Make up your mind!
 

We're surrounded by contradicting advice. One bit of well known sage advice says one thing, while another says the exact opposite. Whether it be a popular idiom, a song lyric, a movie title, people just can't seem to make up their mind. For instance:

Carpe Diem
vs.
Good things come to those who wait.

or

It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
vs.
Owner of a lonely heart, much better than the owner of a broken heart.

Got any more?

Look before you leap
vs.
Throw caution to the wind


Or this bit of contradiction from me to my kids:


Question everything
vs.
Trust me, I know what I'm talking about

My dad often says: Look before you leap; for he who hesitates is lost.

damned if you do, damned if you dont