One Liner Life Advice

[lipton_hot_tea]

"There are easier ways of meeting pretty nurses" from a card I sent to my favorite church picnic grill Dad when he fell and broke his wrist.

 

[lipton_hot_tea]

An Aunt I lived with when I was 5 & 14 used to tell me to Have consideration, and then some version of we don't know what someone else is going through. It confused the heck out of me as a child because she had such a strong sense of propriety and the person she was dealing with was not behaving to her standards...



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[navypmw]

From my Dad:

"Please use your head for more than just a hat rack"

 

[Old Navy BGO]

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

> First rule of "Holes" in my house ... My daughters grew up hearing ..."What's the first rule of Holes.."

I just found this thread, and many of my sayings are already posted, but two others -

It takes a whole lot of "Attaboys" to make up for one "Aw Sh!t ".
And a USNA favorite - BOHICA

 

[Dad_2024]

All disappointment is the result of unmet expectations.

 

[Devil Doc]

All disappointment is the result of unmet expectations.

True. Expectation management is key.

 

[JD917]

"It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it."
"If you've never experienced failure, you didn't reach far enough."

 

[ProudDad17]

Smooth seas never made a skillful sailor.

Found this one recently looking for quotes for DS as graduation nears.

 

[lipton_hot_tea]

There is no shame in being poor, it's just inconvenient as ___.
Said to me once after a man (I knew) at the bus stop asked if I had a $1 for him to get a soda. I said I was already using my kitchen draw change for bus fare.

 

[Devil Doc]

Smooth seas never made a skillful sailor.

Found this one recently looking for quotes for DS as graduation nears.

Great quote from a famous sailor.

 

[WT Door]

Great quote from a famous sailor.
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Another quote from that great sailor: I yam, what I yam!! In other words: Try not to live in the minds of other people. Be who you are!

 

[TigerMomNot]

These last ones have reminded me of one of my father's favorites: A smooth ship sails a million miles.

He went to a merchant academy, in a different time and in a different place. Many of his former colleagues were USMMA grads, and he has asked DD about Kings Point several times (to no avail).

We were chatting about DD's application recently and he surprised me with the fact that his father - my grandfather - was in the navy (for a while and in a different country), so I'm pleased that this whole process has brought me a little closer to my family.

 

[SOG-SA]

From the best Chief I ever worked for:

"Hold my beer, and watch this sh-t!"

 

[Physicsguru]

Experience is the best teacher. The trick is to learn from someone else's.

 

[Dad_2024]

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.

~G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain" (The New World Series, vol. 7)

 

[Dad_2024]

Nothing easy is worthwhile.

 

[Heatherg21]

No easy day. Clearly not my words originally but dang they ring true.

Sometimes life just hits you in the face. Grit gets you through.

 

[Wishful]

"Remember, there are no stupid questions; just stupid people asking questions."

 

[ProudDad17]

"Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug"- The Bug Mary Chapin Carpenter

 

[Wishful]

When you need to assign someone to plan a party, DO NOT assign a female officer/enlisted member to perform that task.

(They get that job all the time. Also, men are good at party-planning party too...I've heard well, the partying part anyway. Plus it's a good bullet for their OPR. A win-win!)