WHAT'S the best piece advice you've ever been given?
People have been sharing their words of wisodom, with the top 50 revealed.
Research by Skipton Building Society shows that parents hand down 29 nuggets of wisdom to their children – including ‘get an education’, ‘always try your best’ and ‘if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all’.
Other pearls of wisdom include ‘you only get out of life what you put into it’, ‘treat others how you wish to be treated yourself’ and ‘practice makes perfect’.
‘Always wear clean underwear’ and ‘never let your petrol tank go lower than a quarter full’ are among other tips from parents.
More unusual pieces of advice include ‘never walk under a ladder’, ‘don’t eat in the street’ and ‘don’t wear your coat indoors.”
Parents also want their children to have good manners, so it’s no surprise to see they pass on other words of wisdom such as ‘keep your elbows off the table’, ‘mind your Ps and Qs’ and ‘don’t stare at people, it’s rude’.
Children up and down the UK will also be advised to ‘never swim on a full stomach’, to ‘never take sweets from strangers’ and to ‘always eat their breakfast’. Other wise words shared in the research are ‘never go to bed on an argument’, ‘never drink on an empty stomach’ and ‘always hold the door open’.
TOP 50 WORDS OF WISDOM
1. Always try your best
2. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all
3. Get an education – no-one can take that away from you
4. Never spend money you don’t have
5. If you don’t ask, you don’t get
6. Eat with your mouth closed
7. Put money aside for a rainy day
8. Never take sweets from strangers
9. Do your best – nothing else matters
10. Keep your elbows off the table
11. Never swim on a full stomach
12. Treat people with respect
13. There’s no such word as can’t
14. You never get something for nothing
15. Don’t put shoes in the table
16. SMILE
17. Practice makes perfect
18. Look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
19. Courtesy and compassion cost nothing
20. Treat others how you wish to be treated yourself
21. You only get out of life what you put into it
22. ‘I want’ never gets
23. Mind your Ps and Qs
24. Manners maketh the man
25. Always wear clean underwear
26. Don’t stare at people, it’s rude
27. Watching too much TV will make your eyes go square
28. Be true to yourself
29. Always hold the door open
30. Never leave the house with wet hair
31. Never drink on an empty stomach
32. Never go to bed on an argument
33. Look up things you don’t know the answer to
34. Never go under a ladder
35. Never give up
36. Receive compliments gracefully
37. Don’t wear your coat indoors
38. Mum knows best
39. The grass is never greener
40. Always eat your breakfast
41. Life’s too short to be unhappy
42. Always have 2 month’s rent/mortgage saved
43. Don’t eat cheese before bedtime
44. Give compliments easily
45. Use a hand cream
46. Don’t eat in the street
47. Never offer a stranger a lift
48. Don’t smoke in the street
49. Never let your petrol tank go lower than a quarter full
50. Men are very different creatures to women
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