It will soon be ten years that my father, Calvin Rudolph Trice, passed from this world. I thought I would share some of my favorite sayings of his that illuminate (at least for me) the person that he was. (I don't know how many of these were "original" to him, but they are still good ones):
"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt."
"If I rest, I rust." (or) "time to mix with activity, lest I burnish and wither away in despair."
"I refuse to have an adversarial relationship with you." (this one he usually used with stubborn employees)
"Never take a strong stand on a weak issue."
"The little fellow just doesn't think the way we do." (usually in situations when dealing with a rather obtuse individuall; a more diplomatic statement than just calling them "stupid")
Dad hated his middle name. It is said his mother named him after Calvin Coolidge and Rudolph Valentino. To most the world, he introduced himself simply as "Cal Trice."
He was not perfect, but he respected people if they returned the favor. But he was "Dad." I see a lot of his good and bad traits in me. So be it. I am better off for the former, and working on the latter.
I still miss him.
