Words of a Wise Old Farmer

  • bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    #1267506

    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.

    Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight,
    he’ll just kill you.

    ErikOsberg
    Wadena, MN
    Posts: 84
    #870279

    Those are great words to live by. Thanks for adding some perspective to an otherwise crazy day. I think my favorite is; “The best sermons are lived, not preached.”

    Thanks Again,
    Erik Osberg

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #870280

    Quote:


    Don’t judge folks by their relatives.


    Where’s my favorite cousin?

    carroll58
    Twin Cities, USA
    Posts: 2094
    #870290

    Quote:


    Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.


    Tried and True.

    northstar42
    west central Minnesotsa
    Posts: 921
    #870310

    You just made my day.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    #870312

    My favorite…

    “If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.. “

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    #870317

    And one from a wise old friend…..

    Quote:


    You can tell how big a person is, by what it takes to discourage them!

    Tim “Hooks” Hukriede


    -J.

    ErikOsberg
    Wadena, MN
    Posts: 84
    #870347

    On second thought, i may prefer this one: “Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.”

    Thanks Again,
    Erik Osberg

    pdl
    Bayport/St. Croix/Otsego/Grand Rapids
    Posts: 450
    #870367

    Like em all. Thanks.

    jonny p
    Waskish, MN
    Posts: 668
    #870391

    Quote:


    Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.


    Learned that one the hard way…

    wkw
    Posts: 730
    #870421

    From a wise cowboy, “Don’t squat with yer spurs on”
    WKW

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    #870444

    Quote:


    A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.


    I know this is a fact… I had to jump off of my tractor to run and beat them off of me and just got back to the tractor before it went through a fence. By the time I got back to the barn my eyes were almost swollen shut.

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