Today's Top 10 Word of Wisdom

Alright everyone, it's time for today's top 10 little phrases of insight, wisdom, words to live by. Enjoy them, take them to heart.

*Top 10 Words of Wisdom:

1). Tell your kids often how terrific they are and that you trust them.
2.) Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
3.) When someone is relating an important event that's happened to them, don't try to top them with a story of yor own. Let them have the stage.
4.) Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
5.) Resist telling people how something should be done. Instead, tell them what needs to be done. They will often surprise you with creative solutions.
6.) Give people a second chance, but not a third.
7.) Time is more valuable than money because time is irreplacable.
8.) If a task is once begun, never leave it 'till it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.
9.) Be more concerned with what God thinks about you than what people think about you.
10.) The trouble with the guy who talks too fast is that he often says something he hasn't thought of yet.
11.) The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift not a right.

*YES, I know there are actually 11 today. I flubbed up and posted this and then went back later and realized I had forgotten to hit enter between #2 and #3 and when I renumbered, I realized I had 11. So instead of choosing one to get rid of, I'm just going to post 11 today instead of 10.