What are some of your favorite sayings/quotes

[klandsb]

As I was writing on another post I realize that I use alot of sayings that I have learned thru the years ... I find them most interesting and to the point sometimes. Just wondered what some of your favorite quotes are !!
Here is a short list of mine that I can think of now:

It is what it is ..
Dont count your chickens until they hatch.
What comes around goes around.
6 of one and a 1/2 dozen of the other (is that right

[nodollarsnomo]

My favorite is

Don't go clear around your arm to get to your elbow.

My grandmother use to say this all the time and now I use it with my husband. He will make something that should be really simple complicated.

[klandsb]

Yea, I know I picked up some from my mom too but that is a new one to add to my memory...

[Michigan1951]

It won't be long now said the monkey as he stuck his tail into the lawnmower.........

Do I look like I care....

S _ _ _ happens........

Whatever......

Holy Moly...

[Kansas1960]

This is some peoples favorite quote

...mopping up the mess of the last 8 years.

[klandsb]

kill 2 birds with 1 stone
momma didnt raise no fool
if it sounds too good to be true it probally is

[justbroke]

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson

"Our democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those that are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson

[HakunaMatata]

Sometimes we have to lose our minds to gain our senses.

This quote has served me well as it reminds me to reevaluate and reassess longstanding notions. Its message held true when making the decision to file. I legally and emotionally surrendered the financial struggle as a dutiful debtor; and, my life is beginning to make sense!

[justbroke]

Many of these can be applied to Bankruptcy!

1. It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
2. Get mad, then get over it.
3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
4. It can be done!
5. Be careful what you choose. You may get it.
6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
7. You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.
8. Check small things.
9. Share credit. (This is related to ideas and work.)
10. Remain calm. Be kind.
11. Have a vision. Be demanding.
12. Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
13. Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

[jdcat]

Don't miss the forest for the trees.

[klandsb]

Let the cards fall where they may
A fool and his money will soon part

[justbroke]

"It's somewhere here in the forum, just search for it."

[andy158]

*If you want to know what God thinks of money; look at the people He let have it!

*When a government fears its people, that is democracy.
When the people fear a government, that is tyranny!

*Procrastinators unite!................tomorrow!

*Money can't buy happiness, but bankruptcy can!

* Are your credit cards half paid off or half maxed out?

*Our congress is so inadequate, they couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel!

*A man's got to know his limitations. (Clint Eastwood)

[Kansas1960]

People only change when the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of change.

[justbroke]

Suppose you were an idiot. Suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. - Mark Twain