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Hey Pandas, What Cliché Phrases Do You Find Helpful? (Closed)
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Hey Pandas, What Cliché Phrases Do You Find Helpful? (Closed)

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There are always those things that sound too cliche to be true, but oftentimes they are great advice! What's a tip you received that's changed your life forever?

#1

Lefty loosey righty tighty
53points

#2

"Not my circus. Not my monkeys." It always makes me smile more than 'Worry only about what you can control" because then I see monkeys in my head!
40points

#3

Measure twice; cut once.
31points

#4

Be the change you want to see in the world. Also: we blame the society yet we are the society.
14points

#5

Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
13points

#6

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
13points

#7

What goes around...comes around......
11points

#8

"Do unto others what THEY would like done." This one helped me realize that not everyone wants what I would want. It is important to find out what other people need and want and not get hung up on thinking everyone wants what I would want.
11points

#9

I always say "God Hates a Coward." when I am preparing myself to do anything stressful and for me it calms me and prepares me. I know it isn't the phrase that does it, but for me mentally I have to do this. The funniest part is, I am an atheist.
10points

#10

Think globally, act locally.
10points

#11

One mans trash....another mans treasure... In this case woman,I love flea-markets..
10points

#12

Better safe than sorry
10points

#13

Don’t sweat the small stuff.
9points

#14

Smooth sailing doesn’t make good sailors
9points

#15

There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who don’t ask them.
8points

#16

You can’t change other people, you can only change yourself.
8points

#17

It's OK to love your kids without necessarily liking them, at least all the time.
8points

#18

I don’t know if this is a expression but, you can’t get a job without experience and you can’t get experience without a job.
7points

#19

NO means NO
7points

#20

Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.
5points
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