“Twice I cut it off and it’s still too short.” Told to me by Dad when I started snarling about some stupid mistake I’d made in the shop. Always calmed me down and got me reconnected. Dad always said it in German, too.
Also “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” Although a good life lesson from Dad, I never understood why I wanted to catch flies.
You catch even more with manure. ;)
Measure twice, cut once.
A Frenchman said your advisory statement. I cut de board tree time an it is still too short. It always sounded better in a French accent.
One of my first employers taught me to PLAN AHEAD. He meant when you are done with one task be ready to go onto the next one. For example, do not wait for your battery to be charging on your cordlesss drill to finish a job.