Pearls of Wisdom?

Question

Please post your words of wisdom here for other yahoo answerers to share, you know those great old sayings your mum/grandparents used to tell you, or something which inspired you.

Oh yes, we already know the one about not eating yellow snow lol....

Answer 1

u get 2 things in life...wat u like n wat u dont like...b positive n ull hav all that u like!!!!

also; always expect the unexpected....lol... i find this 1 as a paradox

cheers

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Our son was killed in Iraq over a year ago, and I found few words of comfort until a little girl came and shared with me Revelations 21:4. I also was inspired by a quote from Harriet Beecher Stowe, "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." Our son was just a few days shy of his 25th birthday when he passed, and the most inspirational quote (which will be my first tattoo on my 50th birthday in October), came in his last letter home, "Keep your promises!".

Answer 4

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
-Lou Holtz (American Football coach, 1937-1980)

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other
[hu]man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
-Hindu Proverb

Whatever you do, do it thoroughly!
- my uncle :-)

Answer 5

IIf you are going to wish wish big.
why wish for a single loaf of bread when you can wish for the whole grocery store?
poor excuse beats none at all
if your hand itches someone is coming to see you with a hole in their britches,
penny saved is a penny earned.
think of ways to make a dime instead of spend a dime.

Answer 6

Sometimes it's a necessary evil to shake hands with the devil!

There's a time to live, a time to love and a time to die.

Always show kindness to people on your way up. You may need them on your way down.

Answer 7

Be modest in victory and cheerful in defeat.
How sad that today's sportspeople are unable to adopt this simple edict. Triumphalism is obscene as are temper tantrums.

Answer 8

MY mum said to me...."theres a time and place to always treat a woman like a lady and a lady like a woman ".
They are the wisest words that i have ever heared anyone ever say, apart from, OOh !..you are awful but i do like you !..xxx

Answer 9

It is always easier to ask for forgiveness that it is for permission

If at first you don't succeed... cheat

Be careful of the toes you step on today as they might be connected to the @rse you have to kiss tomorrow

Answer 10

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

What goes up must come down.

Answer 11

Ambition is just a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Hard work pays off later - Laziness pays off NOW!!