* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. *

* Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.*

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.*

* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.*

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.*

* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.*

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.*

* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.*

* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.*

* You cannot unsay a cruel word.*

* Every path has a few puddles.*

* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.*

* The best sermons are lived, not preached.

* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.*

* Don't judge folks by their relatives.*

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.*

* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.*

* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.*

* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.*

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.*

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.*

* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.*

* Always drink upstream from the herd.*

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.*

* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.*

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.*

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.*

* Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.*

* Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.*

 

I can identify with a lot of those - just from having to experience things the hard way. I do like that second one from the end though.

 

Couldn't agree more

 

How about

"All hat and no cattle"

I think that Linda Ellerbe wrote a book about Texas words of wisdom and I remember one event she talked about in the book. She related a story about Bob Bullock (a state official of some import) once remarked about a humorless reporter that had just interviewed him. "His pants were on so tight, he'd have to take his boots off to fart"

 

And don't squat with your spurs on.

 

I really enjoyed this post.

Thanks to mns2k!

 

 

Me too. Lots of good ones in there.

 

There's another one, too.

DON'T MESS --- WITH TEXAS!

 

A great book by Texas Bix Bender.

One of my absolute favorites is:

So dumb he couldn't empty water from a boot with a hole in the toe and instructions on the heel