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Across the Fence:  favorite 'sayings/proverbs'  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 02 2006 : 8:11:57 PM
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do you have some favorite sayings or proverbs or wise words that have been important to you in your life?
great 'life' advice: FOLLOW YOUR BLISS
and on occasion, have fallen back on: THIS TOO SHALL PASS
and of course ..at the top of my list: I LOVE YOU!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
989 Posts
Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
989 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 07:59:11 AM
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No great words of advise though I know God gives me only as much as I can handle.
I do like this one quote from as play i read in high school-
"A man talking sense to himself is no madder than talking non-sense not to himself" from Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard.
I talk to my self all the time but make perfect sense.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://blissnblossomfarm.etsy.com
http://bethsblissnblossomfarm.blogspot.com
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 08:25:22 AM
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My grandmother always used to say " You've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die." I found myself saying that quite frequently to my kids when they were little. I guess now it would be called the "5 second rule." When we were small, my mom would answer the "There's nothing to do!!" complaint with "Spit in a shoe!" My kids do the same thing we did- rolled our eyes and walked away, shaking our heads and thinking Mom was gross!
Right now, my favorite is this - "Simplify,simplify." by Thoreau. Wise words.
Karin |
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FlipFlopFarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Carla
Molalla
Oregon
198 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 09:02:08 AM
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My favorite to my teenager....."I can't make you do your homework but I can make you wish you did!" 
I have more common ones too but I find this one most useful.
 Carla
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly. |
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Georgia
True Blue Farmgirl
92 Posts
Angie
ballwin
mo
USA
92 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 12:33:15 PM
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My mom always quoted Doris Day by saying Que Sera, Sera (Whatever will be, will be) She loved the old musicals with Doris Day and all the good old ones like The Sound of Music, Meet Me in St. Louis. I miss that kind of entertainment.
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 4:01:07 PM
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When I complained to my grandpa that the apples had worms in them, he would just smile and say "that's ok, they don't eat much" and his other favorite was "everyone has to eat a peck of dirt before they die" just like Karin's grandma.
My dad always said "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, the haves get more and the have-nots die"
Come to think of it, that was kind of depressing!!!!
I like "when one door closes, a window opens" and from my favorite movie SO DEAR TO MY HEART, "It's what you do with what you've got that pays off in the end"
Also from an Amish cookbook "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
And from Bob the Builder "Can we build (or fix) it? YES WE CAN!!!"
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Edited by - brightmeadow on Aug 03 2006 4:30:26 PM |
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
404 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 8:45:21 PM
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I'll take out the profantity, but both my grandma and mom both say "S**t or get off the pot!" Basically, do it or move on!
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2006 : 12:28:41 PM
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"Success is the quality of the journey." There's more to that quote but I can't find it or remember it right now.
My mom always says "God helps those that help themselves."
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2006 : 1:04:53 PM
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A friend said once," What I know divided by what I don't know is approximately zero."...this by a brilliant man. I find it apt, also.
Life is short; eat dessert first.
There is a Redeemer. |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2006 : 1:17:06 PM
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Well, I have to add my most used saying, the title of an old Keith and Melody Green song, "There is a Redeemer". Whenever (and it is often) I remember or think of something I've messed up, "There is a Redeemer" is my reminder that all is covered.
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
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katiedid
True Blue Farmgirl
601 Posts
Kate
West Jordan
Utah
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2006 : 3:15:16 PM
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I have learned first hand that negative thoughts can be consuming and dangerous to your mind...I try to remember and tell myself "Thoughts are things" and think positively!
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
1262 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2006 : 7:58:42 PM
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One of my favorites is..."It's fun to have fun, but you have to know how"-attributed to The Cat In The Hat. 
One my boys know by heart! "How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity". Can you imagine how they learned this one? 
"Love never fails." 1 Corinithians 13:8 (Some of the loveliest verses ever penned can be found in the Corinthian 13 verses.)
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27 My fantasy tattoo.
"Your life is your Spiritual act of worship." Davy Baysinger
And then there are the ba-zillion song lyrics...our family has a song for every situation! LOL
Rhonda
...and I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance, even if I'm the only one! |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2006 : 11:39:38 PM
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There are so many I love!
"Pretty is as Pretty Does" is my fav version of that saying
I love "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"
"Sometimes there are just not enough rocks!"
"Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds. You can't do that way when you're flying words. Carful with fire is good advice we know, careful with words is twice or doubly so."
"Love is not what you recieve, but what you are willing to give."
"It is not being brave if you're not scared"
"Dreams and old socks are alike you know...you can still wear them even if they have a few holes!"
"One of the most important things in life is just showing up."
"Imagination is more important then knowledge"
"All of us are born with a gift that someone is just waiting to recieve"
"May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future"
"Said the robin to the sparrow "I should really like to know why these anxious human beings rush about and worry so" said the sparrow to the robin "friend I think that is must be that they have no heavenly father such as cares for you and me!"
My grandmother use to say "Don't play with knives, the devil pushes"
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink"
"A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still."
"Better late then never but better never late"
"Great minds think alike, but fools never difer"
"Do unto others..." is so classic and a good rule to live by!
"The whole world would be Christian if it weren't for the Christians" (this can be said about so many things!)
"Intelligence is not what you know, but how you put it to use"
I could go on and on.. I love short poems and sayings!!
And of course the one below is one of my favorites!
Hugz!
