I have 3 but would LOVE to hear more…
You can always have more but you can’t have less
This one’s from my dad and it really stuck with me. You can, and really should, apply this to any intoxicant.
On the pitch is off the streets
This is about getting restless kids, or kids who might be in a bad situation, into sports.
The axe forgets but the tree remembers
Translation on this one: People who cause hurt are less likely to remember than those it affected.
“It’s easy to be the band of misfits who plays by their own rules and gets things done. It’s much more difficult to do exceptional work and do it the right way the whole time.”
Sort of a long form “Any job worth doing is with doing right” but focuses more on the team doing the work.
And, yes, at the time the workplace culture was firmly in the “Play hard, work to standard, cut the corners just enough that we don’t get in trouble” realm. Lots of hangovers during that job…