An Old Farmer’s Advice:   

* 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 don’t jes’ 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 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 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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