Mother’s Words of Wisdom

Mother’s Words of Wisdom

Every shut eye ain’t sleeping.

          Mrs. Olivia McMinn

Sin will take you further than you want to go,

    Keep you longer than you want to stay,

        Cost you more than you want to pay.

Mrs. Olivia McMinn

Inch by Inch it’s a cinch,

      Yard by yard it’s very hard.

                Mrs. Nellie Ward

Don’t cross the bridge before you get there. 

     Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

           Mrs. Nellie Ward

If you lie down with dogs,

     You get up with fleas.

Mrs. Lila Suber

Don’t worry about the mule going blind,

      Just sit in the buggy and hold on the line.

Mrs. Lila Suber

Make your bed hard,

     You have to lay in it.

Mrs. Olivia McMinn

If you bring him home,

     Don’t let him bring anything larger than a toothbrush.

Mrs. Sarah Pilgrim

Everything that glitters

      Is not gold.

             Mrs. Olivia McMinn

Can it be worse?  If it can, then smile it ain’t that bad. 

      If it can’t get worse, go get me a switch and let’s see.

             Mrs. Nellie Ward

Don’t worry about the cow being poor,

     Drink the milk and ask for more.

Mrs. Lila Suber

Don’t cry over spilled milk.

Mrs. Nellie Ward

People are known by the company they keep.

Mrs. Eva Whiteside

You ain’t got a pot to pee in,

     Or a window to throw it out.

             Mrs. Nellie Ward