Quotations about Rules
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. ~ William Hazlitt
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren’t any rules, how could you break them? ~ Leo Durocher
When everything else fails read the instructions. ~ Author Unknown
The golden rule for every business man is this: “Put yourself in your customer’s place.” ~ Orison Swett Marden
It’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them. ~ T. S. Eliot
It is a golden rule not to judge men by their opinions but rather by what their opinions make of them.~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles. ~ Hillary Clinton
Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them. ~ Susan Sontag
If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today. ~ Thomas Sowell
Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them, either; they keep you. ~ Frank Crane
I was raised to follow the Golden Rule, you know, treat people the way you wish to be treated. That’s kind of the way I live my life. Maybe someone up there likes me for that. ~ Matt LeBlanc
You are remembered for the rules you break. ~ Douglas Macarthur
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps. ~ James Cash Penney
Here’s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they’re fair with you.~ Alan Alda
The Golden Rule is of no use to you whatever unless you realize that it is your move. ~ Frank Crane
No rules for success will work if you don’t. ~ Author Unknown
Combine common sense and the Golden Rule, and you will have very little bad luck. ~ Author Unknown
Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment. ~ Author Unknown
There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them. ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg
Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay, I make the goddamn rules. ~ Maria Callas
Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind. ~ Douglas Macarthur
I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it. ~ Loretta Young
Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety. ~ Confucius
The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. ~ Karen Armstrong
The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! ~ Louise Hart
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. ~ Dianne Feinstein
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure. ~ Jean Kerr
There are two great rules of life; the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end, get what he wants, if he only tries. That is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the rule. ~ Samuel Butler
The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business. ~ James Cash Penney
Rules are for old men who prefer to walk in the wheel ruts of history. ~ Brian Herbert & Keven Anderson
Experience shows that exceptions are as true as rules. ~ Edith Ronald Mirrielees
Necessity knows no rules. ~ August Strindberg
We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules. ~ Buzzie Bavasi
Rules and models destroy genius and art. ~ William Hazlitt
If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. ~ William Morris
Whoever has the gold makes all the rules. ~ Author Unknown
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. ~ Katharine Hepburn
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. ~ Bill Cosby
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. ~ Bob Dylan
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ~ Joseph Campbell
Don’t learn safety rules simply by accident ~ Author Unknown
It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you’re young just so you’ll have the strength to break them when you’re old. ~ Mark Twain
There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule. ~ Charles Osgood
The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules. ~ Wayne Dyer
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life. ~ Edwin Markham
If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere. ~ Marilyn Monroe
Do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. ~ Mark Twain
And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies – we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America. ~ Adam Schiff
Voluntarism flourishes in a free society among individuals who live by the Golden Rule, yet see the need for self-actualization.~ Mary Lawrence
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ~ George Bernard Shaw
We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square. ~ Michelle Obama
I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me. ~ Dean Cain
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. ~ William Blake
Integrity has no need of rules. ~ Albert Camus
We’ve got to have rules and obey them. ~ William Golding
Let everyone regulate his conduct… by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him. ~ William Wilberforce
The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer there are for a player to break. ~ John Madden
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. ~ W. Somerset Maugham
There ain’t no rules around here; we’re trying to accomplish something. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It’s the only way to have any fun. ~ Alyson Noel
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn’t give a damn what goes on in between. ~ Sir Thomas Beecham
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~ Ansel Adams
To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people’s places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head. ~ Princess Diana
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.~ Mary Lou Cook
