A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders, but there are some good ones nonetheless -their insight may surprise you.

Better to be safe than......................punch a 5th grader.
Strike while the ...........................bug is close.
It's always darkest before..................Daylight Savings Time.
Never underestimate the power of............termites.
You can lead a horse to water but...........how?
Don't bite the hand that....................looks dirty.
No news is..................................impossible.
A miss is as good as a......................Mr.
You can't teach an old dog new..............math.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll...........stink in the morning.
Love all, trust.............................me.
The pen is mightier than the................pigs.
An idle mind is.............................the best way to relax.
Where there's smoke there's.................pollution.
Happy the bride who.........................gets all the presents.
A penny saved is............................not much.
Two's company, three's......................the Musketeers.
Don't put off till tomorrow what............you put on to go to bed.
There are none so blind as..................Stevie Wonder.
Children should be seen and not.............spanked or grounded.
If at first you don't succeed...............get new batteries.
You get out of something only what you......see in the picture on the box.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.....you have to blow your nose.
First graders sure are alot more "intuned" these days!!!
--author unknown.

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" ...think on these things. " Philippians 4 : 8

At a retirement dinner for a successful executive, there was a lot of good-hearted teasing of the guest of honour before he got up to speak. He told a few jokes of his own, before he started to reminisce about his successes and failures, and the reasons behind them.'Let me tell you why I've enjoyed such success' he said. 'Years ago I had a great boss and mentor. One day he gave me his business card.

On the back, he'd written seventeen words. He told me that whenever he had a tough decision to make, or was in a predicament, he'd read each of these words. Then he'd close his eyes, pray, and be quiet. Each time he did, something amazing would happen: one of the words would jump out at him and steer him in the right direction. He told me that for forty years these seventeen words never failed him. And I'm here tonight to tell you that in the last forty years, they've never failed me either.'Then he passed out his business cards, and here's what was written on the back of each one: (Read each one slowly and thoughtfully).

The seventeen words that will never fail you are: prepare...listen...smile...love...ch oose...focus...believe...relax...act ...forgive...pray...trust...change.. .persist...accept...risk...wait! And now the power of these seventeen words has been passed on to you!

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