Aphorisms.

[oak]

Friends, I offer my favorite aphorisms, with some examples. Feel free to share your own.

GOAT:

Any port in a storm.

Example: Am I in a storm (sleep apnea, for example)? Yes. Do I know anything about the Mediterranean Diet or yoga? No. Well, time to try anyway. And by the "time to try" I mean: right this actual minute.

Rushmore of aphorisms (four important):

1. If you need a helping hand, look to the end of your arm/Call on heaven, and row away from the rocks/Heaven helps those who help themselves.

2. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. (Example: I am bad at yoga, but I do it. And that's the key: to actually do the thing.)

3. You judge a tree by its fruit.

4. A stitch in time saves nine/Well begun is half done.

Others!

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
A new broom sweeps clean.
If you punish them for telling the truth, they’ll learn to lie.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
Always count the cost.
Many a truth is spoken in jest.
Don’t get into a situation without knowing how you’ll get out.
The best time to do something good is thirty years ago. The second best time is right now.
Stick with the winners.
Don’t kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
The ax forgets but the tree remembers.
It is never too late to do the right thing/Better late than never.
A promise made is a debt unpaid.

[Mental Fairy]

Owww this is going to get my brain cogs turning some today!!!

[Mental Fairy]

I love this

Those who live by the science method are destined to die by the science method.
Those who live by their own imaginations may live on forever.