Ok, let me preface this post with the following: I am not asking what are your personal beliefs in terms of religious or political beliefs. Leave those at the door, I do not want this thread locked.

Alright, so, I'm curious to see how other people view the world and their own place in it and how they should conduct themselves throughout their lives. For example, and to give my own, I believe the following: Always be loyal to friends that are loyal to you. Repay trust with trust and kindness with kindness. If someone performs an act of kindness out of the blue, try your hardest to keep the chain going in some way or another(like, if someone lets you in front of them at the store because you have one item and they have a cart, do the same the next time you're in the position to do so. Or if someone pays for your coffee, do the same for someone else another time). Be honest, but don't be cruel(If someone has issues, point them out, but don't put them down in doing it).

Enjoy life. Even if things get hard, the moment you start not enjoying life is the moment things are going to get so much worse. I am a living example of this. When I fell off the cliff and broke parts of my spine, I started hating life, feeling that I had nothing to live for anymore. That caused me to spiral into a 3 year depression that caused a lot of problems. Once I started to realize that life still had plenty of things that I could enjoy, I broke out of it, and now I'm a damn happy person. Love those close to you, and always let them know this. Around the age of 15-16, I realized that life was way to short to not let those close to me that I loved them and valued their friendship. As such I have never let a conversation end with any of my close friends/family without telling them "I love you", and yes, I even say this to my male friends. It took a while, but eventually they started to respond in kind. That macho bullcrap where a guy never tells another guy "I Love you", or only gives bro-hugs is moronic, end of story.

Cherish beauty in nature. There are awe-inspiring sights all around us, you just have to look for them. I've lived on top of a mountain my entire life, and I still get shivers looking out at the sun rising over the other mountains in the distance, or how the entire valley looks like an ocean due to fog after a heavy rain. Be a good role-model for those younger in your life. This doesn't necessarily mean don't cuss or smoke in front of them(or other things), I don't particularly believe this will influence them in any meaningful way, I lived in a strict no-smoking house and I still picked the habit up. No, what I mean is to show them by example what's good and right in life, and let them know what isn't good.

Always be open to learning new things. Hell, strive to learn new things. Learning is one of the greatest things in this world, it's what keeps things interesting. Once you stop learning, you stop progressing, and that's a terrible thing. On that line of thought, don't be closed to changing your opinion on something if new information comes along that proves you might not be as right as you thought. Hell, don't be closed to changing your opinion even if new information doesn't come along. Always fully research serious stuff. As much as I am loathe to admit it, and this will be the first time I've done so to anyone outside of my wife and close friends, up until a year ago I was a strict anti-gay/other stuff like that. However, I started to rethink my opinion, mainly because I started to wonder if I could really shut out either or both of my daughters if they ended up liking other women, and the harder I thought, the more I realized that I just couldn't do it, and if I couldn't do it to them, then why should I do it to others. It's stupid to judge someone based on things out of their control, and I refuse to be like my parents and unwilling to change my views just because they were pounded into me my entire life. Oh yeah, one final one: Do be afraid to admit when you're wrong, even on the internet. There is no shame in doing so, and it will almost always bring a surprised reaction when you do so.

So, those are my personal beliefs, the code that I try my hardest to live my life by. So, what are yours?

Have fun before I die.
Avoid things that I don't find fun as much as possible.

That's about it, really.

I know nothing. That is all I know. Anything else is ephemeral and fleeting and is subject to change.

Disregard women, acquire currency.

But really, I'll just let TV Tropes explain my beliefs for me: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAntiNihilist

Honor ----> Pride -----> Respect.

I honor myself and those I love by never acting cruel (Without reason) always showing loyalty (Both to those I love and those I trust) and always showing courtesy for others. (However, If you stand in the way of something I want..get ready to get trampled cause I will honorably, take you down )

I take pride in everything that I do. Work, Love, family, Life and My honor. I take pride in things like My little bro making it to the 11th grade or my grandmother giving up cigs for example.

I respect myself, there for, I can respect others. I believe it is important to let others be who they are/chose to be. Why? Respect is why.

I didn't use a lot of detail cause I'm pretty sleepy atm

ha the OP sounds like something I would've said years ago before life beat me into the dirt then beat me some more before burying me in crap and setting it on fire....it's hard to be positive with life being so pleasant to me

I still have my code of respect and honor that I follow which encompasses everything from my trust being true and sacred, being a real gentleman to real ladies, putting loved ones first and all of that righteous stuff that's right for a man to be.

Lol. I've had life beat me into the dirt over and over again, I just refuse to give up. Let's see...I was abused physically and mentally by my real mother as a child, including but not limited to being locked in a cold as hell basemant for 3 days with no food, water, bed, or lights. I was tormented and beat on relentlessly by my classmates and others growing up, and I"m not just talking a little bit, I'm talking I ended up in the bathroom bawling my eyes out almost every single day in elementary and middle school. I had my personal possessions broken and stolen regularly and the school would do NOTHING about it because it was done by the athletes, and that's all they cared about. I fell off a cliff as previously mentioned, broke parts of my spine, have to live with the knowledge that I can't provide for my family, and that I'll be in a wheelchair by the time I'm 50-55, thus making me a massive burden on my wife. Because of said fall, I lost 95% of my friends, and my entire family shunned me, ridiculing me and calling me all sorts of vile names, because they think I'm either faking my injury, or just to weak to deal with the pain, despite the fact that I"m on enough pain meds to knock out a freaking horse(hell, one of my meds is a pain cream that contains a significant amount of ketamine, a drug used to knock out animals).

So yeah, I know how hard life can be, but I refuse to break.

Make stuff up to sound like I have the answers.

Do what you enjoy, and always look good while you're doing it.

Don't be afraid to be the bad guy in somebodies book: A character is defined by their enemies.

There is no shame in losing, only in not learning from it.