Sayings or proverbial phrases

[CRV]

I’ll start -

A stitch in time saves nine.

 

[UpUpAndAway]

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

 

[CRV]

Measure twice, cut once.

 

[Mtatum1958]

This too shall pass.

 

[christofirst]

Love makes the world go 'round.

 

[TradViolin]

“Do small things with great love.” --St. Teresa of Calcutta

 

[CRV]

Too many cooks spoil the broth

 

[TradViolin]

“Pray, hope, and don’t worry.” —St. Padre Pio

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Thoreau

 

[Irishmom2]

Measure twice, cut once.

Measure once, go to HomeDepot twice.

 

[CRV]

A fool and his money is soon parted.

 

[TradViolin]

“We walk by faith, not by sight.” —2 Corinthians 5:7

 

[CRV]

God helps those who help themselves.

 

[Crocus]

A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.

(As I remember it, it didn’t much help the taste of the cod liver oil. )

 

[CRV]

My mother used to say if it was red, I drink it!! Wouldn’t matter if it was poison !! I think I was about 5 at the time and fixated on red/strawberry flavoring.

Edited to add- All you need is love

 

[UpUpAndAway]

Say the black, do the red.

 

[Trishie]

The new broom sweeps clean,
but the old broom knows where all the dirt is!

 

[UpUpAndAway]

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.
—Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

 

[CRV]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[TradViolin]

Actions speak louder than words.