#advice

I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested. ↗

— Jane Austen

#change

All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#problem #change

Self-consciousness kills communication. ↗

— Rick Steves

#communication #confidence #self-consciousness #speech #travel

Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#communication #wisdom #communication

Allow me to give my lord one last piece of counsel," the old man had said, "the same counsel I once gave my brother when we parted for the last time. He was three-and-thirty when the Great Council chose him to mount the Iron Throne. A man grown with sons of his own, yet in some ways still a boy. Egg had an innocence to him, a sweetness we all loved. Kill the boy within you, I told him the day I took ship for the Wall. It takes a man to rule. An Aegon, not an Egg. Kill the boy and let the man be born." The old man felt Jon's face. "You are half the age that Egg was, and your own burden is crueler one, I fear. You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#aemon-targaryen #winter-is-coming #age

Lesson learned: If a guy tells you you’re his second choice, don’t make him your first. ↗

— Kate Madison

#dating #lesson-learned #memoir #dating

If you only attract Mr. Wrong or Ms. Crazy, evaluate the common thread in this diversity of people: YOU! ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

#dating-advice #humor #inspirational #men #relationships

Relationships are not additive, but multiplicative because you connect with his/her childhood experiences, past relationships, thoughts on money and more. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

#dating #humor #inspirational #marriage #relationships-advice

It hurts when you lose a friend to death, it hurts even more when you lose a friend still living. ↗

— C.J. Tulli

#death

It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#childhood-dream #life-lessons #dreams