Resist the Impulse to Meddle

 

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Further reading: The Problem with Advice

Live and Let Live

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Don't Take It Personally

Trust Your Own Common Sense Rather Than "Belief"

 

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Don't believe me.
I don't want you to believe me
but I want you to listen and make choices - your choices.
If what I say, doesn't work for you, leave it.
But if it works for you and that's what you want, then make it yours.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Don't Take It Personally

Encourage Me

True to Your Best
    

Don't Meddle in Other People's Business

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Further reading: The Problem with Advice

Live and Let Live

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Don't Take It Personally

Don't Believe, Use Reason and Critical Analysis

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Don't believe me.
I don't want you to believe me
but I want you to listen and make choices - your choices.
If what I say, doesn't work for you, leave it.
But if it works for you and that's what you want, then make it yours.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Don't Take It Personally

Encourage Me

True to Your Best
    

Not Your Business

 

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Further reading: The Problem with Advice
Live and Let Live

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Don't Take It Personally
      

Make Your Own Choices

 

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Don't believe me.
I don't want you to believe me
but I want you to listen and make choices - your choices.
If what I say, doesn't work for you, leave it.
But if it works for you and that's what you want, then make it yours.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Don't Take It Personally

Encourage Me

True to Your Best
    

Meddling Leads to Suffering

 

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Further reading: The Problem with Advice
Live and Let Live

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Don't Take It Personally
      

LISTEN, Then Choose

 

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Don't believe me.
I don't want you to believe me
but I want you to listen and make choices - your choices.
If what I say, doesn't work for you, leave it.
But if it works for you and that's what you want, then make it yours.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Don't Take It Personally

Encourage Me

True to Your Best
    

Never Try to Change Anyone Other than Yourself

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Further reading: The Problem with Advice
Live and Let Live

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Don't Take It Personally
      

LISTEN and then make Your Own Choices

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Don't believe me.
I don't want you to believe me
but I want you to listen and make choices - your choices.
If what I say, doesn't work for you, leave it.
But if it works for you and that's what you want, then make it yours.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Don't Take It Personally

Encourage Me

True to Your Best
    

Don't let "Experts" Stiffle Your Creativity

I want to be very clear that today's Daily Inspiration Quotes refers only to not letting
"experts" stifle your creativity and goals. PLEASE trust the medical experts
(and not the politicians) regarding the COVID19 pandemic, it is still spreading
exponentially in the United States and Europe, and places like India and Africa 
are going to get hit hard.

Please Stay Home (especially if you are over 60 or have a medical condition)!
Protect yourself, your family, and your community by minimizing all contact.

Take precautions, but try not to worry.

Always listen to the experts.
They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it.
- Robert A. Heinlein

"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance."
- Steve Ballmer (CEO Microsoft in April 30, 2007 interview)

If stock market experts were so expert,
they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
- Norman Ralph Augustine

The best way to predict the future is to create it.
- Peter F. Drucker

No statement should be believed [solely] because it is made by an authority.
- Robert A. Heinlein

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.
- Tom Hopkins

Don't Let "Experts" Throw Cold Water on Your Dreams.

Further reading: The Illusion of Knowledge

Don't Be Too Sure

Be an Instrument of Change

Success Tip: Drive Change
    

You Can Never "Set People Right"

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

Further reading: The Problem with Advice

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Live and Let Live

Don't Take It Personally
      

What's Wrong with "Good Advice?"

Most people when they come to you for advice,
come to have their own opinions strengthened,
not corrected.
- Josh Billings

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer
but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong

I always pass on good advice.
It is the only thing to do with it.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde

No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero

Further reading: Granting Space

Trust Yourself

Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice
        

Think Deeply, Choose Wisely

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Don't Take It Personally

Encourage Me

True to Your Best
    

Don't Believe Me

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

Don't believe me.
I don't want you to believe me
but I want you to listen and make choices - your choices.
If what I say, doesn't work for you, leave it.
But if it works for you and that's what you want, then make it yours.
- don Miguel Ruiz

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen

Further reading: To Thine Own Self Be True

Encourage Me

Don't Take It Personally

True to Your Best
    

The Trouble with Taking or Giving Advice

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer
but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good,
until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think
in your mind that the counsel is wise.
- Joan Rivers

I always pass on good advice.
It is the only thing to do with it.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde

Most people when they come to you for advice,
come to have their own opinions strengthened,
not corrected.
- Josh Billings

No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero

Further reading: Trust Yourself

Granting Space

Encourage Me

Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice
    

Don't Let "Experts" Throw Cold Water on Your Dreams

Always listen to the experts.
They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it.
- Robert A. Heinlein

"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance."
- Steve Ballmer (CEO Microsoft in April 30, 2007 interview)

The best way to predict the future is to create it.
- Peter F. Drucker

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.
- Tom Hopkins

If stock market experts were so expert,
they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
- Norman Ralph Augustine

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
- Robert A. Heinlein

Don't Let "Experts" Throw Cold Water on Your Dreams.

Further reading: Don't Be Too Sure

Success Tip: Drive Change

Be an Instrument of Change

The Illusion of Knowledge
    

Encourage Me

A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice -
but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you.
- Doris Wild Helmering

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us
to be what we know we could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
- William Arthur Ward

Being human, we are imperfect.
That's why we need each other.
To catch each other when we falter.
To encourage each other when we lose heart.
Some may lead; others may follow;
but none of us can go it alone.
- Hillary Clinton

Live your life joyfully by your own rules.
Support and encourage others to live their own joyful and fulfilling lives,
while you avoid trying to make their choices for them.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: A Little Help from My Friends

Offering Comfort

Meddling - 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice

Pay It Forward

Our Children Need Encouragement

Granting Space

Love is granting another the space
to be the way they are
and the way they are not.
- Werner Erhard

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Love is saying "I feel differently," instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous

Real love is accepting other people the way they are
without trying to change them.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

Further reading: Live and Let Live

The Problem with Advice

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Don't Take It Personally

God Grant Me The Wisdom

Giving Love and Comfort

Ignore Your Critics

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Old Saying

You can't let praise or criticism get to you.
It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
- H. L. Mencken

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention,
largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
- Bertrand Russell

Whatever anyone ever says about you, you have only yourself to answer to.
Trust yourself. If you feel you have done your best, ignore your critics.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Price of Standing for Something Important

How to Stay Positive Around Negative People

Blaze Your Own Trail

Think for Yourself

The Problem with Advice