What's your motto?

One I borrowed from Drew Barrymore, which I live by:

"There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarass yourself."

"Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching. "

When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt.

Originally Posted by 22angel

Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself.

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I like that one.

I don't really have a motto per se, but I read this once and it has stuck with me ever since:
"You get what everyone gets. You get a lifetime."
(From "The Sandman", an awesome comic by Neil Gaiman.)


A couple others:

"It's a permanent full moon on the Internet." -- Geoff Tognetti
"Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies." -- unknown

My favorite saying is:

Uh huh, Uh huh, Uh huh, SURE!

I am usally saying this when my boss is telling me to do something.......

I listen and then do it the way I want anyway!

Originally Posted by gargoyle

I don't really have a motto per se, but I read this once and it has stuck with me ever since:
"You get what everyone gets. You get a lifetime."
(From "The Sandman", an awesome comic by Neil Gaiman.)

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Ooh, Neil Gaiman fan! Which story arc is that from, and is it Death talking? It's going to drive me up the wall.

OT-Have you seen "1602" by Neil Gaiman? The idea is Marvel Silver Age superheroes are in Elizabethan England. If you like Gaiman you'll like this, too.

The only choice you have is what your attitude will be.

Nothing in live worth having or keeping, is going to be effortless or painless.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"
Mark Twain

"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."
Betty Davis

Never regret anything in life. Its either an experience or a happy memory

Originally Posted by squirtle

"Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching. "

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I LOVE that!

Originally Posted by okeefecl

Ooh, Neil Gaiman fan! Which story arc is that from, and is it Death talking? It's going to drive me up the wall.

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It is, indeed, said by Death. Thought it was in one dedicated to Death but my husband says it's from "The High Cost of Living".

Originally Posted by okeefecl

OT-Have you seen "1602" by Neil Gaiman? The idea is Marvel Silver Age superheroes are in Elizabethan England. If you like Gaiman you'll like this, too.

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No, I don't think I've seen that. Generally our comics dealer puts any Gaiman stuff in our box; maybe he did but I'm WAY behind on my comic book reading.

Its fun to do the impossible. - Walt Disney

I do whats hard quickly. Whats impossible, takes me a bit longer. - Napoleon Bonaparte

In order to write history, one must be more than a man, for the one who holds the pen of this great justiciary, must be free from all preocupation of interest, or of vanity. - Napoleon Bonaparte.

Triumph does not authorize you to be a swine - don Luis Muñoz MarÃ:censor:n, governor of Puerto Rico from 1948 to 1964.

Truth does not shout, it convinces. - don Luis A. FerrÃ[emoji]169[/emoji], governor of Puerto Rico from 1968 to 1972

"In love, war and politics, everything is fair. " (That one is mine)

Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

"I can only fail if I quit...and I'm not quitting."

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What a good one! Keep it up, guys!

When you are worried about the outcome of something, my motto would be..
"Do your best, & leave the rest to faith."

Mine used to be `Never complain, never explain' but it's waaaay too unrealistic to try to live like that!! Besides, in hindsight it's a stupid concept anyway...

Now it is just `Make life easier'. I have a really bad habit of making things difficult for myself by being disorganised, or forgetful or lazy or whatever, so I try to do what I can to make life easier and it's amazing how much it cuts down your stress levels (when you can do it! )

I have 2 mottos that I try to follow

"Dont sweat the small stuff and try not to let the bigger stuff get to You"
"Do unto others as they would do unto You"

When you excuse your actions, you accuse your actions!

My motto is "Men can't live with em....can't kill em". Sorry guys but sometimes I really do feel this way

Because I get a charge out of the offbeat, I enjoy quotes from the "Demotivational Series":

Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.

Ineptitude: If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.

Stupidity: Quitters never win. Winners never quit. But those who never win and never quit are losers.

Failure: When your best just isn't good enough.

Defeat: For every winner, there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.

Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

Mediocrity: It takes a lot less time, and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.

Losing: If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

I used to keep these inside a closet in my classroom and looked at them whenever I needed a laugh.

My personal motto? Sarcasm: just one more service that we offer.

Those are funny! I like this one too:

Motivation: If a pretty picture and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.

http://www.despair.com/demotivators/motivation.html

It's in my signature!
I refuse to tiptoe cautiously through life, only to arrive safely at death.