Quotes, sayings and wisdom

[Patty A]

We all know them and have listened to many, what are some of your favorites?


"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience!"
My Grandmother.

"Don't judge people by their relatives."
Unknown

"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
Unknown

[PrairieRose]

Great thread!

One of my fave's is:

In order to get along in this world, keep one eye and one mouth firmly shut.

[Lady_V]

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."

[forHISglory]

"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity." --Thoreau

"He must be a duke, 'cause he's sure no 'count!" -- a friend

"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things." Phil. 4:8

[ilovechocolate]

God gave us one mouth and two ears, so He must want us to listen twice as much as we talk.-----unknown

You can do anything that you have to do.----my dad

[madhen]

I don't recall the name of the person who said it, but "You will know when you are on the road to success. It is the one that goes uphill."

[monkeywrangler71]

"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." - Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)

[joyofsix]

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Ben Franklin


I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Ernest Hemingway

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West

[UUMomof3]

I didn't even dream it would be so good. But I would never let my children come close to the thing.
-Vladimir Zworykin, aged 92, on his invention: The Television

I do not believe that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislature, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.
-Jane Addams

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
- Thoreau

My personal favorite:
Do well your part today. The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.
-Juliette Gordon Low

[nvmommyx6]

If you dont have anything nice to say, Shut the hell up!! My Father!!

The good lord gave us 1 mouth and 2 ears so we could listen twice as much as we talk! I dont know who said that!

[C@rol]

"No matter how many times someone
tells you they love you, watch their behavior."
-Rhoberta Shaler

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KISS = Keep it simple stupid.
-Author Unknown

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"Everything that glitters isn't gold"
and
"The grass is always greener on the other side."

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"You are today where your
thoughts have brought you;
You will be tomorrow where your
thoughts take you."
-James Allen

[Russ]

A pints a pound the world around - my dad.

I could never figure out what he meant until I was in my 20's.

[nvmommyx6]

KISS = Keep it simple stupid.
-Author Unknown

"The grass is always greener on the other side."

The grass may always be greener, but it still has to be mowed!!!! Cant remember where I heard that!

And then there is, "Ya cant fix stupid" by Ron White!!!

[C@rol]

As you do, so will be done to you.
Jewish Proverb
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Measure wealth not by the things you have,
but by the things you have for which
you would not take money.
Autho Unknown
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My favorite to my family:
"If you don't ask, you don't get."
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Pretty is as pretty does.
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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense."
-Buddha-
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There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley :chighfive:

[wanderinggrandma]

No Whiners and No Gas Bags. From Tony Brown (My Brother In Law.)