Favorite cliche(s) that's totally true

[amberpi]

Also - not my circus, not my monkey's. I love that one and use it quite a bit with my oldest sister/her family and at work!

Lol, I used that one in another thread yesterday!

 

[L&Lfan]

Momma always said life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're going to get.

I could never say this because I only buy boxed chocolates that identify the pieces.

 

[L&Lfan]

I LOVE what goes around, comes around and I have to believe it's true.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

If you want something done right, do it yourself!

 

[disneychrista]

If you want something done right, do it yourself!

I think the more correct phrase should be "if you want something done YOUR WAY do it yourself."

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I think the more correct phrase should be "if you want something done YOUR WAY do it yourself."

There could be an element of that, but I don't know if it's "more correct".

I think that others just don't often have the same level of investment in something that we do ourselves.

And btw I can apply this to myself, as well. Last week at work someone asked me to do something for them and I didn't do it correctly. I didn't mean to, but I was distracted and what I did didn't come out right. So that person had to do it herself the right way. I felt like a dope afterward.

 

[disneychrista]

I think that others just don't often have the same level of investment in something that we do ourselves.

That is true also.

But there are many things that I wouldn't be able to do but someone else could. Fix the leaky toilet being one.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Never heard it said quite like that Gumbo!

IIRC, Woody said it on an episode of Cheers.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I live by "Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to." It's gotten me far in life.

My parents taught me that was a good motto to live by as a parent.

 

[OhMari]

No Good Deed, goes Unpunished.

My dh helped someone open their car door, when they locked their keys inside. This is when you could put this hanger type wrench down the window and he opened the door. But the glass broke when he brought the wrench back out. The guy didn't care. He said he was glad someone helped him.

 

[justussix]

A common cliche my grandmother would say ~ The early bird gets the worm.

But the second mouse gets the cheese.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Never say never

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Especially when children are involved: "After so much laughing, comes crying."

 

[L&Lfan]

The squeaky wheel gets the grease. I know many squeaky wheels and the saying IS SO TRUE!.

 

[Mickeypooh99]

You need to pick your battles. I work with children, and this is my motto! It also helps when dealing with my teenage sons.

 

[Dancind]

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them"

 

[Debbie Jean]

From Dad, may he rest in peace: You can have a car or you can have money but you can't have both.

Always been true for me.

 

[Praying Colonel]

"We've got 2 ears and 1 mouth so we can listen twice as much as we talk."

We don't do it that way, but most of the time I think we should.

 

[PigletsPal2]

This,too,shall pass

I say this all the time, and you know what? It's true!

Queen Colleen

 

[PigletsPal2]

The squeaky wheel gets the grease. I know many squeaky wheels and the saying IS SO TRUE!.

The Japanese say the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

Queen Colleen