rules-to-live-by

Forget the past, think of future, remember God's goodness and His power and ability to take you to where you ought to be and establish you.

Always ask any questions that are to be asked and never answer any. Turn everything you hear to your own advantage. Always carry a repair outfit. Take left turns as much as possible. Never apply your front brake first.__f you follow them_, said the Sergeant, __ou will save your soul and never get a fall on a slippery road.

when you disobey the rule, you sell your freedom. You cripple your real you. The daily direction of your life is restricted and directed by the rule and the ruling

The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.

Maxim 31: Only cheaters prosper.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

...I applied her rule to my life; after all, we are all searching for them, the rules. We pick them up from the strangest places, and if they appear to work once we can live a whole lifetime by them, regardless of the unhappiness and difficulty they may later bring.

Maxim 5: Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 2: A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 15: Only you can prevent friendly fire.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 18: If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 28: If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid for bringing ammunition home with you.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 20: If you__e not willing to shell your own position, you__e not willing to win.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The moment you exchange spontaneity with rules you've lost the edge of romance

For though I was raised Protestant, my true religion is actually civility. Please note that I do not call my faith __oliteness._ That__ part of it, yes, but I say civility because I believe that good manners are essential to the preservation of humanity_ one__ own and others__ but only to the extent that that civility is honest and reasonable, not merely the mindless handmaiden of propriety.

Fine art is the discipline of breaking rules.

We need rules when we are young but once they are instilled we can have sensible leeway

Maxim 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 27: Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries