Rules To Live By Quotes

First rule of thievery,' Eli said, grinning, 'only run if you're not coming back.' (...) 'First rule of thievery, never use the same entrance twice.' Miranda rolled her eyes. 'How many 'first rules' of thievery do you have?' 'When one mistake can mean your head on a pike, every rule's a first rule,' Eli said cheerfully.

~ Rachel Aaron

Maxim 37: There is no overkill. There is only open fire and reload.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

~ Howard Tayler

Right now I've got just two rules to live by.Rule one: don't taunt elephants.Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants.-Sergeant Schlock

~ Howard Tayler

Maxim 8: Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

~ Howard Tayler

Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

~ Howard Tayler

Galileo, yet men turn around women!

~ Ljupka Cvetanova

As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.

~ Teresa R. Funke

Obedience, responsibility, rules and safety are loyal, inseparable playmates. But Love is their wise mother, who knows there are times to break them up, at least for a bit, lest they get into some kind of arrogant, bullish, mischief or completely shut out their other siblings - joy, common sense, and compassion.

~ Connie Kerbs

I’d want them to know that everyone has their own rules for living and few people actually live by them all. So, although I may not have lived up to all of my rules and expectations in this book, I’d want them to know that I tried, and the reason I tried was for them, and if I broke them, they were broken with the best of intentions.

~ Travis Culliton

Maxim 30: A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

~ Howard Tayler

The rule was that they never went to the same place twice

~ Mhairi Mcfarlane

I don't break the rules, I simply bend them in my favor.

~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz

All lines are gray in the dark.

~ Nenia Campbell

Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.

~ Émile Zola

when you obey the rules, the rules obey you

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You can't do what you want to, so just do what you have to.

~ Moveena Rasheed

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

~ Howard Tayler

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

~ Frank Healy

Fine art is the discipline of breaking rules.

~ M.b. Dallocchio

For though I was raised Protestant, my true religion is actually civility. Please note that I do not call my faith “politeness.” That’s part of it, yes, but I say civility because I believe that good manners are essential to the preservation of humanity— one’s own and others’— but only to the extent that that civility is honest and reasonable, not merely the mindless handmaiden of propriety.

~ Kathleen Rooney

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

~ François Du Toit

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

~ Howard Tayler

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

~ Howard Tayler

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

~ Howard Tayler

...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.

~ Rachel Joyce

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

~ Nuno Roque

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

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

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.‘If you follow them’, said the Sergeant, ‘you will save your soul and never get a fall on a slippery road.

~ Flann O'brien

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.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu