10/16/2021
Words to live by !
Advice from An Old Farmer
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered⌠not yelled.
Meanness donât jesâ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It donât take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ainât never gonna happen anyway.
Donât judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life⌠Then when you get older and think back, youâll enjoy it a second time.
Don ât interfere with somethinâ that ainât bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digginâ.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker youâll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every morninâ.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettinâ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttinâ it back in.
If you get to thinkinâ youâre a person of some influence, try orderinâ somebody elseâs dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Donât pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, heâll just kill you.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense.
