- Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong
- Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers 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 botherin' 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
Love is about inspiration - not negotiation.A partnership - not a transaction.
