Dad's are always giving advice. Perhaps you have heard a few of these from your father:
- The man on the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
- Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
- Marry a big woman; someone to give you shade in the summer and warmth in the winter.
- An excuse is a poor patch for the garment of failure.
- Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.
- Always throw away the box when you take the last piece of candy.
- Honesty is like a trail, once you get off it you realize you are lost.
- Remember who you are and where you came from.
- Wherever you are in life, first make friends with the cook.
- Don't shake the tree too hard, you never know what might fall out.
- A closed mouth gathers no feet.
- Measure twice, cut once. San
- The second time you get kicked in the head by a mule it's not a learning experience.
- Never buy anything that eats.
- You need to do what you have to do before you can do what you want to do.
- Well, you know what happens when you wrestle with pigs, you get all dirty and they love it.
- This is a democratic family; everyone gets a vote and I get five.
- If you're afraid to go too far, you will never go far enough.
- If you don't need it, don't buy it.
- If this is the worst thing that happens to you in life, don't worry about it.
- Never be so broke that you cannot afford to pay attention.
- You live to work, you work to live, but if you work to work I hope you don't live by me.
- If it is to be, it's up to me.
- Successful people make a habit of doing things that failures don't like to do.
- Don't let your studies interfere with your education.
- Don't be foolish just because you know how to.
- Marry your best friend.
- Peer pressure is a crack in the armor of your own conviction.
- Knowing what's right from wrong is education, doing what's right is execution. The latter is the hard part.
- The difference always is attitude.
- You have to eat an elephant in small bites.
- The one who quits last wins.
- Potential means you haven't done your best yet.
- Do you know what happened when I found out all the answers? They changed all the questions.
- The golden rule: the guy who's got the gold makes the rules.
- If everybody else is doing it, it is probably wrong.
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