I love the “Wise Words” you shared. These are the words that you have heard through the years that you lean on to help guide you. I have put together your list and want to share them with you.
“Never compare your insides to someone else’s outsides.”
“Atheism doesn’t take away the pain it just takes away the hope.”
Sheila Beck Martin
“Why did Jesus have 12 disciples?” (for those times when someone thinks they have to do it all).
Marcia Lou Baggs
“The very definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expect different results.”
Craig A. Anderson
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”
Dr. Keith Reid Driscoll
“If you think you have a decision to make, you haven’t asked enough questions.”
Janet Davis
“Some day they may be in heaven with you, better learn to get along on earth”
“Things and stuff and junk”
“It ain’t cancer”
Mayor Scooter Gierisch
“The longer I live the less I know and the more I am good with that.”
Sheila Beck Martin
“If you know you have to eat a worm, eat it today.” (Eat it while it is still little).
“If someone ever offers you a piece of gum, always accept it.”
Jeremy Davis
“WWJD”
“Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy!”
Christy Rushing Osburn
“If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we’d all have a merry Christmas.”
Kim Tucker
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” (Maya Angelou).
Sally Schmitt
“The definition of status: Buying things you don’t want, with the money you don’t have, to impress the people you don’t like.”
Patrick Allen
“A Luxury once tried becomes a necessity.”
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always be what you are right now. How is that working for you?”
Lonnie Davis
“No matter how good you think you are, remember there is always someone out there better. never think you are irreplaceable”
“Measure twice and cut once”
Daphne Roberts (from my daddy who was a carpenter, but this also works in life.)
“Good hearts sometimes choose poor methods.”
“There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.” (My dad and grandparents said this a lot. I say it now because how many opportunities do you get to say a word like “twixt?”)
Mary Beth Rhea
“Is what your doing NOW getting you closer to where you want to BE!”
“A blind squirrel can find an acorn.”
Ginger Foddrell
“The older I get, the smarter my dad gets.”
Darrell Tucker
“Worrying is like trying to get somewhere in a rocking chair. It wastes your time and spends your energy and gets you nowhere.”
Andrea Longo Archer (Learned from Ginger Foddrell)
“Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.”
Karon Reichel Faught
“Worry is interest paid on something you haven’t borrowed yet!” (Wonderful lesson from my mom!)
Shirley Bennight
Confucius says “It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!”
David Roberts
“Trust everyone, but always brand your cattle.”
Kaitlin Shaw
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” (Ingrid Bergman).
Sally Schmitt
“You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited too.”
Janet Blevins
“People will forget what you said and did. They will never forget how you made them feel.” Angela Mayo
“Even the mighty Oak started as a tiny acorn.”
Donna Hackett