What is your favorite motto??

[DCWilson]

A lot of great short statements here, some serious, some amusing. But if you truly pay attention, there's some pretty hard core serious philosophy under the humor.

A few contributions:

90% of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

90% of what you know is wrong.

If there's a 50-50 chance something can go wrong, nine times out of 10 it will.



And more seriously,

Character is revealed by what you do when you are not aware anyone is watching.


And this isn't really a motto, but a friend of mine who worked on the Senate staff in the 1980s said he once heard a US Senator describe the senate as "Just 100 below average guys trying to do an average job." I'm sure there is a motto in there somewhere.

I think the one I like most (or could take most personal benefit from) in the preceding posts is along the lines of "Do it yourself, do it right, and do it now. Nobody promised you tomorrow." Gotta work on that.

 

[bitstream]

God, Guts, and Guns made America Strong. Let's keep it that way

There is always free cheese in a mouse trap

When you reach rock bottom, stop digging.

Duty, Honor, Country

Let's you and him fight

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife

Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own

Free advice is seldom cheap

No good deed ever goes unpunished

 

[trapper704]

My dad had a saying for any and everything and it was always good. One thing he used to say and live by, as have I if you think someone is screwing with you there's no need for only one of you to be mad about it.

 

[29aholic]

Not really a motto, but given the prior post, my best friend's Dad had a number of sayings. One that comes to mind was "If you want someone to show at your door, or call you on the phone, just go set on the toilet"...works every time!!

 

[65kaiser]

you smell of beer..... well naturally i'm drinkin beer!!!

And I am not intoxicated............ yet!!

Well I thought you was dead??? Not hardly!!!

 

[29aholic]

well I thought you was dead??? Not hardly!!!

John Wayne as Big Jake...one of his best

 

[Bullseye 2620]

I think the one I like most (or could take most personal benefit from) in the preceding posts is along the lines of "Do it yourself, do it right, and do it now. Nobody promised you tomorrow." Gotta work on that.

Here's a little motivation for ya :

Bullseye

 

[Muley Gil]

"God, Country, (Marine) Corps"

 

[357larry]

Always liked this one:
Nomen Jesu, quod est super omne nomen.

And then there is my family motto:
Just fart, you'll feel better.

 

[OLDFED]

"Never try to fix stupid. It's often contagious."

 

[29aholic]

It is better that the world think you are an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt.

He who can does, he cant teaches

Those who choose to ignore history are destined to repeat it

 

[JohnnieB]

Haven't seen this one yet.

"The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get."

 

[Beaver]

"The bigger the buckle, the smaller the prize". Cowgirl talk.

"If something doesn't work, do something different." me in the lab

 

[batex]

Something I have fun telling my kids:

"Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid."

and a follow-on:

"If you're going to be stupid, you better be tough!"

 

[ChuckS1]

Not mine, but my wife's... "You can agree with me or be wrong".

 

[Onomea]

Attributed to all sorts of improbable folks:

"It's not how many times you get knocked down. It's how many times you get back up."

And, "If you don't fail every now and then, you aren't trying hard enough."

 

[handejector]

Surprised I haven't seen this one:
"Even a poorly conceived plan, executed with vigor and determination, is far better than no plan at all."
(trust me, folks- this one will usually carry the day)

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From an old, drunken carpenter:
"Talk's cheap, boy. Takes money ta buy liquor."

 

[Mule88]

I always liked "Fight Crime.....Shoot Back!!"

 

[Smith357]

If you don't have the time to do the job right, when are you going to get the time to do it over?

Time is natures way of keeping everything from happening at once.

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

Molon Labe'

 

[dinooch]

"Better to be seen than to be shown"
"Every day above ground is a good day"