Pearls of Wisdom

coleen · 14-07-2020 8:46am

When you burn your backside you have to sit on the blisters

Feisar · 14-07-2020 9:03am

Deleted User wrote: »

If your not in bed,by 2am......its time to go home

My grandfather used to say that.

Ultrflat · 14-07-2020 9:27am

Movement is motivation!

chooseusername · 14-07-2020 9:58am

chooseusername wrote: »

Ronnie Pickering?

Leg End Reject wrote: »

No idea, it's just something I've heard a few people say.

Ronnie Pickering!
Ronnie Pickering!
Ronnie Pickering

Tig98 · 14-07-2020 10:13am

Tired Gardener wrote: »

One that has always stuck with me:
'It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it'.

Also casually known as "it's better to be looking at it than for it"

jem · 14-07-2020 10:26am

He who Sows wild oats hopes for crop failure

SlowMotion321 · 14-07-2020 1:15pm

The best thing about banging your head against a brick wall is when you stop!

xzanti · 14-07-2020 1:20pm

Have more than you show and speak less than you know.
Always paddle your own canoe.
Sugar is fattening.
Don't lose yourself while trying to please others.
Most people have an agenda.

SlowMotion321 · 14-07-2020 2:59pm

When a street hooker tries to grab your balls her other hand is going for your back pocket (wallet)

Personal experience:o

chooseusername · 14-07-2020 3:00pm

Floss

BBDBB · 14-07-2020 3:01pm

People only have the power over you, that you grant them

Life is an interview for a job you didn't apply for

If its for you, it won't go past you

SlowMotion321 · 14-07-2020 4:32pm

If a woman says she's "Fine"

RUN! :P

hgfj · 14-07-2020 4:50pm

Heard this when I was a kid -

God made the bees
and the bees make honey;

Man made the banks
and the banks make money.

14-07-2020 5:04pm

Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose.

SlowMotion321 · 14-07-2020 5:07pm

DubInMeath wrote: »

Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose.

I'm stealing that one

gogo · 15-07-2020 12:24am

‘Ours Is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die’

Another one from my dad, normally used after my mother gave out to me for something and I was complaining to him, I didn’t realize it was a quote from Tennyson until a few years back, though it was his own pearl of wisdom

Ishmael · 15-07-2020 12:40am

Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.

Jake the Dog.

milltown · 15-07-2020 2:27am

"The man that made time made plenty of it" - Don't rush into anything without taking the time to think it through.

SlowMotion321 · 15-07-2020 9:28am

There are no conditions on love!

completedit · 15-07-2020 10:27am

Every train has its own passengers

From Russian

SlowMotion321 · 15-07-2020 2:04pm

Done a fair bit of travelling so i like

A stranger is just a friend you haven't met!

Tig98 · 15-07-2020 5:02pm

Whenever something bad happens a relative of mine usually exclaims "and let the harm of the year go with it!" before deftly moving on and dealing with the situation.

A lot of the time we let minor things distract us from happiness too much and once we really face adversity we're not long putting things into perspective