An Old Cowboy’s Advice

  • Keep your fences horse-high, pig-tight & bull-strong.
  • Keep skunks & bankers & lawyers at a distance’
  • Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
  • 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.
  • Don’t corner something that would normally run from you.
  • It doesn’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 is never gonna happen anyway. 
  • Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
  • Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
  • Don’t interfere with somthin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.
  • Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
  • Sometimes you get & sometimes you get got.
  • Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke.
  • Always drink upstream from the herd.
  • Good judgment comes from experiences & a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
  • 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.