“Simple Sayings” Cards We are happy to give you this collection of 101 smile on your face, and warm your heart. “Simple Sayings” to brighten your day, put a These quotes are ready to print and cut into individual cards. They are perfect to use to motivate, encourage, humor and inspire yourself and to share with employees, members, customers, clients, friends and others. Feel free to print as many sets as you’d like. Post them on bulletin boards, pass out at staff meetings or use in your own creative way at work or at home. We’d love to hear from you! Please send us your most inspirational, funny, encouraging or motivational “saying” so we can include them in future them to us at info@ranchandfarmworld.com! “Simple Sayings.” You can e-mail We hope you enjoy your cards! RanchAndFarmWorld.com (Disclaimer: Many of our “Simple Sayings” have been sent to use from others. There may not be credit given where credit is deserved, however, we have made every effort to include original authors. Please accept our apologies in advance for any of these oversights) www.ranchandfarmworld.com 1-800-768-7040 info@ranchandfarmworld.com 1630 S. Stapley Dr. Suite 114, Mesa, AZ 85204 “Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.” “If somebody outdraws you, smile and walk away. There's plenty of time to look tough when you're out of sight.” The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. ~John F. Kennedy “Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” ~Giovanni Boccaccio ~Karl Barth “Make time for your loved ones. We are not promised tomorrow so make the most of today.” The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land. “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Abraham Lincoln “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.” Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. - Thomas Jefferson “Don’t squat with your spurs on!” “Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning-the faithful horse has been with us always.” The farmers are the founders of civilization. ~Daniel Webster “Any idiot can face a crisis—it’s day to day living that wears you out” ~ Anton Chekhov “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back into your pocket.” “Sometimes we have winter all summer and summer all winter. It's mighty regular about not raining, though.” “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” “It doesn't matter how old you are. A good pair of wranglers are a must for any age of cowboy or cowpoke.” “The hardest thing about learning to ride is the ground.” “The only way to avoid housework is to live outside.” “Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.” ~Albert Schweitzer “Don't try on another man's hat. It's almost as bad as getting on his horse.” “Few cowboys ever owned much. The primary reward of being a cowboy was the pleasure of living a cowboy's life.” “Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway.” ~Harper Lee “There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.” “When you ask for free advice, you get exactly what you paid for.” “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re no so bad.” ~Mother Teresa He who would look with contempt upon the farmer's pursuit is not worthy the name of a man. ~Henry Ward Beecher “Always take a good look at what you’re about to eat. It’s not so important to know what it is, but it’s critical to know what it was.” ~Arnold Glasgow “There were only two things the old-time cowpunchers were afraid of: a decent woman and being set afoot.” “Don't interfere with something that ain't botherin' you none.” There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. “Get outside and enjoy nature, and let tomorrow take care of itself.” Bill Bryson ~Unknown “When you see three cowboys riding in a pickup truck you can always tell what cowboy is the smartest......the one in the middle. He never drives and he never has to get the gate!!!!!” “The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” “People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.” ~Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff ~Abigail Van Buren “And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse.” “When in doubt, let your horse do the thinkin.” "One day in the country is worth a month in the city." “With out heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.” “Are you humbly grateful? Or grumbly hateful?” ~Bernard Malamud ~Pastor Roland Smith “Its not how many times you get bucked off that counts, its how many times you saddle back up.” “Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away, and you have their shoes too.” "He that rideth the fence, ripeth his pants!" ~Grace Mohler “Sit tall in the saddle hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die, don't be scared just enjoy your ride” ~Chris LeDoux song "There's a little cowboy in all of us, a little frontier. ~Louis L’Amour “Live today, live tomorrow and live every day like your last.” “If God wanted you to talk more than he wanted you to listen, he would have given you two mouths and only one ear!” ~Curryrice1’s Grandmother “Don't worry ‘bout bitin' off more'n you can chew; your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.” “A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you.” “EVERY CHILD COMES WITH THE MESSAGE THAT GOD IS NOT YET DISCOURAGED OF MAN.” “The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you shave his face in the mirror every morning.” “A cowboy will watch the sunset because it is a perfect work of art by the man upstairs.” “Wherever you journey, make it a home.” “Women come and go. But a man's cowboy spirit will last a life time.” ~RABINDRANATH TAGORE “Just remember, when you’re over the hill, you pick up speed.” ~Charles M. Schultz “Boots, chaps and cowboy hats… nothing else matters.” “It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.” “When searching for direction, the only way to look is up.” “You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” “If you look at zero you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world.” ~ Collette ~Robert Kaplan “Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.” ~ Kathleen Norris Life is too short, ride your best horse first!" ~Unknown “Behind every successful rancher is a wife who works in town.” “Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat.” “Generally, you ain't learnin' nothing when your mouth's a-jawin'.” When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age, you splatter. " -Roy Rogers Epitaph for Clyde Kennedy"When they lay me down to rest Put my spurs and rope upon my chest Get my friends to carry me and then go turn my horses free" “The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good deed by stealth and have it found out by accident.” ~ Charles Lamb "The man who does not love a horse cannot love a woman." The horses prance and paw and neigh, Fillies and colts l ike kittens play... ~Spanish Proverb ~Oliver W. Homes If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there. ~Will Rogers “Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.” “Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.” “If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen are defrocked, shouldn't it follow that cowboys would be deranged?” “TALK LOW, TALK SLOW AND DON'T SAY TOO MUCH.” “Shirts that cost more than a week’s worth of groceries are like horseshoes that cost more than a horse” “You can tell a true cowboy by the type of horse he rides.” “Just 'cause you're following a well-marked trail don't mean that whoever made it knew where they were goin'." ~Texas Bix Bender “To me, horses and freedom are synonymous.” “Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back.” “Something happens to a man when he gets on a horse, in a country where he can ride forever.” “Nature gave us all something to fall back on, and sooner or later we all land flat on it.” We believe ranchers and farmers and family business owners can make better decisions about the future than the government can. A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out. ~George Bush ~Ralph Waldo Emerson We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ~Will Rogers “If you can dream it, you can do it” ~Walt Disney “A lovely horse is always an experience….. It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.” There is no gilding of setting sun or glamour of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers wives. Hamlin Garland “Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.” ~Carey Williams “It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.” “There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; one is a sense of humor and the other is patience.” “If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question or asked the question wrong.” “Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.” “There’s nothing’ in life that’s worth doin’ If it cain’t be done from a horse.” ~Edgar Watson Howe “Common sense isn't as common as you might think.” Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days. Henri Alain “Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong.” “The best sermons are lived, not preached.” “The mountains we ride past will outlast everything we know.” “Ask me to show you poetry in motion, and I will show you a horse.” “The only people to get even with are those who have helped you” ~Anonymous “You can't unsay a cruel thing.”