What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

[Gonerafting]

Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.


My fathers favorite saying, " A man is only as good as his word"

 

[bdeboer]

"It is what it is"

 

[PILOON]

One TBN's sig that reads;

"The good lord sure loved stupid people as he made a lot of them"

One of my peeves;
"Not in my job description"

(When I owned a small company, job description included
"------and whatever job management may delegate")

 

[kfvintx]

Saw a pretty clever quote on one of my employees lockers:

How can you expect me to think outside of the box when you make me work in a cube?

 

[dmccarty]

I THINK I saw the following in a photo of a helmet. The helmet and wearer of same were in Viet Nam.

Yea though I walk through the valley of death,
I will fear no evil.
For I am the baddest M... F.... in the valley.



I follow the following saying from my Granny. :thumbsup:

Waste not, want not.

If you do not have anything nice to say then do not say anything at all.

She had many more but I use these two often. The later one, daily. :laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[cdaigle430]

My dads fav. saying (claims he invented it ) "Life is what you make of it"

Mine-"Your gonna need a bigger boat"

 

[whiskywizard]

My dads fav. saying (claims he invented it ) "Life is what you make of it"

Mine-"Your gonna need a bigger boat"

You Dad will have to duke it out with Eleanor Roosevelt for credit on that one.

My Dad always hated procrastination, so his favourite is, "Do it, then it's done". I'm sure it's his own. We all laugh at him when he uses it, but now my kids are starting to use it. Funny

 

[Bota4me]

"listen up pilgrim"
The duke

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Great thread!! Here are a few that I've tried to live by...

From my Dad,... "Use your head."

From Gordon B. Hinckley... "Fix it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." I'm sure he's not the first to say it, but he's the one I heard it from.

From Kazadi Muzungai, political exile from the former Zaire and old my college roomate... "There's no such thing as doing your fair share. There will always be someone doing more and someone doing less. I choose to be the one doing more."

The one I always tell my kids... "Do what you can do first. Then worry about what you can't do."

One last thought that I like to remember... "Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you."

 

[creekbend]

A** grass or cash. No one rides for free

I remember seeing vans in the late 60's and early 70's with bumper stickers with that quote on them.

 

[roygage]

There are various quotes or sayings that I have heard or read during the course of my life, that have captured my attention. Some of these have even influenced my life in some way. One of my favorites is: "What is Honor? Honor is what no man can give you, and what no man can take away. Honor is a man's gift to himself." What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

"Never listen to a man who has only read one book" ?

"Never mistake motion for action" Ernest Hemingway

"Bears that walk quietly don't get shot" My son

On that same vein.

"Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept it's mouth shut" Given to me in the form of wall plaque by my old, and best, bookeeper. May she rest in peace.

 

[creekbend]

Another one: Never bring a Knife to a Gunfight.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Another one: Never bring a Knife to a Gunfight.

We have one with the fire department: Never bring an ambulance to a gunfight... until it's over.

 

[jonyyuma]

My kids gave me one...Never shoot your mouth off, before your brains are loaded?

 

[jonyyuma]

One of my favorite came from movie," Outlaw Josie Wells"? " Don't pee down my back, and tell me its raining?"...Which is still use...

 

[jonyyuma]

Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.


My fathers favorite saying, " A man is only as good as his word"

This one goes with yours..".never trust a man whom won't look you into your eyes." hey, This is a fun thread...

 

[crackerjack222]

Neither a borrower nor lender be.

When you loan money to a friend, you will soon have to choose between money and friend.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until next week.

A rich man can afford anything he even thinks he wants, whereas a wealthy man still covets what he already has.

 

[MikeD74T]

To think a plan is fool proof under estimates fools. MikeD74T

 

[pickeringchris]

"if you have to say you are, you are not"

Maggy Thatcher.

 

[SensibleNick]

My Grandad told me "If you find a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life"

"Never trust a man who - when left alone in a room with a tea-cosy - does not try it on". - Billy Conolly.

Also, "Ignorance begets confidence more frequently than does knowledge" - A spot-on observation by Charles Darwin.



There are some nice ones posted in this thread; Thanks for a good read