words of wisdom

My elders have passed down many good sayings over the years, lets hear yours. I will start

Never waist your time arguing with idiots, if they had the capacity to understand rational thought you wouldn't be arguing with them anyway.

My grandad used to tell me "never trust a man that wears a suit to work".

An eye for a eye

Close your pie hole and open your ears....ya might just learn something.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

My granddad used to say it’s best to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt

I represent your grandfather, great grandfather and all the rest of your ancestors, when I am gone, that will be your job.

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement

You may not like it but the truth is still the truth.

God helps those who help themselves.

Work smarter , not harder.

“Take your hat of in the house, you’re not Jewish.”

Never understood when I was younger that is was a sign of respect to remove your hat when entering someone’s home.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.
And that grandpa had nickname's for everyone, what a character.
And other grandpa would always say take care of it like your gonna own it forever.
He was a mechanic and owned a gas station, he would go out and see people just stop in to air up tubes or tires
And he tell'em to get your air where you get your gas.
My wife said I better put my saying in to "run it like a rental"
And "it'll buff out" .

If it's got teats or tires it's gonna give you trouble.
Never trust a man with a limp handshake.
All that laughing is going to lead to crying
If your dog doesn't like someone you shouldn't either

I live by this one, sometimes dogs is smarter than man.

The more time I spend around people the more I like my dog.

I'd rather owe it to than cheat you out of it.

“Never trust a woman with a gap between her teeth.”

Never trust a fart

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!

Some folks don't know their backside from a hole in the ground.

Dad was always humming and saying;
… You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim…

Jim Croce of course.

My mom used to tell me "Can't died in the poor house."
Also, when presented with scrapes and small cuts she would say "its a long way from your heart!"

I like how your mom ^^^^^^^ views things.
Very special.

If you want something done do it yourself

Don’t you say anything! Jerry

She was quite a woman. Been gone 8 years. Still miss her everyday.

Kid yer daft get a hurl for nout.

Most true Words of Wisdom are wasted on fools.

Anything worth doing is worth doing well. And take pride in your work. Think a lot of folks have lost this one as many do shoddy work now a days.
Old trapper told me once anyplace worth setting is worth setting several traps. I never get out of the truck to make sets without at least two traps and usually more.

You smelled it you dealt it.

When the mind draws a blank, turn off the sound.

Oh, but I knew a Good one of those!!!

A leapard don't change there spots.

Apple don't fall far from the tree.

My grandpa said the harder you work the shorter the day will be & regarding hard work he also said if you work hard you will sleep well.

Andrew- another one of his fav things to say was that a good horse doesn't come in a bad color. We all lived next to the reservation and he would occasionally say that when a cute native girl turned out to be good with a horse of a set of cattle.

If you're gonna be dumb you'd better be tough.

Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock.

A penny saved is a penny earned

When grandkids were doing something that they shouldn't Grandma would tell Grandpa to stop us or we'd get hurt. Grandpa just said "pain is an excellent teacher"

Arguing with idiots is like playing checkers with a pidgion. Eventually they'll crap all over the board and strut around like they won.

She is like a horse I knew.
A little narrow between the eyes.

A man is only as good as his word.

It’s drier than a popcorn fart.

You can't fix stupid.

If you're having a bad day look in the mirror he's probably the one causing it.

God, Please protect me from my worst enemy, myself.

Dad always says “A man has to fight being lazy every day he wakes up”

Never trust a skinny cook.!!!

A mans work is from sun to sun.
A woman's work is never done.

Do you know what I think is cool?
What I think is cool.

One of my favorites is never argue with a idiot because at a distance some one may not be able to tell the difference !

Hope for the best but expect the worst .

Dad always said never hire a man with clean fingernails he'll be cleaning them instead of working .

If your butt and nose itch at the same time, itch your nose first.

Yup

Forgiveness comes from ones heart not ones head

Bryce

Or hire a fat cook.

Attention to detail.
It may not be a big thing, but it's a thing.
Or in other words, it's not a big deal until it's a big deal.

A fartin horse will never tire and a fartin man is the man to hire.

Don't get under anything you cant bench press.

Adventure is the direct result of poor planning.

Zim

Good, better, best, never let it rest, till your good is better, and your betters best

Grandpa used to say;
His git up and go - got up and went.

If you don't have anything to do, you don't want to do anything.

“Slim”

Don't eat yellow snow and don't pee into the wind.

Grandpa had a few.
Never go to bed without your wallet and car keys handy.

Never discuss money,religion, politics n sports.

My saying when we were working high in the air. Can be used for us trappers also.

Dont ever get comfortable,
when you get comfortable,
you get sloppy,
when you get sloppy,
you get caught!

Meaning pay attention even though you've done it a thousand times

Grandpa Jack:
Good people have good friends - Bad people have bad friends

Never trust a skinny cook or a wet captain.

Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want

There’s three sides to every story, one side, the other side, and the truth!

“Life is meant to be simple.”

``If you say something that makes you feel good, it is probably something you should not have said ``

``The only problem with experience is that the lesson always comes first``

Hunter 1

"Talk is cheap."

"Still water runs deep."

A tractor with a front in loader is the best thing you can have on a farm, besides a wife with a good job!!!

Told my kids' when they were learning to drive "The cemetery's full of people that didn't do anything wrong:"

"Take care of your equipment and it'll take care of you "
"We come from the womb speaking lies and continue to do so because of our fear of men"
"The first step of getting over being ignorant is realizing you are "

Don't throw that away...it could come in handy someday!

Common sense, is not that common!