Advice worth reading from an old farmer

Another email gem to make you smile.
  • *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.
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