handed down wisdom

#28
#28
"Yes dear, I'm sorry."
Dad..."Doesn't matter what has happened, it is your fault! Much easier life that way."

Has worked for going on 17 years so far!
 
#29
#29
"Don't do anything you wouldn't do in a crowd. And it only takes two to make a crowd."
 
#30
#30
I thought about and could not really remember anything he said, then I realized that "actions speak louder than words" is what I have taken from him. He lives it every day in how he works, plays, and in raising his family; and he never once had to tell me.
 
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#31
#31
tnuhcvols said:
I thought about and could not really remember anything he said, then I realized that "actions speak louder than words" is what I have taken from him. He lives it every day in how he works, plays, and in raising his family; and he never once had to tell me.
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Love this.
 
#32
#32
My dad has always modeled humility and helping others. Above all, he's honest and genuine. He's always told me, "Son, you're only as good as your word." I've tried to maintain that.
 
#33
#33
Gramps said:
"We all like to play but always get your work done before you play." or said a different way "Work before pleasure".


Simple words but words of wisdom I have tried to live by.
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Gramps! You're back! Or have you been back?

Hope things are going well.
 
#35
#35
"Character is who you are when nobody is watching."

-Quote in the old weight room in the indoor at UT

"Either you view yourself as a grasshopper or a giant. Which is it, son? Are you what people say you are or are you what He made you to be?"

-My dad (referencing the 12 spies story from the Old Testament)
 
#36
#36
Before college from my dad: don't get a girl pregnant and don't get a DUI. Otherwise have fun.
 
#37
#37
Don't argue with your mom

1) she's a woman
2) she's your mom
3) she's a woman
 
#38
#38
"If you aren't going to leave it all on the field - don't get on the bus".

This applied to everything from digging a ditch to playing a sport to marriage. Give it your all or don't do it at all.

*applies
 
#39
#39
"Don't ride motorcycles" - my Grandfather, who watched his best friend die on one
 
#40
#40
Lead by example . Don't ask someone to do something in a way you wouldn't do it yourself. I teach my kids this every day. Do things the right way, to the best of your ability .
 
#41
#41
Told my grandmother once that we were going to a club in Nashville. She told me "remember son, if you sit in a pile of crap, you will get up with some on you."
 
#45
#45
"don't get moving until you know where you are going."
"Don't say you can do something unless you can do it" keep your promises.
"If it was a snake it would have bit you" easiest solution is often the solution
"Its easy to fall down, getting up is a lot of work"
"You never remember what you forgot until you remember you have forgotten it"
"better lucky than good"
 
#46
#46
Only break up a dog fight with your feet, unless you want to end up like me ~ My grandfather who'd lost an arm in WW2
 
#47
#47
A few nuggets from some very influential guys in my formative years:

"Every rose has its thorn"

"Don't know what you've got till it's gone"

"Watch out -- love bites"

"You've got to fight for your right to party"
 
#48
#48
My dad the day I got married- " Matt.... You can be right, or you can be happy. Starting with I do.....you get to choose."
 
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