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VioletSky Sun 24-Apr-22 13:26:17

Recently I read:

"Spend the weekend working towards the life you want instead of recovering from the life you have"

That one hit me hard.

Do you have any wise words to share that have inspired you?

GrandmaSeaDragon Mon 25-Apr-22 08:02:06

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never assume anything. It makes an ass out of u and me.

JackyB Mon 25-Apr-22 08:10:26

My Dad had sayings like:

- If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well
- no time like the present
- a place for everything and everything in its place
- a job begun is half done

I think he was a bit OCD.

But the last one is very true.

Juliet27 Mon 25-Apr-22 08:39:12

Lucca

Life’s too short to stuff a mushroom

I’ve always wondered where you’re supposed to stuff it! ?

Juliet27 Mon 25-Apr-22 08:40:25

Not always true but I like..

‘Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, and all is well’.

Smileless2012 Mon 25-Apr-22 09:18:50

I like that too Julietsmile.

Marmight Mon 25-Apr-22 09:31:32

Nae pockets in a shroud!

FannyCornforth Mon 25-Apr-22 09:33:03

When I was a TA, I worked for five long years with one particularly disorganised _and very lazy_male teacher.
He used to say
‘If you want something doing well; get Miss Cornforth to do it’
And he did!

Witzend Mon 25-Apr-22 10:12:17

‘Do as you would be done by’ has always seemed a good one to me.

25Avalon Mon 25-Apr-22 10:40:13

I had a collection of quotes I used when I worked. My favourites were:

“A little tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.”Jean Cocteau

“Nothing gives one so much advantage over another as to remain calm and unruffled in any circumstances.” Thomas Jefferson.

“ At times the whole world seems in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“She gave herself very good advice although she seldom took it” from Alice in Wonderland.

Grammaretto Mon 25-Apr-22 19:53:52

GrandmaSeaDragon I once saw a mug with the logo allegedly Cornish
Never put off till tomorrow what you can leave till the day after.

VioletSky Wed 04-May-22 15:57:04

I heard a good one today.

If someone is trying to provoke the monster in you to prove you are the monster they say you are...

They are the monster.

Mazgg Wed 04-May-22 18:23:52

I like:
"Worry is hiding todays sunshine under tomorrow's clouds"

VioletSky Wed 04-May-22 19:39:46

Thats lovely Mazgg

Blossoming Thu 05-May-22 12:29:35

I am enough.

(Wish I’d realised that when I was younger)

VioletSky Fri 06-May-22 19:54:08

You are enough!

Blondiescot Fri 06-May-22 19:58:38

Blossoming

I am enough.

(Wish I’d realised that when I was younger)

I've yet to convince myself of that...

Squiffy Fri 06-May-22 20:07:20

The smallest good deed is better than the best good intention! Seen outside a local church years ago.