more Mom sayings
 

one of my Mom's

It' s okay to sit on the pity pot. Just don't fall in.

any other " tough love" sayings out there?

"Fair is something you pay to ride the bus"

If it is worth doing, it is worth doing right.When the going gets tough, the tough get going.Haste makes waste.

Soil the dishes, soil your clothes, but never soil your name....it was clean when you got it....keep it that way!!!

Never argue with a pig; you'll just get dirty and the pig likes that!

It's not a matter of "right" or "wrong", but what is the WISE thing to do.

Use it or lose it.

if you don't have time to do it right, now, you'll never have time to go back and fix it later.
my grandma "live and learn...die and forget it all!"

[QUOTE=Jan in VA;7009655]Never argue with a pig; you'll just get dirty and the pig likes that!


I've also heard it as..........Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the h**l out of the pig

Consider the source. Two wrongs don't make a right. If it isn't done right...it isn't done. You will never regret buying quality. These sayings have helped me through some difficult situations and decisions.

Who ever said that life was fair?

What goes around, comes around.

If you want to have a pity party no one will come. Can't never did anything. You can't go anywhere if you don't start.

If you don't want to play with the big dogs, stay on the front porch.

Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about........(a particular favorite of my parents)

I see the ever popular life is not fair I said it to my kids and with today's generation I wish more parents had not only said it but ment it.

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

When kids complain that they have to do a chore by themselves:

One little boy is worth one boy's work
Two little boys are worth a half day's work
Three little boys are worth no work at all

"Scratch your mad place and get glad."

Be sure that your sins will find you out.

You can get glad in the same pants you got made in.
Can't never could.

A stiff prick has no conscience.

We must have had the same parents! I was just about to type that!

These are some of what my Mom used to say:
You make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
You've made you bed, now lie in it.
Just because a book opens and closes doesn't make it a prayer book.
No one is better than me and I am better than no one else.
Close the door, you weren't raised in a barn.
And if there was someone she didn't like; I wouldn't give them air if they were in a jug.

Maybe my mother was different. If something fell on the floor, she would say, "A little dirt never hurt anyone."

don't do anything you don't want printed on the front page of the local paper

Behave yourself or I will put a knot on your head you can't cover with both hands.

1. Never try to teach a pig to sing, all you do is waste your time, and annoy the pig.
2. Engage brain before starting mouth.
3. This too shall pass.
4. Be careful what you pray for, you might get it.
5. Better to remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Behave or I'll spank your behind until your nose bleeds!!

"A stiff prick has no conscience."

Can you explain this one? I'm not sue the mental image I'm getting is the intended one!

Grandma said "Be Good and You'll always be Happy."
Mom said "Never Empty Handed to the Kitchen Go"
I said "I don't chew my cabbage twice."
Son said "It is what it is". I say "THEN FIX IT!" I just threw that in because that is one saying I hate worse than anything.

Edie

I have also heard this, but from my Father, and I am sure that the mental image you are getting is correct! LOL!

Just because your friends jump off the bridge it doesn't mean you have to jump too!

I'm sure your image is the right one.

My dad used to say he would kick your *#@ up on your shoulders. If we were pouting he would say stick your lip out a little further and a crow will come along and build a nest on it.

My mom would say, " the cure for disappointment, don't expect anything."

My mom's favourite: I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it ...

My response? But then you'd have to spend the rest of your life in jail, so is it really worth it???

Since there is a possibility AngelaNR and I were raised by clone moms our moms could have been sisters:-) .

The one time I tried that same response ....her reply was " nah all I will need is one of your teachers to testify and not a jury in the world will convict me".

Another of her favorites was "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"

"You have to suffer to be beautiful." This was usually said when she was pulling my hair into a tight ponytail!

My mom always said "People in Hell want ice water." Now she hears that from me.
Also, "A watched pot never boils."

I've told my kids most the ones that have been said on here; however, I told them if you lay with dogs you will get fleas, birds of a feather stick together and if you play the game-you will get the name.

Most important "momism" I told my kids to make sure they were done being carefree, before they had babies, because from then on you are a MOM first and foremost, and forever.

"What part of NO don't you understand?"

"Don't cross your eyes, they'll get stuck that way."

"Just wait until your father gets home!" (I always loved this one!)

"Soup is only a belly wash. You need to eat real food."

One positive saying (which she always said in Yiddish) translated: "Go in good health" ("Zie Geshundt")