# Favourite Wise sayings to Live your life by! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052 "2016-01-03T11:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/81 "2016-01-06T19:25:26Z")
> [@Kyosah](#): > > It’s a good excuse, but it’s still an excuse. > [@Ann Landers](#): > > Nobody wished on their deathbed that they spent more time at the office and less time with their family. > [@My Mother](#): > > Somebody’s got to be the grown-up. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/82 "2016-01-06T19:30:56Z")
If someone says they can’t do something they haven’t tried, one woman would say, “Can’t never could do nothing!” ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/83 "2016-01-06T19:43:46Z")
“I fear that one day, there will be a wave of people making up inspirational quotes, attributing them to me, and posting them on the internet.” - George Washington But seriously, I think “Actions speak louder than words” can save you from a lot of hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/84 "2016-01-06T21:30:04Z")
“Never confuse motion with action.” - Franklin “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” - Twain ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/85 "2016-01-06T22:02:26Z")
First thing ya learn is that ya always gotta wait. Lou Reed. If they were going to do it, they would already have done it. William Gibson ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/86 "2016-01-06T22:35:20Z")
[quote=“zimaane, post:72, topic:742052”] A good French one is It’s not that the well is too deep, it’s that the rope is too short [QUOTE] I’ve heard one attributed to, maybe Finland?, There is no bad weather, only bad clothes ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/87 "2016-01-06T22:52:04Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > and an Arabic one > > One day honey, one day onion (it rhymes: youm 'assal, youm basal) The versions of that sentiment that I’ve always liked: Somedays chickens. Somedays feathers. And Sometimes you get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets you. On a different note, one I’ve lately fallen in love with is from Mandy Patinkin (from his wife he says) and it’s from the Time magazine article about The Princess Bride being quoted often by Ted Cruz. Easy to find with google. “Hurt people hurt people.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/88 "2016-01-06T23:06:45Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” - Twain [“Thunder’s just a noise, boys, lightnin’ does the work”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXCzrbAKR9Y) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/89 "2016-01-06T23:13:52Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Beware of the man who carries only one book. And beware the person who can’t be bothered with details. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/90 "2016-01-06T23:34:54Z")
Be true. - Stephen R. Donaldson If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even the tax-gatherers do as much. - Jesus One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you’re going to wind up with an ear full of cider. - Sky Masterson, _Guys and Dolls_ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/91 "2016-01-07T01:37:31Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > The versions of that sentiment that I’ve always liked: > > Somedays chickens. Somedays feathers. > > And > > Sometimes you get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets you. Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/92 "2016-01-07T01:44:47Z")
As my great-grandfather once told me: I’d rather be lucky than good. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/93 "2016-01-07T05:18:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. Sometimes you’re the dog, sometimes you’re the fire hydrant. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/94 "2016-01-07T05:45:32Z")
One my grandmother used to have on the kitchen wall. "I had no shoes and complained Until I met a man with no feet" Apparently an old Persian proverb. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/95 "2016-01-07T05:57:41Z")
A single “oh shit!” can erase a thousand “atta-boys!” ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/96 "2016-01-07T07:10:11Z")
Everyone has heard Satchell Paige’s “Don’t look back; something may be gaining on you”, but I prefer his “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/97 "2016-01-07T15:54:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But, a knife always works. > > * * * > > This, too, shall pass. Wrong reference. Dustin Hoffman, not Larry Niven. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/98 "2016-01-07T16:34:05Z")
It’s better to \*be \*alone than to wish you were. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/99 "2016-01-07T18:59:16Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > One my grandmother used to have on the kitchen wall. > > "I had no shoes and complained > > Until I met a man with no feet" > > Apparently an old Persian proverb. I had a teacher in my freshman year of High School (1964) who garbled it thusly: \*“I cried because I didn’t have shoes, but then I saw a guy walking down the street without any legs.” \* Hilarity ensued. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wise-sayings-to-live-your-life-by/742052/100 "2016-01-08T07:21:33Z")
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