The Book of Auntie Carol-Isms & Other Famous Quotes
A very special thanks to Lindsay Boivin for making this book a reality.
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Hello Jesse, This book was created for you. Think of it as a way to help navigate your way through college and beyond as you embark on the next chapters in your ‘Book of Life’. I hope that this book can be a tool to help guide you along the way. Having more independence and making responsible (and a few not so responsible) decisions about your future and knowing you have the security of your family behind you is monumental. What I have learned in my 66 years is that life changes course often, but it is important to adjust. That is the true key to managing your life-the ability to adapt. I started writing down my “isms” (as you know, there are many of them!); referring to them often and passing them along when talking to others (you are a recipient!). I recite them because I believe in them-and hope you do to. I thought it would be a good idea to capture many of them and put them in a book for you. Love,
Auntie Carol // 2020
Note: Some of these ‘isms’ may not have been created by me, but am taking credit for them!
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THIS IS THE HARDEST TIME
IN YOUR LIFE. -You have to figure out who you are, what you want to become, and figure out how you are going to achieve this.
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YET, THIS IS THE BEST TIME
IN YOUR LIFE. -You get to figure out who you are, what you want to become, and how you are going to achieve this.
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-AUNTIE CAROL
“You attract more bees with honey than you do with vinegar.”
-MY GRANDMA FAY
“Better to have and not need then to need and not have.”
-MORT FINK; INSURANCE SALESMAN
“Do not judge a person until you walk in their shoes.”
-A SMART PERSON
“You cannot judge a book by its cover.”
-A SMART PERSON
“There is only one you. Be good to yourself.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“Never say mean words out of anger. Your anger will pass. But your mean words can scar a person for life. So use kind words or be silent.” -A SMART PERSON
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Your body is a TEMPLE. Treat it with CARE. (and I know you do!) 7
“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”
“When you talk on the phone-smile. It comes through in your voice.”
-AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS
-AUNTIE CAROL
“Be proud of yourself. Stay humble. Don’t settle.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“You never go wrong when you take the high road - it’s less crowded up there.”
-GAYLE KING
FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOSSES:
“If you want a horse, don’t ask for a pony.” “Don’t go down the rabbit hole.”
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-GREG LENSKI
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GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE EATS FOR THE DAY. TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH AND HE EATS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 11
“Remember-the worst thing someone can tell you is ‘No’.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
“Life is like a checkbook. You cannot keep making withdrawals. Every now and then, you have to make a deposit.” -CARD FOUND IN A LAKE GENEVA, WI GIFT SHOP.
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-AUNTIE CAROL
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
-A SMART PERSON
“Do what makes you happy and gives you joy.”
“Your parents gave you a smart brain. It is up to you to know how to use it.”
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”
“You have to know where you’re going. You can’t always look forward, you still have to look in the rearview mirror”
-AUNTIE CAROL
-A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
-AUNTIE CAROL
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-NIKE
IN BUSINESS: BUSINESS: BUSINESS: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” -A SMART PERSON
“Say ‘we” more that ‘I’.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“Don’t throw good money after bad.” -A SMART PERSON
“Someone’s always going to be better than you, and that has kept me humble. When I haven’t remembered that-it blows up in my face.” -MR. CHANG
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INVESTING:
ON INVESTING:
INVESTING: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
-AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE
“The stock market will do either of these 3 things. It will go up, go down or stay the same.” -MY GOOD FRIEND RUTH’S FATHER
“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you are not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.” -A SMART PERSON
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ON LIFE
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
-REINHOLD NIEBUHR
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IN GENERAL “It’s a great day! I woke up.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
“You die once, but you live every day.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“Live life to the fullest, but do it responsibly.” -MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, IRMA CONRADS
“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.”
-MAYA ANGELOU
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ON THE FLIP
SIDE
“On a deathbed, no one is known to have said that they wanted to spend more time at the office.” -A SMART PERSON
“Pretend you are attending your own funeral. What will you hear people saying about you?” -A RABBI
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“You can always add. You can never take away.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
“Have all your ingredients out and ready. Worst thing is to find out you are missing something after you started cooking.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
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-A FOOD TECHNOLOGIST I WORKED WITH
O N E AT I N G R I G H T:
“Garbage in... garbage out.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
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ON LOVE
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AND “I wear the pants in the family; she just tells me what color to wear.” -UNKY BUNKY
RELATION SHIPS
“The secret to a happy marriageJust say: ‘Yes dear’” -BRIAN FLANAGAN (MY CO-WORKER)
A wife will forgive and forget, but she’ll never forget what she forgave. -AN OLD JEWISH PROVERB
A woman marries a man thinking he’ll change. A man marries a woman thinking she won’t change. They are both wrong. -A PSYCHOLOGIST
ON DANCI NG:
Learn the box step. It will save you embarrassment. -AUNTIE CAROL
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Add your own Isms:
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YOU ARE AMAZING.
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THE END BEGINNING.
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