Instructions For Life

1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Memorize your favorite poem.
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slow but think quick.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
15. Call your mom.
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
18. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others;
19. Responsibility for all your actions.
20. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
21. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
22. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
23. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to.
24. As you get older, his/her conversational skills will be as important as any other.
25. Spend some time alone.
26. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
27. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
28. Read more books and watch less TV.
29. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
30. Trust in God but lock your car.
31. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
32. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
33. Read between the lines.
34. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
35. Be gentle with the earth.
36. Pray -- there's immeasurable power in it.
37. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
38. Mind your own business.
39. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss him/her.
40. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
41. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living.
42. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
43. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
44. Learn the rules then break some.
45. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other
46. is greater than your need for each other.
47. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
48. Remember that your character is your destiny.
49. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
50. Don't marry someone that you can just live with.
51. Instead, marry someone that you can't live without.
52. Charm is a woman's strength, while strength is a man's charm.
53. Our job is not to see through one another, But to see one another through.
54. One of the most difficult thing to give away is kindness - It is usually returned.
55. When we are hurt, there is no sweeter revenge than to forgive.
56. Those at war with others are seldom at peace with themselves.
57. For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.
58. The best mirror is an old friend.
59. As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
60. Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
61. Chance makes our parents. Choice makes our friends.
62. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
63. To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person that you are.
64. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
65. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
66. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others responsibility for all your actions.
67. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
68. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
69. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
70. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
71. Spend some time alone every day.
72. Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.
73. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
74. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
75. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
76. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
77. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
78. Be gentle with the earth.
79. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
80. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
81. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
82. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.