WHAT I LEARNED AT MOTHER'S KNEE

I share these truths -sayings- quotes as remembered from childhood - teen and adult life:  I don't know who said them  - or who to give credit to - but they have enriched my life!  Many were taught at mother's knee to teach the value of a penny saved is a penny made or a stitch in time saves nine as examples remembered.  Even today I pass them on to my children and grandchildren - and now to you the public.  

If you see someone without a smile --      give him yours.

Wise as an owl 

  A chip off the old block

Don't cry over spilled milk.  

  A penny saved is a penny made. 

If the shoe fits,    wear it.

 Feed a man a fish,    you feed him for a day;   teach him how to fish and  you've fed him for life.

There's a hole in the bucket somewhere      (not enough money.)

Strong as an ox

She isn't dry behind the ears yet (too young to date.)

If at first you don't succeed,    TRY, TRY again. 

Don't let the sun go down on your wrath. 

  Prayer changes things.

To err is human     and to forgive ourselves divine. 

God is still working on me. 

  Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

  Both guilty yet one came out smelling like a rose  and the other with egg on their face.

An ounce of prevention   is worth a pound of cure.

Afraid of livin' and scared of dyin'.

Pray for me.      I need prayer and you need the practice!

  There's no friend      like an old friend.

The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.  

  The early bird catches the worm.

It's only puppy love.

  The honeymoon's over.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

The more you stick your neck out, the more can be chopped off. 

Let sleeping dogs lie. 

  A chain is only as strong    as it's weakest link.

Keep your words sweet.  You don't know how many you'll have to eat.

Happy as a lark!

If you don't add wood to the fire, the coals will go out (gossip.)

  A squeaky wheel gets oiled.  (complaining)

All's well that ends well.   

• I can read him like a book. 

• Good - Better - Best! 

• A hug would make my day! 

• There's no pocket in a shroud.

• Wiser and weaker

• I'm in it for the long haul. 

• We worked to beat the band! 

• They don't have the gumption.

• Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

• Every why hath a wherefore.

• You have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

• But in the long run . . .