favorite adages? current favorite is "the longer you're on the wrong train, the more expensive it is to get home"

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Catherine Davis · Answer

You run with wolves you learn to howl: My mom loved that one when I was a teenager. Also “Only boring people get bored.”

Eric · Answer

“Comparison is the Thief of Joy “: Reminds me that most social media is the toilet of the internet… present company excluded.

Maribeth · Answer

People in hell want ice water: This one is a father in law special, so it makes me laugh because I know exactly how he says it, and how all his children say it, quoting him.

This one means just because you want it doesn’t mean you can have it.

My FIL has got a lot of good ones.

coreycaitlin · Answer

“A long walk for a ham sandwich”: Just heard this morning — sounds like a lotta effort for a sad lunch.

Sarah · Answer

"Wherever you go, there you are": Endlessly funny and useful to me. And the basis for one of my favorite SNL skits, linked.

Analisa Burns · Answer

firing on all cylinders: fake it till ya make it

Rish · Answer

So Runs the World Away: "Why, let the stricken deer go weep,
The hart ungalled play;
For some must watch, while some must sleep:
So runs the world away."

yet another shakespeare banger

Leah Jereb · Answer

People will paint you with the colors they have: I recently saw this on substack and thought it was a banger

Shellie Gossling · Answer

Trash takes itself out every time.  - TS: Such a good line by Taylor Swift.  I truly believe that if you put good out in the world you will receive it back.  And vice versa.

Mo · Answer

"it takes all kinds": As in it takes all kinds of people to make a world. Lovely reminder that we are all different and that's a good thing!

Mak · Answer

“you never know what worse luck your bad luck saves you from”: Akin to the one about doors closing and windows opening but with a cynical twist

Dylan · Answer

Stop over-explaining yourself to people determined to misunderstand you: Sometimes I notice myself reverting to old people-pleasing patterns and extreme hypervigilance.

So I remind myself that it's important to practice sitting with the discomfort of the knowledge that some people may not like me or understand me.

And that's ok. It's not my job to convince them of who I am. I know who I am!

Gingerly · Answer

Compare and despair: While I say this to my children, I’m always convincing myself of it as well.

Julie Gainer · Answer

the juice has gotta be worth the squeeze: Mostly used in reference to whether a night will be fun enough to pay for a babysitter and get all gussied up … Husby and I at John Mulaney @Wrigley Field … a prime example of the juice being worth the squeeze

Jim Biancolo · Answer

This too shall pass: This, along with “stupider people than me have somehow managed to do this”, help keep me going.

E Noll · Answer

No Mud No Lotus (Thich Nhat Hanh): This always reminds me that things can be hard, and the hard is usually temporary. I re read this book every couple of years 🙏🏻

Sylvia TC · Answer

I think about this one so much.

Myshelf · Answer

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.: By Wayne Dyer

Jess · Answer

The second mouse gets the cheese: People usually have to think about it for a sec

Swede · Answer

My mom’s was always “you can have it all, but not at the same time”

Sophie Halma · Answer

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it: Because then you have it

Hannah Chapman · Answer

Nothing changes if nothing changes

Lucy Propper · Answer

Squeaky wheel gets the grease: I say this constantly both in the context of offering advice to a friend and to myself re: getting shit done (calling the WiFi company, arguing about an unnecessary fee on my account, etc)

Casson · Answer

Cut off your nose to spite your face: So vivid, and often so accurate.

clownmommy · Answer

not my circus, not my monkeys, but i do know the clowns: heard this on a podcast a few years ago and, as a lover of the more popular shortened version, it stuck with me haaarrrddd. an insult wrapped up in a claim that you’re minding your business? perfection