Section 1 of Marion’s Notebook Entries: Remembered sayings and lessons are transcribed from the handwritten log of Marion Thomas Collins, Sr., my Dad. He recorded these instructions for living a good life over a fifty-year period.
Wit and Wisdom: Part 2 of 3 Parts
Tradition lives because young people come along who catch the romance and add new glories to it.
To receive a present handsomely and in the right spirit, even when you have none to give in return, is to give a gift.
While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.
You cannot buy enthusiasm; you cannot buy initiative; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds and souls. You have to earn those things.
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life, you have to find the courage to live it.
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said could not be done.
Be patient with everyone, but most of all, be patient with yourself.
If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you have done it already.
Try it, you may like it, is an old saying, but it has some truth in it—Try it, you may like it!
Young people do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore, they attempt the impossible and achieve it generation after generation.
Some things are bad; some things are good. If you want more good things, maybe you should try harder. Good things are out there for those that really want them.
One half the trouble of this life can be traced to saying “yes” too quickly and not saying “no” soon enough.
Repair people cost plenty. When you do have to call a repair man watch how he does it. Doing your own repair work around your home is like having another source of income
What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor or if everyone was the same.
An optimist thinks this is the best of all worlds; a pessimist fears the same may be true.
Incompetent people invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
(To be continued)
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