More of Noll's Favorite Collection of Pithy Thoughts -- Page 6

pith-y (pithe) adj. pith-i-er, pith-i-est. 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.

  1. You cannot keep trouble from coming, but you don't need to give it a chair to sit on.
  2. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
  3. Judgement day is not a "day." It is a court in perpetual session.
  4. If you have a job without aggravation, you don't have a job.
  5. A smart wife has the pork chops ready when her husband comes home from fishing.
  6. Character is what you do on the third and fourth tries.
  7. Where there is a will there is a wail.
  8. Sometime the only good thing on TV is the lamp and the clock.
  9. Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stepping on the gas.
  10. If your troubles are deep seated and long standing try kneeling.
  11. To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
  12. The person who is always blowing their own horn is usually off key.
  13. God is always closest to those with a broken heart.
  14. It is better to learn late, than never.
  15. Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
  16. Envy eats nothing but its own heart.
  17. The old law about "an eye for an eye" could leave everybody blind.
  18. You know you are getting older when the happy hour is a nap.
  19. The world is a big ball that revolves on its taxes.
  20. A fishing enthusiastic thinks a fish should bite on a fancy lure just because he did.
  21. A good teacher is one who drives the students to think.

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