Your favorite proverb

[Woobie]

So what is everyone's favorite proverb? It doesn't have to be from the book of Proverbs, like:

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise." Proverbs 6:6

It could also be a quote from a great thinker, like:

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." -Benjamin Franklin

Of course, you could just use a modern INGO favorite, like:

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."

Just a short quote, maybe a bit pithy, that has a lesson built in. Fire away!

 

[eric001]

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

 

[D-Ric902]

You cannot lead in moderation

 

[Sheepdog Gear]

I have a ton of favorite Bible proverbs, but my favorite that isn't would be....

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Then I would add my own words of wisdom to that....

"Hey government! Stop taking away fish I caught and giving them to people who refuse to fish!"

I should be a writer or something.

 

[Woobie]

I have a ton of favorite Bible proverbs, but my favorite that isn't would be....

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Then I would add my own words of wisdom to that....

"Hey government! Stop taking away fish I caught and giving them to people who refuse to fish!"

I should be a writer or something.

lol, I like that. I didn't mean not to use proverbs from the Bible, just that I didn't want people to think they all had to come from that source.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach him to fish, and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Ask for proverbs and you'll have wags like me show up to give them to you.

 

[AllenM]

A mans worth is not determined by his possessions.
that got me through some tough times.

 

[Woobie]

Wag on. I enjoy the light hearted stuff too.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Everyday above ground is a good one!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous. Mencius.

 

[Ruffnek]

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

That one gets me through a lot of nights when I just hate this job.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

True happiness is seeing friends from far away. Mencius.

 

[Rookie]

Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

 

[SSGSAD]

LEAD, Follow, or get outta MY WAY !!!!!

 

[amboy49]

"Did I ever have a woman ........you mean a full time night time woman ?"

"You ain't seen bad, but bad's com'in."

 

[speedracer302]

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink!


I love this one:

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

That one gets me through a lot of nights when I just hate this job.

 

[D-Ric902]

The best things in life.....aren't things

 

[Redtbird]

If a Man says he understands Women completely, he will lie to you about other things.

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow - The Procrastinator's Creed

Woman who fly plane upside down have crack up.

 

[target64]

Foolish man give wife grand piano. Wise man give wife upright organ.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I didn't think I'd like my haircut, but it's growing on me