What is the best advise you have ever received?

There's alot of advise that i ever received here is one Follow your dreams. Stop caring about what most people think of you. Don't marry that person. We've all (hopefully) received valuable advice in our lives. What's the best you've been given so far?The best advice could be an oft-repeated cliche ("Do what you love and do it often"), yet one that still resonates with you. Or it could be something very specific, like "you really should quit your job.""What are you going to do about it?" - MomMy mom would always tell me this when I'd complain about something I don't like. It's honestly because of this quote that I learn to not just sit around and complain about something, but to get up and do something about it."It is never too late to learn a new skill or further your education. Let's say it will take you 4 years to accomplish your goal. At that point, you will still be 4 years older. Wouldn't you rather have accomplished your goal than be 4 years older without having done it?"mind if I respectfully disagree? I truly believe that life is a tapestry of different experience and feelings, and as an art lover much of my favorite art makes me profoundly sad. I do agree that I think that sometimes film criticism and other kinds of criticisms are greatly flawed. For instance, I'm a game artist and I think game reviews are often laundry lists of features that don't speak to the real qualities or weaknesses of games. Good criticism is highly biased, highly personal interpretations of work. I think it's very wrong to say that all artists want to do is make people happy, though that is an important part of it.I realized the same thing, about criticizing any creative work. Having tried to write stories and movies, you realize how easily your hours of work can be dismissed, and how easily great filmmakers can still make mediocre movies from time to time, but a snarky blog post really doesn't add anything to the conversation. Actually maybe it was that speech in Ratatouille that did it. it isn't necessarily happiness that art needs to bring, but any real feeling or reflection at all. And criticism can provide insightful commentary as long as it's not just some sarcastic blog post."Always assume you don't have all the information."If you can keep it in mind, it helps in almost every situation—from making rash judgments about people based brief interactions (perhaps they just got some bad news) to keeping calm when someone cuts you off in traffic (maybe they have a sick child in the car.) Whether or not the most compassionate assumption is correct, it is always better for your own stress level. It also keeps you from looking like an ass in situations where you really don't have all the information, and it keeps you engaged in asking questions and remaining curious about the world around you.