Your 100 Pieces of Wisdom
#Liveknowingly
To celebrate the return of Never Knowingly Undersold, we ran a competition to find out your top pieces of wisdom for a life lived knowingly. Here we've compiled our top 100 from the nation, with the top 10 winners highlighted below:
It’s not what happens, it’s how you deal with it.
Life happens outside your comfort zone.
It's better to regret doing something, than regret not doing it.
If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.
It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing!
Eat the cake.
Don’t let your ice cream melt whilst you are counting someone else’s sprinkles!
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. This has helped me through life’s stormy times- you learn the most and get stronger as a result of the storms even if you can’t see it at the time.
Our heads are round to allow our thoughts to change direction.
Every morning you have two choices continue with sleep with your dreams - or wake up and chase them.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Joy is Found in Simplicity: The most profound happiness often comes from simple moments—a warm cup of tea, a sunset, or a genuine smile.
A cup of tea makes everything better.
Do not resent growing old; many are denied the privilege.
Highly British but… everything looks slightly rosier after a quiet sit down with a cup of tea. Angry? Sit quietly with a tea. Stressed? Sit quietly with a tea. Sad? Sit quietly with a cup of tea.
Nothing in nature blooms all year round.
Better and empty house than a bad tenant.
Good shoes take you good places.
When in doubt, wear black. It's a timeless choice.
Control what you can, and let go of what you can’t.
If you are going to be a smart-arse, first make sure you’re smart. Otherwise, you’re just an arse.
If you spend money on 2 things in life, it should be your bed and your shoes. If you're not in one, you're in the other.
It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. Especially true at Christmas.
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. This has helped me through life’s stormy times- you learn the most and get stronger as a result of the storms even if you can’t see it at the time.
If you buy gifts for everyone else don’t forget yourself.
Take care of what you love and it will take care of you.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.
Get them into indoor sports, so you don't have to spend years standing beside a pitch in the freezing rain.
Be kind, be awesome and the world will be alright.
Progress, not perfection.money spent on travel is never lost, finding out about new cultures, history and meeting new people is a great education.
To have a friend you need to be a friend.
Don't save your favourite cutlery, dinner plates, favourite dress just for special occasions. Every day is special, so get joy out of using these items regularly.
The best thing you can give to someone, is time.
Always use your manners! They cost nothing, and can change someone’s day!
The older I get, the more I realize that life is a series of good and bad days.
The important thing is to learn from the bad ones and enjoy the good ones.
Today is not Forever.
Don’t judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree!
Not my monkeys, no my circus (basically it’s out with your control so don’t worry about it).
Only boring people get bored.
Be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.” My dad’s favourite he always used to tell us.
Don't let the worry of tomorrow take away the joy of today.
Everything’s alright in the end. If it’s not alright, it’s not the end.
Compassion starts with yourself.
it’s better to live life with curiosity rather than judgment.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Even monkeys fall from trees.
Take the advice you would give your best friend.
If you help someone in need, when you are in need someone will always help you.
Mistakes are proof that you are trying.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
Have patience. All things are difficult until they become easy.
Live your life the way you would want to talk about it to your grandkids.
Life is too short to save the good things for special occasions.
Regret the things you've done...not what you didn't do!
Expecting a baby? Batch cook meals & freeze them before baby is born. It’ll help when you’re post-natal, frazzled, & exhausted.
My grandmother used to tell me to buy myself a little treat every week because it was good for me.
Balance is about finding peace not perfection.
It’s wiser to be kind than clever.
What’s for you, won’t go by you.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
If you can't be good, be safe.
We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.
People are not paying as much attention to you as you think - and this is a good thing! Liberate yourself from worrying about the opinion of others.
Embrace your wrinkles - they tell a story that your lucky enough to tell.
Feel the fear and do it anyway! This has got me through a few tricky moments!
Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be.
You can never have too many handbags!
Spend as much quality time as you can with the ones you love.
I love ‘one step at a time’ sometimes things in life just seem too big, but they are a lot more manageable if we remember to just take one step at a time.
Start as you mean to go on.
You always get what you want, but never in the way you asked for it.
Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.
Old keys won’t open new doors.
Take risks and be bold. At the end, we regret only the chances we didn’t take.
Don’t seek happiness; create it. You don’t need life to go your way to be happy.
There will be an answer, Let It Be.
Live life through children's eyes, with curiosity, wonder and excitement.
Don’t worry about having everything figured out, because you never will. The best thing you can do is make progress, do your best, no matter how slow. Moving in the right direction is more important than arriving.
Do something today that your future self will be proud of… like maintaining your Duolingo streak.
A phrase from the north east of England ‘shy bairns get nowt.
Your dream doesn’t have an expiration date, take a deep breath and try again.
Learn to be your own friend and find joy in the small things.
Kindness is an essential ingredient to a healthy, happy life. Remember to include the one you spend the most time with: yourself!
The golden rule of holiday packing: take half the clothes and twice the cash.
Never regret the things you do, only the things you don't!
