Alumni Wisdom

The 51 most important things - What TIME has taught us!

  1. Some people are only alive today because it's illegal to kill them
  2. Everyone is entitle to their own fair share of stupidity...But some abuse the privilege!
  3. There are three kinds of people in this world. Ones that can count and ones that can't
  4. Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us that do
  5. Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy thing they don't want, to impress people they don't like
  6. If men knew what women think, they'd be ten times more daring
  7. Live your life well. Wake up, Live each moment, and go to sleep, anything else that happens is a minor detail
  8. Experience is the name everyone gives his mistakes
  9. Every exit is an entry somewhere else
  10. Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans
  11. Men argue, nature acts
  12. If you take care of each moment, you will take care of all time
  13. If you want a rainbow you have to put up with the rain sometimes
  14. Karma means you don't get away with anything
  15. Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils
  16. Generosity brings joy; honesty brings peace
  17. Every life has a measure of sorrow. Sometimes it is this that, that awakens us
  18. Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others
  19. Never teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig
  20. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time (This one needs to be remembered)
  21. When one finds oneself in a hole of one's own making, it is a good time to examine the quality of the workmanship
  22. Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is
  23. If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear
  24. You can cut music and art all you want, but soon these kids aren't going to have anything left to read and write about
  25. Don't be healthy, you'll only out live your friends.
  26. When you are born, you are crying and everyone else around you is smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.
  27. Don't be humble, your not that great
  28. I would rather fail in a cause that I know someday will triumph than to win in a cause that I know someday will fail
  29. You can only be young once but you can be immature forever
  30. Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right
  31. He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened
  32. See without looking , hear without listening, breathe without asking
  33. When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live
  34. Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind
  35. One sees great things from the valley, only small things from the peak
  36. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought
  37. Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself
  38. In walking, just walk. In sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble
  39. If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
  40. In a world where everyone is blind, the one-eyed man is king.
  41. Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day
  42. Tell someone that there are 400 billion stars and they'll believe you. Tell them a bench has wet paint on it and they have to touch it.
  43. Sometimes you just have to jump off the bridge and build your wings on the way down.
  44. Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
  45. I'm out of my mind. Be back in five minutes.
  46. Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.
  47. Whoever said 'money can't buy happiness', was full of crap.
  48. A wise man doesn't play leapfrog with a unicorn.
  49. A picture is worth a 1000 words and takes just about as long to load it on a computer.
  50. You kill one man, they call you a murder. You kill a 1000 men, they call you a conqueror.
  51. Did you ever stop to think, and then forget to start again?