Posted on 06/19/2016 8:18:25 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
What is the best advice you have heard from your dad or any dad ?
God
Duty
Responsibility
Character
In spades
He looked like Howie Long meets John Wayne
Big badassed scary man but he almost never stumbled
I sure have after he died
Really, I think that is such good advice: Don’t fear people who act like they are better than you. Also, don’t lord it over people who have it worse. Could be you.
Dad could make a friend out of anybody. And when people let him down and weren’t the good people his benefit of the doubt had granted them at first, he simply stayed away from them.
He and his parents had been picked to be murdered by their government for the religion they barely practiced. He was sent away at age 7 to save his life. Yet he was no victim. He lived large and just sloughed the bad stuff off. Certain victicrats today could learn a lot from my dad. No one in any USA slum had it as rough. GET OVER IT and live a good life.
Yet it seems you’ve got a lot of him in you.
Thanks, for both of your reies! ; )
“If you’re making money, get off the computer.”
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“You’re hanging out at the wrong bars” (tip from Dad on finding a wealthy husband)
:)
1) The only thing with less sense than a little boy is a group of little boys.
2) You don't worry that your shoes are on fire if your hair is too.
3) You can learn something from everyone that you meet.
The first two were a bit tongue-in-cheek but this last one has been very valuable to me throughout my life.
LOL!
The best advice my dad ever gave me? Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Thanks Dad for teaching me Truth.
If you ever get arrested and you're given one phone call, don't waste it calling home.
Both my brother and I knew that this was a bit of a joke because if we were ever wrongfully arrested Dad would have been a great ally. However, if we were arrested for a good reason, Dad would be scarier than the law.
Before going to college, he told me that he knew I would make friends who might want to get in mischief. His advise was: “Don’t be the first one to do something stupid, and for God’s sake don’t let yourself be the last one.” He knew those were the ones most likely to get caught.
Any man can be a father it takes a real man to be a Dad.
I don’t know whether you are going to get through 200 or so replies . . . but my old man never gave me any advice, ever. But he did write me a letter for my first job application (after tearing-up my attempt) - I got the interview and I got the job, for which I will be eternally grateful to him.
yup....some lessons don’t take long to sink in
Dad’s best advice to me was the grass is always greener on the other pair of legs (sage advice helping me manage to stay faithful to my wife for 33 years).
When entering the Air Force (Dad was a 20 year AAF enlistee from 1947) he told me never volunteer for anything and don’t piss off the guys in Finance or the Medics.
“There’s no fool like and old fool!”
“War is Hell! Don’t start one if you aren’t prepared to
charge Hell with a bucket of water!”
“Mold your own bullets.”
While playing poker with my dad he would remind us “now boys, if we’re all really careful, we can all win a little.” Dad was a great poker player, bridge player, cribbage player, and great kidder. Lastly, he didn’t believe in toy guns because they fostered bad habits. So, at age six, I shot my first gun with my dad’s supervision. At age seven, I shot my dad’s .30-06 and that was life changing for me. I was never even mildly interested in toy guns again.
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