Thought for the day,what's your favourite old' saying'

[maybenot]

What 'pearls of wisdom' have you heard that inspired/ motivated or just made you think " I wish I'd said that" or made you chuckle in agreement?

Here's an old one that I came across yesterday:

Everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree'
it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid --
Albert Einstein.

 

[TWHRider]

Naturally mine is horse related and I have no idea who said it:

"A good horseman doesn't have to tell anyone --- the horse already knows."

The plaque I have in the laundry room says:

"Horses are like potato chips --- you can't have just one"

 

[SeaBreeze]

The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart.
~Helen Keller~

 

[maybenot]

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.- Jimi Hendrix

 

[SifuPhil]

"Sorry, fella - for THAT it's $25!"




What?!? That's what ALL the old ladies used to tell me when I was a kid ...

 

[maybenot]

Gawd! $25,, I reckon I could get one for that much, ( these days , if I supplied the ******)

 

[SeaBreeze]

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ~George Bernard Shaw~

 

[maybenot]

Honesty is the best policy


( Unless you want to be liked! )

 

[rkunsaw]

I stayed up all night wondering what happened to the sun.......and then it dawned on me.

 

[Knightofalbion]

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile - Albert Einstein

 

[pchinvegas]

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” Mae West

 

[SeaBreeze]

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

 

[Knightofalbion]

A reflective question posed by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki in 'the Shining Paths'

Is there anyone upon the earth who is glad that you have lived?

 

[Knightofalbion]

Man is the gardener of his own soul. The Great Spirit has provided him with all that is necessary for it to grow in wisdom, grace and beauty. The implements are there, he has but to use them wisely and well.
- Silver Birch

 

[Knightofalbion]

Service is the coin of the spirit.

 

[Earl B]

The road to someday, leads to nowhere.

 

[pchinvegas]

Too many freaks, not enough circuses

 

[FishWisher]

Everyone has to believe in something; I believe I'll have another beer!

 

[Ozarkgal]

W.C.Fields...a favorite of mine...he was funny!

Never give a sucker an even break......

Not necessarily my philosophy, but his delivery was great.

 

[maybenot]

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ; Mark Twain

 

[pchinvegas]

[h=1]“Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.”[/h]

Nora Ephron quotes (Screenwriter and director)

 

[Pinky]

In my 20's, I shared an apartment with a Finnish girl. Her father's favourite saying was:
"When the head is stupid, the body suffers".

 

[fureverywhere]

You can't eat the whole elephant. You can only eat the elephant a piece at a time.

 

[vickyNightowl]

What goes around,comes around. :devil:

And here is a Greek one:
At a deaf mans door,you can knock all you want.

Meaning,if one doesn't listen,it doesn't matter how many times youu keep telling them something.

 

[fureverywhere]

What goes around,comes around. :devil:

Also known as Karma Bites