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Country Folk's Guide to Life |
1. Don't name a pig you plan to
eat.
2. Your fences need to be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong.
3. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but
how well
you bounce.
4. Keep skunks and bankers and Lawyers at a distance.
5. Life is simpler when you plough around the stump.
6. A bumble bee is a blame site faster than a John Deere tractor.
7. Words that soak into your ears are whispered,,,,,,,, not yelled.
8. Meanness don't jest happen overnight.
9. Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
10. Don't trade your mule for a plough.
11. Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
12. It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
13. You can not un-say a cruel word...
14. Every path has a few puddles.
15. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
16. The best sermons are lived, not preached.
17. Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen
anyway...
18. Don't judge folks by their relatives.
19. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
20. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think
back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
21. Don't interfere with something that ain't botherin' you none.
22. Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
23. It's better to be a has-been than a never-was.
24. The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm. The colder
it gets, the harder it is to swaller.
25. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop
diggin'.
26. If it don't seem like it's worth the effort, it probably ain't.
27. It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
28. Sometimes you get and sometimes you get got.
29. The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with
watches you shave his face in the mirror every morning.
30. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try
orderin' somebody else's dog around.
31. Don't worry about bitin' off more'n you can chew; your mouth is
probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.
32. Always drink upstream from the herd.
33.Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from
bad judgment.
34. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin'
it back in.
35. You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'till they get
thumped'.
36. Never, Never,,,,,,,,, miss a good opportunity to shut up. |
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