An Old Indian Farmer's Advice: 
 

• 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. When are older thinkin' back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

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

• 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 will 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. Speak kindly.

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