Lawyer to client who does not follow lawyer’s advice: “You’re old enough to paddle your own canoe.”
Physician to patient who does not follow physician’s advice: “You’re old enough to paddle your own canoe.”
Mediator to counsel/parties who will not settle: “If you two don’t start paddling in tandem, this canoe will sink, and if this canoe sinks, one, or both, of you goes down with it.”