QUOTES

[Llance]

We have all heard various quotes in our lives which have influenced us in subtle ways. Ways which affect the choices we have made in life. Something as simple as, do I have a coke with my lunch or a glass of water instead. An example of such a quote is: "A penny saved is a penny earned."

I'm fairly sure we all have heard such quotes in our lives so I'd like to start this thread with one that has influenced me. I'd like everyone to share some you know with the rest of us? It could be some thing as simple as keep your finger off the trigger until you know your target and backstop.

I don't know from where this comes (perhaps me) but I do know it is one I like:

It is not the life we live which has made us poor, but rather it is the life we didn't.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[bigwheelzip]

"I wish I'd worked more" is a phrase never spoken from the death bed.

Heard at work, when a co-worker died on his first day of retirement.

 

[Unisontroll]

Here are 2 of my favorite quotes.


- ''It ain't about how much you see, it is about how much you flip it into''
- ''Not everyone who chased it got it, but whoever got it, chased it'

 

[Robspeire]

Captain Penny's closing advice was, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool Mom."

 

[Tradewind36]

If you think you can or think you can't, you're right either way.

 

[tops]

It's not what happens to you. It's how you react to what happens to you. Larry

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

"Those that can: do! Those that can't: Teach! (I really peed off a lot of teachers! But by and large, they proved the saying correct!)

Ivan

 

[WardenRoss]

He had some good 'uns.

 

[Rustyt1953]

To save me from hours of typing...do quote searches for Carlin, Dangerfield, Hedberg and Wright.

 

[Golddollar]

Captain Penny's closing advice was, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool Mom."

I remember him on Cleveland TV, I think WEWS Channel 5. I think I have a picture of him and me around somewhere. His real name was Ron Penfound and he would dress up like an old time train engineer.

 

[Golddollar]

I find this saying of my dad's now coming out of my mouth:

"If the older generation didn't pass along its knowledge to the younger generation we'd still be living in caves."

 

[monsai52]

"Why do today what you can put off to tomorrow."

Best regards,

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Folks tell me, "You're so lucky to live in your nice cabin in this tiny mountain town."

I reply with a phrase from an old friend long before I retired from the Air Force:

"You make your own luck."

 

[Doug627]

Proverbs 21:9 (NLT) It's better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. Proverbs 21:9 (NRS) It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.

 

[tndrfttom]

I've heard several versions of this one:
You start life with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck...

 

[redlevel]

"You can lead a hawg to water, but when you get him there, he 'll just want to waller."
Lewis Grizzard

 

[crazyphil]

"Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today".
- My Mother

 

[crazyphil]

My all-time favorite:
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
remove all doubt". - Abraham Lincoln

 

[crazyphil]

A closed mouth gathers no foot.