An Old Farmer's Advice

· Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

· Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers 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 don't jest' happen overnight.

· Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

· Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

· It don't 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 ain't never gonna happen anyway.

· Don't 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, you'll enjoy it a second time.

· Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' 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 diggin'.

· Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

· The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches

· you from the mirror every mornin'.

· Always drink upstream from the herd.

· Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

· Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.

· If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

· Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. 


 

 

 
 

 

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