To ask what the best advice you've ever been given is?

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Just that really. Following on from the "worst advice on Mumsnet" thread-what is the best advice you've ever been given (real life or Mumsnet)?

Gandhi said: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

If you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, nothing worse can happen to you all day.

Everyone's story has a chapter they don't read aloud. I always try to remember this with people, you never know what has happened to them or what they might be going home to.

Similarly, never look down on someone unless you are helping them up.

Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes courage is the small voice at the end of the day that says 'I'll try again tomorrow.' Reminds me of when I was unwell and just getting through the day was a battle, that just getting up again the next day was enough and I didn't need to be superwoman.

Everyone's loved and no one is hungry - my nan used to say that this was what mattered at the end of the day and everything else was just stuff. Has got me through many a difficult day as a parent,

My mother told me this when I had children: "Kids need to climb high in trees. If that scares you, go find something to do elsewhere to distract yourself."

It was advice which her own mother had given her. My granny was very sensible.

Mine are:

"if you can be kind, be kind."

The drains or radiators thing already mentioned above. Very true, when you meet a "drain" you realise it.

And "the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." I always say that when I have a long boring task in front of me that I don't want to start.

The best exercise is the exercise that you do and some is better than none.

It took me a looooong time to internalise this. For such a long time, I wouldn't exercise because I couldn't do it enough or the "right" type. Now (when not heavily pregnant), I run 5k a couple of times a week, which isn't 5 times a week or whatever we're meant to do but is a lot better and healthier than nothing at all.

"don't piss around".

good advice for all occasions!

I remember this one from Dr Phil years ago:

Children:

They may not listen to anything you say, but they are watching everything you do.

Never forgotten these words. Served me well over the years!

"If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess."

And

"Don't look back."

My Yorkshire mum had a lot of sayings, many of which have been given by others. All sound advice.

My late Father always said, "The cheapest isnt always the cheapest and the dearest isnt always the best"

Treat others the way you would like to be treated yourself

That problem is like a stone which you are holding close to your eye so that is all you can see. Throw it on the ground so you can see it in its true perspective

Want what you have, not have what you want.

Sometimes its better to seek forgiveness than to ask permission.

And my all time favourite ... eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

When I was doing my teacher training.

"You're never going to be in a situation where everyone likes you."

Been invaluable in teaching and in everyday life.

'when in doubt, do nowt' is pretty sensible advice when dithering about 'should I or shouln't I'

"Windows are for cheaters, Chimneys for the poor, Closets are for hangers, Winners use the door”
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Would someone more perceptive than me let me know what does this saying mean? I've been mulling it over and still can't make any sense of it.

This sounds a bit flippant compared to some of them, but I bought something in a Timpsons on a Friday afternoon recently and the nice guy serving me said 'Have a nice weekend – and if you do something bad (theatrical pause), do it good (theatrical wink).'

It really made me laugh but I think it's actually pretty good advice.

Everyone's story has a chapter they don't read aloud. I always try to remember this with people, you never know what has happened to them or what they might be going home to.

That's a very good one, Muddlewitch.

Following a very recent suicide related bereavement. I asked:

"What is the point in living anymore", and my friend replies "to see what happens next".

It appealed to my nature and brought me right back down. Still sad, but a little more level headed.

From a midwife about looking after my new baby; "trust your instincts, you'll almost certainly be right"

A calm sea does not make a skilled mariner.
Some days you are the pigeon, other days you are the statue
An empty vessel makes the most noise

Talking of work ones, someone said to me in my first managerial role (when I thought I just had to be nice to people and it would all be ok )

"Everybody doesn't have to like you but they have to respect you"

Which I thought was pretty good.

"Never fight with a pig; you'll both get dirty and the pig enjoys it".

Do not save things for best. Use it up and wear it out

The version of "this too shall pass" that I prefer goes:

This too will pass. It might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.

"Pass like a kidney stone" describes DC3's challenging but age-typical behaviours at present.

As for Never miss an opportunity [for a wee], that's the precise advice the Duke of Edinburgh of all people gave my great-uncle when they met.

If he's got a portrait bigger than himself he's probably an arsehole.

some day's you are the dog, some days you are the lamppost.

My granddad had the strangest advice but its all true.