If you your lips would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care;
To whom you speak, of whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
- W. E. Norris

A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we be like that wise old bird?

Ain't that the truth !

Oh, I have wept in the night
For the shortness of sight
That to another's pain made me blind.

But I never have yet
Felt a twinge of regret
For being a little too kind.

"A lie will run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants." - Mark Twain

“Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.”

Josiah Gilbert Holland

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

Abraham Lincoln

The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.”

Roy L. Smith

"It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's buiness"
Dolly Madison

*I really didn't say everthing I said*

-Yogi Berra

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Abraham Lincoln, (attributed)
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)

Honesty is the best Policy - Benjamin Franklin

Liars need to have good memories. ~
Algernon Sidney

"I'm absolutely, l00 percent, not guilty."
O. J. Simpson

Liars are always most disposed to swear!!!!

When people show you who they are...BELIEVE THEM ~
Maya Angelou

Mean people suck.

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks". - (Hamlet ~ Act III, Scene II) Wm. Shakespeare

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, "Yes," you know he is a crook.

Groucho Marx

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Wayne Dyer

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth"
Buddha

"Do unto others what you would have them do to you"
Matthew

"I am not a crook" ~ Richard M. Nixon

"My what a tangled web we weave when we endeavor to deceive." English author

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Col. 3:12

Loose lips sink ships.

Leviticus 19:11
Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.

“Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.”

"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, July 18, 1864

Truly words to live by every day of our lives.

"If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all." And the axiom "It's nice to be important but, it's more important to be nice."

You're judged by the company you keep. Birds of a feather, flock together.

Authors unknown except my thanks to my Mom & Dad for good life lessons.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. ~Alan Simpson

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Noël Coward

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to. ~Arnold H. Glasow

You're only as good as your last performance. Author Unknown

Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some people. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard

“One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.”

“A true friend will tell you the truth to your face - not behind your back.”

"The faster they rise, the harder they fall"
Unknown

"Great liars are also great magicians"
Adolf Hitler

My favorites are:
"Every dog has its day," Hamlet, Will Shakespeare

"Weak people are cruel," Leo Buscaglia

"If you don't say anything,you're saying it's okay," Unknown.

"I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was." ~ Toby Keith

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
- Mark Twain's Notebook, 1898

It is wiser to find out than suppose.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927

"Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people."
Spencer Johnson

To quote my 88 year old grandmother, "I am innocent of everything I have ever done". Love it.

"It's what you learn after you know it all that's important."

Legendary Californian horse trainer Jimmy Williams

Honi soit qui mal y pense


translation: evil be to him who evil thinks

Bonnie who is still trying to figure out how to use that for a dog name!

Believe half of what you read and none of what you hear.

...... Me

"I did not have sex with that woman" Bill Clinton

Oh Ellie that's great....I've been trying to think of a quote. All I could think of is It ain't over till it's over and You got to know when to hold them..know when to fold them. Not very profound! LOL

"Stupid is as stupid does" Forrest Gump

"Let your conscience be your guide." Jiminy Cricket

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And Today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
Babatunde Olatunji

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Ayn Rand

This above all: to thine own self be true.
William Shakespeare

Okay, why not:

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience."

~ George Bernard Shaw

The least said is the easiest mended.

My Grandmother

Two of my favorites:

"Try hard, win humbly, lose gracefully and if you must, protest with dignity"

" The best revenge is to live well"

Don't make enemies of those who know all your dirty little secrets.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne
Stop with the negative vibes....
Donald Sutherland

"What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth." Jewish Proverb.........

“Can't we all... just... get along?”
Rodney King

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth. ~ Pat Riley

I'm surprised that no one has yet mentioned- or did I miss it? If so, it bears repeating.

"Do unto others as you would have them do onto you".

Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do.

~Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverb

It takes a master carpenter to build a barn, but any jackass can kick one down. Lyndon Johnson?

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top. ~Frank Moore Colby

One bad apple spoils the bunch ~ Proverb

There are none so blind as those who do not want to see.

I am not as green as I am cabbage looking.

I have no idea who is owed the credit for these two little gems

Now that's a knife!!

Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee)

Self praise stinks.

Eleanor Willerup (my mother)

"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us." (Earl Nightingale)

"A friend is someone who knows all about you, and loves you just the same." (Proverb)

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ~Thomas Jefferson

I have no idea where these came from but i grew up with them.

"You get out of life what you put into it"

"Those who live by the sword, die by the sword"

"When life hands you lemmons, make lemonade"

* SPORTSMEN ARE WILLING TO SHARE HONEST AND OPEN APPRAISALS OF BOTH THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THEIR BREEDING STOCK.* The American Kennel Club

"Expect nothing then you won't be disappointed"
Robert Kissinger (my Father)

What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; That is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Practice makes Habit!!

CM from Emerson, that is the best. That covers so much.

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. ~
Edmund Burke

That is really profound....love it.

Last night
my barn burned.
Now nothing
obstructs my view
of the Moon.

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

"If the shoe fits, wear it." - Proverb

Thank you, zeze for telling me the author so that I could correct my butchered memory translation. I first heard this poem when I was an undergraduate and could never remember the exact wording or author. But I could remember the concept, which is very dear and comforting to me. Kate

I also heard that quote undergrad and did not recall the author Kate. That was a very good quote, thanks for posting it. Keep it up!

"Be wary of anyone who is just saying what he or she thinks you want to hear. If the words feel false and don't resonate with you, look elsewhere for answers." - today's horoscope

It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and leave no doubt!

"A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind."

“Be Who You Are and Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter and Those Who Matter Don't Mind.”

"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
- William James

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.
- Mark Twain

If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Today's Horoscope
- You like to know the truth about things, so you ask questions that go a little deeper and open your eyes and ears wider.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

-Albert Einstein