Fortune Cookie Philosophy
Fortune Cookie Philosophy
Fortune Cookie Philosophy
By:
Kenneth Leroy Busbee
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CONNEXIONS
9 Miscellaneous
9.1 So What . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.2 Most Likely Not True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.3 Normally True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.4 Like for It to be True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Fortune Cookie Philosophy is written by Kenneth Leroy Busbee, a faculty member at Houston Community
College in Houston, Texas.
Over 550 unique fortune cookies were acquired during dining experiences over a 20 year plus period. The
fortunes were placed into 41 independent modules and they are organized into 9 sections/chapters. As they
were categorized some fortunes were placed in more than one category; so occasionally you will be reading
a repeat.
My personal favorite fortune was given to me by my son, Benjamin. It reads: If you bite the hand that
feeds you, it won't taste as good as the food you were fed.
As always, my gratitude to my wife, Carol, who helped acquire the fortunes and is always a supportive
partner.
I hope you enjoy reading and pondering the wisdom and philosophy within.
1
2
People
1.1 Family 1
1.2 Friends 2
3
4 CHAPTER 1. PEOPLE
1.3 Kindness 3
• You are courteous, diplomatic and aable and may nd happiness in politics and public service.
• Forget the entanglement of love; forget not to practice charity.
• One who hurts another hurts oneself.
• It is better to lend a hand than to lend sympathy.
• Those who help are helped.
• You are kind and trustworthy by nature.
• Work on your diplomatic skills and avoid conict at all costs.
• To give happiness is to deserve happiness.
• You have an uncanny willingness and ability to help others.
• There is no medicine to cure hatred.
• You are compassionate and fun-loving.
• Anger begins with folly, and ends in regret.
• When one is helping another, both are strong.
• Good manners and soft words have brought many a dicult thing to pass.
• You wear your heart on your sleeve.
• You are more likely to give than to give in.
• You should pay for this dinner. Be generous.
• A frivolous gift is a gift, nonetheless.
1.4 Romance 4
The Individual
2.1 Personality 1
7
8 CHAPTER 2. THE INDIVIDUAL
2.2 Skills 2
2.3 Leadership 3
2.4 Strength 4
2.5 Respect 5
Creative
3.1 Ideas 1
3.2 Creative 2
• Tomorrow your creative side will shine forth with exceptional ideas.
• Grasp opportunities, you will win.
• Talent and creativity are yours to use and keep.
• Dispel negativity through creative activities.
• You are talented in many ways.
• Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
• Everyone has his own light Don't hold yours back.
• You have a deep interest in all that is artistic.
• You are original and creative.
• You never hesitate to tackle the most dicult problems.
11
12 CHAPTER 3. CREATIVE
3.3 Dreams 3
3.4 Feelings 4
• Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
• Your actions reveal your thoughts more than you realize.
• Love is the only medicine for a broken heart.
• Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
• The smart thing to do is to begin trusting your intuitions.
• Luck is with you now. Act upon your instincts.
• A phone call to a good friend will ease your mind and lift your spirits.
• Nothing in this world is accomplished without passion.
3.5 Condence 5
• A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do!
• Winners expect to win in advance. Life is a self-fullling prophesy.
• Don't let doubt and suspicion bar your progress.
• You should be able to undertake and complete anything.
3.6 Goals 6
Your Destiny
4.1 Potential 1
4.2 Choice 2
4.3 Challenges 3
• Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
• Fear creates danger, and courage dispels it.
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16 CHAPTER 4. YOUR DESTINY
4.4 Opportunity 4
4.5 Change 5
17
18 CHAPTER 5. WORK AND REWARDS
5.2 Diligence 2
• diligence.
Skill comes from
• Commitment is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
• Your persistence and diligence are appreciated by all.
• Nothing in this world is accomplished without passion.
• Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, and inuence.
• The mightiest oak in the forest is just a little nut that held its ground.
• In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
• You are ready to take on the world.
• Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
• Customer service is like taking a bath; you have to keep doing it.
• When one must, one can.
• You can make a new start this week, work hard and be diligent.
• You can do everything you ought to do.
• You`ll never know what you can do until you try.
• He who climbs a ladder must begin at the rst step.
• No one knows what he can do until he tries.
• Follow your dreams of success and make it happen.
• To get what you want you must commit yourself for some time.
• If you work seriously, you will succeed.
• Move slowly but surely to success.
• Rome was not built in a day. Be patient.
