What Advice Would You Give to Your Younger Self?

I found this Quora article is so insightful. Written by Abhinav Shahi.
There are also other good answers but I just want to quote this one.

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If I have to give advice to my younger self then I would tell him a lot of things:

• Be careful with how you define your identity. Some people define themselves by their work, or their religion etc. But remember the words of Camus, "A reason to live can quickly become a reason to die".
• The only person you have a right to judge is yourself. So stop judging others and start minding your own work.
• Learn to let go of friends/lovers who're not as enthused by the relationship you think you share. Walk away from a relationship if you have to keep putting in all the effort for it to stay afloat.
• Never complain about too many things. Always remember - the life that you are living now is still a dream of millions and you will also want it back tomorrow.
• Give an effort and try to put a curb on all negative thoughts. After all, we are nothing but a product of our thoughts.
• Realize that nobody cares, and if they do, you shouldn't care that they care.
• Hug your Mom/Dad and say, "I love you so much!": They will be so confused. Then they'll be happy and then they will ask, "What do you want this time?" or maybe, "What did you do this time?"
• Happiness and Success are two different things.
• Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Life is a lot of things, but “safe” isn't one of them.
• You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.

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Link to original source as below.
http://www.quora.com/What-advice-would-you-give-to-your-younger-self

Meaningful Quotes

Quotes that matter for me.

-. The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. -GK Chesterton.

-. You can if you think you can. -Norman Vincent Peale

-. Peristiwanya sendiri tidak penting, tetapi respon terhadap peristiwa itu adalah segalanya. -I-Ching.

-. Lebih baik menyalakan lilin daripada menyalahkan kegelapan.

-. If He bring you to it, He will bring you through it.

-. Shit happens, fix it, move on.

-. Sometimes you may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

-. To act or not to act that is the question. -CrizCJK :-)

-. Whenever you fall, stand and fight!

-. Do what you wanna do, be what you wanna be, cause you only have one life to live.

-. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising everytime we fail.

-. Life is 10% influenced by what is happening to us, and 90% by how we react.

-. Karmapala (what you give is what you get / apa yang kamu tabur, itulah yang kamu terima).

-. Better to do something and wrong, at least you will learn something better than do nothing and get nothing.

-. If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you can not solve it, then what is the use of worrying? -Shanti Deva.

-. Jika Anda sedang benar, jangan terlalu berani dan bila Anda sedang salah, jangan terlalu takut, karena keseimbangan sikap adalah penentu ketepatan perjalanan sukses Anda.

-. Tugas kita bukanlah untuk berhasil. Tugas kita adalah untuk mencoba, karena didalam mencoba itulah kita menemukan dan belajar membangun kesempatan untuk berhasil.

-. Mencoba tak mengapa, berhasil syukur, gagal jadi pengalaman. -ruppet (kaskus).

-. Rencanakan apa yang hendak dikerjakan, kerjakan apa yang sudah direncanakan.

-. No matter how long it takes, 'persist'. No matter how discouraged you may get, 'preserve'. No mater how much you want to quit, 'hang in there'.

-. Invest your money passively and invest your time actively.

-. Tindakan adalah jembatan antara impian dan kenyataan.

-. Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails, explore, dream, discover.

-. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
-. Sukses adalah sebuah pilihan. Sukses sangat dipengaruhi sikap. Sikap adalah pilihan. Jadi sukses adalah pilihan.
-. Tidak ada seorangpun yang akan menolong kita keluar dari lubang kegagalan yang kita alami, hanya diri kita sendirilah yang dapat mengubahnya. Lihatlah kegagalan dari cara pandang yang berbeda, ubahlah kegagalan menjadi kesuksesan.
-. Hidup sesungguhnya adalah saat ini, bukan esok atau kemarin. Bekerjalah secara jujur dan bertanggung jawab, usahakan berbuat baik pada setiap kesempatan. Jangan takut mati, nikmati kehidupanmu! Hiduplah saat ini, tidak usah menyesali hari kemarin, karena hari kemarin sudah berlalu, tidak usah cemas akan hari esok, karena hari esok belum datang. -Adrie Wongso.
-. Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway. -Susan Jeffers.
-. "Not a shred of evidence exists that life is serious!" -Jan Marshall.
-. "Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening!" -Gertrude Stein.
-. "I'm not a failure if I don't make it... I'm a success because I tried."
-. "Ships in the harbor are safe, but that's not what ships are built for" -John Shedd.
-. Cintailah aku sepenuh hatimu, atau tidak sama sekali. Janganlah kita memboroskan waktu. -Mario Teguh.
-. Tindakan paling ampuh untuk mengatasi hal yang kita takuti untuk lakukan adalah melakukan hal yang kita takuti itu. Think later, just do it.
-. Sesungguhnya tidak ada waktu yang sempurna, yang ada hanyalah waktu yang mendekati sempurna. Dan waktu yang paling mendekati sempurna adalah sekarang.
-. "I can accept failure, because everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." (Michael Jordan).
-. Keberuntungan hanya milik pemberani.
-. "There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth. Not going all the way, and not starting." -Siddartha Gautama.
-. Hidup lebih mudah untuk dijalani daripada dipikirkan.