Hot showers and loud music fix everything. (Please, no perverted takes on this ¬_¬)

Don't eat the god damn yellow snow.
 

Age really comes from experience rather than how long you've lived.

Someone in the word will always have it better/worse than you do, so be thankful/suck it up.

See humour in all things.

Your life is short; for reals. Probably better off living to your own expectations rather than other peoples.

Your actions have consequences, deal with them.

There's no such thing as life being fair or unfair, life is just life.

Take up a hobby (Or many), it will keep you sane.

Do something and fail rather than never try at all. Screw that poem about love, it applies to other things too!

Also, save all important documents in at least 2 places
 

I keep forgetting that you're a girl. >.>

The first step to success is giving a damn.

It's not always so important to get things done right the first time.

(This one isn't original, but I like it. :3 ) To the world you may be no one, but to someone you are the world.

It never hurts to come too prepared.

Have lower expectations, and everything is that much nicer.

Laugh and the world laughs with you.

Cry, and you cry alone.

That's okay, everyone does. XD

Someone who says they're only doing something for the sake of doing it and they're "not here to make friends" is generally an asshole.

Generally generalizations are only useful as such and should not be applied to the individual. >>

On that topic,

There are assholes in the world. There will always be one on the bus, there will always be one at the restaurant, and there will always be one at work, be they customer, co-worker, or one of each. You need to learn how to deal with them, because you will be dealing with them for the rest of your life.

Defibrilators can't do jack crap for a stopped heart. You don't use them on someone who is flatlining.

Alternate title: Inspirational quotes
 

On that topic, very few people are actively trying to be the bad guy or an asshole, some people just don't know the right way to act, are too caught up in their own problems, or are just personality types that rub you the wrong way. The designation of "asshole" is just how you choose to define them. It's a matter of perspective.


Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle

Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude.
Believing in yourself is pretty nifty and will help you overcome issues that you could already do, but didn't think you could because you didn't believe in yourself. But it's not a magical cure-all that will make you magically capable of doing anything and everything you'd ever want to do. In the mean time, not believing in yourself will hinder you a lot but probably won't stop you from doing things that you are simply awesome at doing.

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.


Even bad things have a purpose, even if that purpose is just to make you stronger.

I really do have a problem with that whole "The Secret" philosophy of just willing with positiveness and you'll achieve whatever you want. It is total bull for most people. Yes, a positive attitude will definitely get you farther in most cases, but to say you can achieve anything is self-delusion.

Things I have Actually Learned Myself, Not Read In A List of Pithy Statements
 

Arrays are evil. Dynamically allocated arrays doubly so.

Everything They told you about off-by-one array indices is true.

Learn to use the debugger. Meaningful stack traces are worth at least an hour each.

If the error says "memory," run it in valgrind.

Never trust a GUI that doesn't save its configuration in a readable, editable text file.

GUIs that save their configuration properly are really nice to have.

Just because you got away with putting the first homework off to the last minute doesn't mean any subsequent homework will go just as well.