The famous "I'm not going to tell you again!" As kids we learned never to say "I'm glad you aren't".

That never made sense to me as a kid or as an adult. It never made anything better, and it never stopped me, or anyone else, from crying.

As an adult, I realized that a kid cries for a reason. Find out what it is and at least sympathize. Magically, a little sympathy often stops tears.

I agree Cathyvv.

My my dad would tell us, ‘ I can’t make you do it, but I can make you wish you had’

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

Finished is better than perfect!

I had a co-woker that said, "Use it up, Wear it Out, or Do without."

When we were at my grandmother's house and we were putting things on the table or taking them off, if you asked where to put something, she would say, "Find a place to put it or you can stand there and hold it." I'm afraid I use that quite a bit myself.

My grandma gave my sister and I each a piece of fabric to hem for the wooden doll cradle that grandpa had just made for us. She had pressed a hem all the way around and all we had to do was stitch the hem as she had taught us. I was in a hurry and using big basting stitches, about three fourths of the way done when she came in to check on our progress. My sister was stitching her nice little stitches and when grandma looked at mine she said, with disappointment, "Now, is that the way I taught you? Take the stitches out and start over". I was so upset that I had disappointed her. I learned at the age of 8 to do it right the first time! She was the best grandma!!!

My Mom's saying was "Don't poke a skunk".

Don't remember my Mom had said but one my daughter always said to her 5 kids at mealtimes. "Eat what you get & don't throw a fit!"... no picky eaters here....