Let your rule in reference to your social desires be this. Pray for the bad, pity the weak, enjoy the good, and reverence both the great and the small, as each playing their part in the divine symphony of the universe.

— Blackie, Professor

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

— Blake, William

When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.

— Burke, Edmund

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.

— Butler, Samuel

I don't go by the rule book I lead from the heart, not the head.

— Diana, Princess of Wales

Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something.

— Edison, Thomas A.

The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts.

— Erlich, Paul

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.

— Franklin, Benjamin

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

— Hepburn, Katharine

Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.

— Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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.

— Lichtenberg, Georg C.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

— Macarthur, Douglas

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer there are for a player to break.

— Madden, John

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

— Osgood, Charles

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

— Thoreau, Henry David

Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.

— Thoreau, Henry David

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.

— Twain, Mark

Nordstrom's Rules for Employees: Rule # 1: Use your good judgment in all situations There are no additional rules

— Unknown, Source

Don't learn safety rules simply by accident

— Unknown, Source

Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.

— Unknown, Source

When everything else fails read the instructions.

— Unknown, Source

Whoever has the gold makes all the rules.

— Unknown, Source