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
Edited by - Buttercup on Aug 07 2006 10:09:16 PM |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2006 : 10:16:52 AM
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another great thread, thanks, frannie!
i like "you did what you knew how to do until you knew better and then you did better"....or something like that from maya angelou
also:
"tourist treated same as family" from an anthropologie catalogue
also:
the house loves the carpenter.....an old danish proverb
also;
"your just a bubble off plumb, that"s all.....but the world needs more folks like you"
this last one is from Freddie B, my father, who was a 5th generation carpenter and couldnt hardly speak without relating it to woodworking. he used to tell me this phrase when he was asked to counsel me as a child about some wrongdoing, usually it had to do with talking too much at school. i spent the whole year in first grade with my desk right next to sister marywalter's cause i was a little too "enthusiastic"........hehehehehehehehehehehehehe
thanks again, frannie, this was fun.
love,
fran
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2006 : 9:48:09 PM
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istill feel like i am talking to myself when i answer one of your thread
frannie...
fran |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 04:54:22 AM
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I got this email from my stepmother yesterday and I thought of you girls:
Subject: Fw: This is a Hoot!
> >
> >A first grade teacher had twenty-five students in her class and she
> >presented each child in her class the first half of a well known proverb
> >and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.
> >
> >It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their
> insight may surprise you. While reading these keep in mind that these are
> first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic.
> >
> >1. Don't change horses......................until they stop running.
> >2. strike while the.........................bug is close.
> >3. Its always darkest before................Daylight Savings Time.
> >4. Never underestimate the power of........ termites.
> >5. You can lead a horse to water but .... how?
> >6. Don't bite the hand that...........looks dirty.
> >7. No news is...............................impossible.
> >8. A miss is as good as a.................. Mr.
> >9. You can't teach an old dog new............math.
> >10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll.......stink in the morning.
> >11. Love all, trust........................ me.
> >12. The pen is mightier than the ........ pigs.
> >13. An idle mind is.........................the best way to relax.
> >14. Where there's smoke there's............ pollution.
> >15. Happy the bride who.....................gets all the presents.
> >16. A penny saved is .......................not much.
> >17. Two's company, three's............the Musketeers.
> >18. Don't put off till tomorrow what ..... you put on to go to bed.
> >19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry....... and you have
> >to blow your nose.
> >20. There are none so blind as...............Stevie Wonder.
> >21. Children should be seen and not..........spanked or grounded.
> >22. If at first you don't succeed............get new batteries.
> >23. You get out of something only what you...........see in the picture
> >on the box.
> >24. When the blind lead the blind..............get out of the way.
> >
> >And the WINNER and last one!
> >
> >25. Better late than.........................pregnant.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com, web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 08:17:23 AM
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Brenda,
Thank you so much for sharing!! Am going to pass that on to my mom she will get a good chuckle from them!! Too cute and funny!!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 08:55:16 AM
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my fav saying...one that I have lived by mostly all of my life "WHAT"S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN?" so ....if you're 34 and want to go back to school (that's what I did, and just graduated!) "What's the worst that can happen" when you want to paint the room a colour that you wouldn't normally pick, "What's the worst that can happen"...etc
another one that I use, "NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE" in other words, be true to yourself..because you can run away from things/others, but you can't run away from yourself...
mellaisbella "I wanna touch the earth, I want to break it in my hands, I want to grow something wild and unruly" |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 12:48:49 PM
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Here are a few good ones, too.
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is." Albert Einstein
"If you aren't up to a little magic occasionally, you shouldn't waste time trying to cook." Colette
"Ah, there is nothing like staying home for real comfort." Jane Austen
"I shall honor the spirit of Christmas in my heart and keep it all year long". Ebeneezer Scrooge
"The first hundred years are the hardest", said by several women in my family when things weren't going smoothly.
Can't wait to see more; this is great!
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 11:47:34 PM
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Brenda,
I laughed and laughed at your post - aren't children precious?! I particularly liked Á penny saved is not much'.
I have a couple:
Of course, the perfect place for -
Friends are like flowers, you can never have too many.
And I like this one:
Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them up.
Best wishes,
Jayne |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 06:23:52 AM
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Oh girls, these are all great ones, aren't they?
I just remembered another one that I like, "learn to watch snails"...in other words....slow down..
mellaisbella "I wanna touch the earth, I want to break it in my hands, I want to grow something wild and unruly" |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 9:26:59 PM
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These are all so wonderful - thanks for the inspiration!
One of my all-time favorites was written in beautiful calligraphy by my grandfather over their stairway. It's a quote by Goethe...
"Nothing is worth more than this day."
Simple, true, real.
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
760 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 9:33:09 PM
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My grandmother used to say "wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one gets full faster." Only she didn't say "spit." Imagine that embroidered on a pillow.
I don't have a favorite expression of my own but I've always loved Shel Silverstein's poem, Early Bird, because I've always loved to sleep late.
quote:
Oh, if you're a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you're a bird, be an early bird,
But, if you're a worm, sleep late.
It's all a matter of perspective.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." -E. B. White
http://www.betweenthecities.com/blog/ljr/
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2006 : 6:04:18 PM
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Laura, I hadn't seen the Shel Silverstein poem, but I like this one on the same subject -
"The early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese!"
Here's another one courtesy of my husband -
"If you snooze, you lose!"
and from my grandmother -
"Idle hands are the devil's workshop"
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com, web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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Across the Fence: favorite 'sayings/proverbs' |
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favorite 'sayings/proverbs'
