Every day we pull some stats from a survey and say have a chat about the findings. Today: The childhood sayings that stay with us.
Top 10 words of wisdom – sayings Britons picked up in childhood and continue to use well into their older years.
- Practice makes perfect (63%)
- Treat others how you'd like to be treated (62%)
- If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again (54%)
- Manners cost nothing (52%)
- You can't judge a book by its cover (45%)
- Good things come to those who wait (47%)
- Two wrongs don't make a right (41%)
- It's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts (38%)
- Never say never (37%)
- There's no time like the present (34%)
Source: Poll by children's charity the NSPCC.
What do you think? Do you still use any words or wisdom or sayings you first picked up as a child? What’s the wisest piece of advice anyone’s ever given you? Post a comment below or on Twitter instead using #nsstatchat
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