Hello.
Here are some of my favorite sayings that I've shared with my kids over the years (who now all have Masters degrees from top schools and huge college debt to prove it). What are your favorites?
It's nice to live by these, but because we are human, at least most of us are, sometimes we falter and fall. Then, all we can do is get up, dust ourselves off, and try again (an take our foot out of our mouth).
I've told some of these sayings to students I've tutored and other young people. I just hope they heard me. Sometimes, I hope I've heard me.
Have fun with this! :cheers:
P.S. I've never shared these in a public setting, but I'm so impressed with this new-found forum which I am truly enjoying, that I thought this was a fitting place to share them. I do hope others especially young folk will benefit from these before sayings die off in future generations as 'old stuff that has no relevance in today's world.'
Here are some of my favorite sayings that I've shared with my kids over the years (who now all have Masters degrees from top schools and huge college debt to prove it). What are your favorites?
- Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.
- When a finger points to the moon, an imbecile looks at the finger.
- There's never time to do it Right, but there's always time to do it over!
- There are none so deaf than those who will not hear.
- Doubt means don't do it until you know what to do. (Oprah)
- First understand before trying to be understood.
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- When people SHOW you who they are the first time, believe them!
- Proper preparation prevents poor performance. (the '5 P' rule)
- You have to learn how to follow before you can lead.
- It is one thing to be thought of as a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
- All that glitters ain't gold.
- If you're not something to somebody, then you're nothing to everybody.
- If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.
- Don't always go by what you see; go by what you know.
- Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing.
- Some folks don't believe lard is greasy.
- You can't tell a book by its cover.
- Just because someone said it, don't make it true.
- Look before you leap.
- Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
- Dead fish go with the flow (I heard this a day and a half ago - Sarah Palin)
- What they been smokin? (I really like this one -> whatever it was, I hope it was good! :smxF
It's nice to live by these, but because we are human, at least most of us are, sometimes we falter and fall. Then, all we can do is get up, dust ourselves off, and try again (an take our foot out of our mouth).
I've told some of these sayings to students I've tutored and other young people. I just hope they heard me. Sometimes, I hope I've heard me.
Have fun with this! :cheers:
P.S. I've never shared these in a public setting, but I'm so impressed with this new-found forum which I am truly enjoying, that I thought this was a fitting place to share them. I do hope others especially young folk will benefit from these before sayings die off in future generations as 'old stuff that has no relevance in today's world.'
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