

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

- William James

"I hear and I forget.  

I see and I remember.  

I do and I understand." 

- Confucius

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” 

– Anthony J. D’Angelo

“We are not our bodies, our possessions, or our career. Who we are is Divine Love and that is Infinite.” 

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

"You don’t have to rebuild a relationship with everyone you have forgiven."

"Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever; you just have to live.”

 ~ Natalie Babitt

"Hate corrodes the container it's carried in."

"Everything must change, nothing stays the same."

“Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.”

- Ram Dass

"Maturity is when a person hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of hurting them back."