What were the "words of wisdom" you've heard passed down?

[YY1]

 

[YY1]

...but as long as it's back...

"You can learn something from anyone...

...even if it's just that you don't want to be around them."

 

[Builderguy]

My father, "Son, you can't make water go up hill "

Me, " You can if you push hard enough"

My father, "Hmmm, that may be true, but you are going to get soaking wet in the process"

I try and live like he did, but every once in awhile, I just gotta get wet!

 

[YY1]

Use a bucket?

 

[Rick@Laysons]

From my Gramps growing up on the farm......

"When climbing the ladder of success, keep in mind the bottom rung of the ladder is always the first to get stepped on."

"I hate the word "if"....IF...a dog weighed a ton, he'd weigh 2000 lbs....and it takes a BIG dog to weigh a ton!"

"You can wish in one hand....and crap in the other.....then come back and tell me which one filled up first."

 

[WileE]

You can't always get what you want.

 

[SlingLow]

Dad always said, 'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools'.

And my take on the sh*t in the hands is, 'Put a wish in one hand and sh*t in the other and tell me which one weighs the most'.

 

[YY1]

Never argue with an idiot.

People might not be able to tell the difference.

 

[Cliff Ramsdell]

You have two ears and one mouth. Listen twice as much as you talk.

Age and treachery will always overcome youth skill.

 

[Charles Cook]

Friends don’t let friends drive Fords

 

[stage3]

diet and exercise is the only fountain of youth there is...

 

[YY1]

Well, there's "good genes".

...and that's much less work

 

[retractable]

From my Granddad
Mind your tracks, you might have someone following them someday.

 

[gtx6970]

From my dad


Turn them upside down.
They all look the same

True story

 

[1STMP]

Never argue with a fence post.
(took me a while to figure
this one out)

 

[moparedtn]

"Don't guess....KNOW."

 

[Mackman]

Nothing good ever happens after midnight.

Why be half- assed when you can be all ***?

From a co-worker: Don’t blame me, I haven’t done anything.

 

[azblackhemi]

We were talking about raising kids and a friend told me" Chris, you can't enjoy the teenage years, you can only hope to survive them"

 

[SlingLow]

After raising me as a widowed mother, mom always said she should have buried me when I turned 13 and dug me up after I turned 20.

God bless her!

 

[1KoolBee]

My Uncle Bill is a retired master mechanic. He literally could fix anything. He always told me “Don’t cut corners because it’s cheaper to do it right the first time”. I’ve proved him right many times.