• Practice is the best of all instructors.
• You are endowed with strength of purpose and energy of will.
• Fortune cookie says; your eorts are budding.
• Don't let doubt and suspicion bar your progress.
• Keep on charging the enemy so long as there is life.
• You have the ability to over-come obstacles on the way to success.
• Inch by inch life's a cinch. Yard by yare life is hard.
• A focused mind is one of the most powerful forces in the universe.
• Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
• Whatever is sucient to get us to this point is insucient to get us further.
5.3 Success 3
5.4 Wealth 4
Time
6.1 Time 1
21
22 CHAPTER 6. TIME
6.2 Future 2
• The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
• Your past success will be overshadowed by your future success.
• Carefully consider the outcome before making a commitment.
• A pleasant experience is ahead; don't pass it by.
• There are many unexpected and thrilling surprises in store for you.
• Your future will be happy and productive.
• An important business venture may soon develop for you.
• A refreshing change is in your future.
• You will make a sudden rise in life.
• The future is something you can mold to be beautiful or let it melt away.
• No one knows the story of tomorrow's dawn.
• A thrilling time is in your immediate future.
• An optimist is the human personication of spring.
6.3 Fortune 3
6.4 Luck 4
Relaxation
7.1 Smile 1
7.2 Joy 2
23
24 CHAPTER 7. RELAXATION
• To be eighty years young is more cheerful and hopeful than forty years old.
• Good news will come to you from far away.
• You will hear pleasant news.
• Happy news is on its way.
• You have a keen sense of humor and love a good time.
• Find release from your cares, have a good time.
• A quiet evening with friends is the best tonic for a long day.
7.3 Health 3
7.4 Travel 4
7.5 Peace 5
Wisdom
8.1 Knowledge 1
• Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
• I learn by going where I have to go.
• Education is the movement from darkness to light.
• The road to knowledge begins with the turn of the page.
• Knowing and not doing are equal to not knowing at all.
• Ignorance never settles a question.
• If you talk, you repeat what you already know. If you listen, you learn.
8.2 Truth 2
8.3 Perception 3
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28 CHAPTER 8. WISDOM
8.4 Wisdom 4
Miscellaneous
9.1 So What 1
31
32 CHAPTER 9. MISCELLANEOUS
• If you bite the hand that feeds you, it won't taste as good as the food you were fed.
• Good clothes open many doors. Go shopping.
• Burnt bridges are hard to cross.
• No man is without enemies.
• Sometimes it would be wise to add a little chlorine to the gene pool.
• You will never regret the present; you live to its fullest.
• If bargain-hunting, be practical.
• Guard your secrets.
• Never ride in a car when the driver has been drinking.
• A perfect statue never comes from a bad mold.
• It's not the having, it's the getting.
• Fear creates danger, and courage dispels it.
• A good time to nish up old tasks.
• Keep your activities low-key when you are feeling blue.
• Simplicity and clarity should be your theme in dress.
C challenges, 15 L leadership, 8
change, 16 love, 5
character, 7 loved one, 3
choice, 15 luck, 22
Commitment, 18
Condence, 12
M money, 19
Courtesy, 4
creative, 11
O opportunities, 16
D decision, 15
P peace, 25
perception, 8.3(27)
diligence, 18
persistence, 18
dreams, 12
personality, 7
E eorts, 17
plans, 13
F
potential, 15
family, 3
Fear, 15
R relative, 3
respect, 9
feelings, 3.4(12)
riches, 19
nances, 19
romance, 5
fortune, 22
friends, 3
future, 22
S service, 4
skills, 8
G goals, 13
smile, 23
H
strength, 8
health, 24 success, 18
I ideas, 11 T talents, 7
insights, 27 Time, 21
J joy, 23
travel, 24
truth, 27
K kindness, 4
W wealth, 19
knowledge, 27
wisdom, 28
work, 17
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Module: "Respect"
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Module: "Ideas"
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Module: "Creative"
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Module: "Dreams"
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Module: "Feelings"
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Module: "Goals"
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Module: "Potential"
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Module: "Choice"
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Module: "Change"
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Module: "Eorts"
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Module: "Diligence"
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Module: "Success"
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Module: "Wealth"
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Module: "Time"
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Module: "Future"
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Module: "Fortune"
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Module: "Luck"
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Module: "Smile"
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Module: "Joy"
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Module: "Travel"
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Module: "Peace"
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Module: "Knowledge"
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