I was recently thinking back to something another mom said about the college process “There is a lid for every pot”, which I think is a great saying. It made me think, like with the regional language and pronunciations, there must be lots of great ones out there I have never heard.
Two more I really like:
My yoga teacher says “some days you are the hammer and some days the nail”
My grandmother used to say “whatever you put in that is what you will find”. She said it primarily about cooking/baking ( in Italian.)
What great saying can you think of that most people don’t know, but that you use or have heard which really resonates with you?
My yoga teacher likes to tell us that “simple doesn’t mean easy”. So right.
Our family adage is “It works better if you plug it in.”
My mother would say, “Fry the bacon while the pan is hot.” I use that one a lot.
Not one that most people haven’t heard, but I used “we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it” when raising the kids. Now I find I’m using it with my husband. ?
For thoughtful consideration: Don’t close doors you can’t reopen.
For general life: You can’t cure stupid.
When I worked as an AVID teacher in a Jr/Sr high setting my boss would frequently tell us that fair does not mean equal and he expected us to treat the students fairly.
From a stern (but beloved) hs English teacher, “Don’t just sit there like bumps on a pickle.”
Speak well of your friend, of your enemy, say nothing.
I was wise once - when I was born, I cried!
Doubt is the beginning of Wisdom
A watched pot never boils
He who laughs last, laughs longest
It’s better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
We’ve “Howdy’d” but never “Hey’d”. Translation: We say hi in passing but never stop to talk. I’ve don’t ever use this one but I heard it and thought it a great way to separate acquaintances from friends.
Better to have and not need than need and not have. Yeah, I always have a plan B and a plan C. And yes, it drives my wife crazy, but she still agrees with the adage.
“Wait to worry.” A key piece of advice and used often for my husband who likes to worry about every little thing, from health issues to money issues.
“Stop flogging a dead horse”
Trust is hard to earn, but easy to lose.
In our home it is often said ‘the other side of risk is regret’. It is my personal mantra. My best friend’s is you’re always at the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing…even if at the time you don’t know it. In more recent years she’s added…one day it’ll come to you and you’ll say…ahhhh, now I get it!
“Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
A friend told me, “Never argue with someone who knows less than you.” Which I guess is an impeccably polite version of the more familiar saying ascribed to Mark Twain, “Never argue with a fool. He’ll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.”
the circus one reminded me of “not my first rodeo”
“Today’s peacock is tomorrow’s feather duster.”
One of my favorites: “You can either get bitter or get better”
Another one:
“Don’t mess with people who have nothing to lose”
My husband, the engineer, says often: the perfect is the enemy of the good.