When looking for something right in front of you "if it was a bear, it would have bit ya."

These are a few head scratchers that my Mother used to say to me:

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
If you fall down and break both legs, don't come running to me.
This is gonna hurt me alot more than you.
When you're done filling your eyes fill your pockets.(in other words stop staring)

A dollar saved is a dollar earned.

Fun posts!

That's as useless as a screen door on a submarine
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes

We always said "if it was a snake, it would have bit ya". I work for a dr. from Pakistan. She still doesn't understand this.lol
My husband says, "busier than a one armed paper hanger in a wind storm."

Do as I say, not do as I do.

1.If at first you don't succeed, try agian.
2. What your eyes don't see, your heart won't grieve for.
3. A stitch in time saves nine.
4. I love you a bushel and a peck.
5.Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy , and wise.
6.The early bird gets the worm.
7. Idol hands are the devil's workshop.
8. Back door friends are best.

Pride goeth before a fall, and a haughty spirit before destruction (Book of Proverbs, Bible)
In for a penny, in for a pound (I think this is the English pound sterling!)
Pretty is as pretty does
It is better to give than to receive
Charity begins and home
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

I've been reading the other posts and boy did I hear 'you'd cut off your nose to spite your face' from my mother. Whoa, brought me back. Funny to think that these were the sayings they used to guide our lives when we were kids. I wonder what my daughter would say if I asked her?

‘Blessed be the children of the piece makers for they shall inherit the quilts’
This was my Grandmother favorite. She was the quilt maker. When she said it she would laugh. I can still see her smile.
I miss her.

I love the old quotes. The one I forgot was you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Also, it is what it is.