so cliché

a trite, stereotyped phrase; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a common thought or idea, that has lost originality by long overuse 

I have a problem. Specifically, a problem with people who belittle the use of clichés even when the phrases sit perfectly in context. There is a reason clichés are worn to pieces- because once upon a time, they were new phrases that someone loved and therefor tried to use in all sorts of situations. A cliché is only a cliché because, to someone, it was once that first song that cut to the core of your soul, the song you played over and over until you could hear it in your dreams. Anyways, here are a few of my favorites.

Please don't let what was get in the way of what's next.

Use things, not people. Love people, not things.

Small people talk about people. Average people talk about things. Great people talk about ideas.

Well behaved women rarely make history.

You have enemies? Good, it means you've stood up for something in your life.