So what's a motto you live by or find it reveals a kernel of truth about the world?


"Anything is possible but nothing is certain."

Why put off to tomorrow what you can not do at all.

Lol, nice!

I don't have a motto that I live by as I don't think that any one phrase can satisfy the requirements of life, but if I had to choose one that reflected how I predominantly live, it'll probably be: "that'll do". Alternatively "might as well have a go" or "who gives a ****" are equal contenders.


The motto I would like to live by is: "do unto others as you would have done unto yourself", but I'm a callous, vengeful human being with great anger and little forgiveness; so try as I might, I usually forget that one.

"Go for it. Whether it ends good or bad, it was an experience".

My dad would on multiple occasions say,"If you can't fix it, duct it and if you can't duct it, #@%$ it."


This was referring to the many ways duct tape was the solution to many of his redneck fixes and if it was beyond the point of duct tape being the solution then it was beyond fixing.

This is one of my guiding mottos too, though I phrase it differently: "Never put off for tomorrow what can be postponed indefinitely."

Another: "A bachelor's a man who never makes the same mistake once."

Not one of my own mottos but that of a long ago acquaintance. "It's all mind of matter. If you don't mind, then it doesn't matter."

Nothing is ever easy

Some of you might know where I got that one from.

Would a conjoining quote be, "People are stupid."?

"Your assassin arrives with a smile and a handshake."

I am also very fond of:

"I am a veritable bundle of happy apprehension."

My mother would say if I objected to playing outside

because it was wet:

"Children are waterproof."

"Damned if I do and damned if I don't. So the Hell with it, I'm going fishing!"

"Don't start nothing, won't be nothing."

Dunno, really. "Woke up this morning, I woke up yesterday too" seems to be enough for me, as long as it continues to be the case at least.


It's certainly better than "if a job's worth doing, it's worth putting off until the last minute and then making a complete mess of it and trying to excuse it with 'the dog ate my homework', and then staying up 'til 3am to do the job I was supposed to do yesterday and a whole load of other random stuff because I drank too much coffee." But that doesn't really roll off the tongue.

"Dos más cerveza, per favor!"

Too much of anything will kill you,


And,


Don't sweat the small stuff.


Also, keep active and you'll live longer.


Don't know how many people I know who died a few years after retiring when they stopped working, and people that live well into their 90s who are keeping busy.

"Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."


Plus its many variants.



"Wherever you go, there you are"


Cheesy yet profound.

My dad has one that I tend to live by as well:


"Hope for the best; expect the worst."


But more importantly this:


"Love your neighbor as you love yourself."


Together they've gotten me through thick and thin. The ability to aspire to everything, yet accept failure. And the help and love of those around me.

Another favorite of mine:


Keep your mouth shut and let people think you're stupid, open it and confirm their suspicions were valid all along.

"Live and let live".

"Waste not want not".

"To each their own"

"Life's a [censored]"!

"Love your neighbour as you love yourself." (2 out of 3 of my neighbours are awesome!)

Pick one, or all, depending on the day.

It changes with the times or my mood, its usually in my sig.

"Ahh, peace and solitude" or alternatively "Thank god there are no people around".

Ah, but then there's the saying "Good fences make good neighbors." lol

Does it come with cheese?

Would probably be the only real motto I have, I don't really live by any such things, I just live because I exist and plan to thoroughly enjoy myself in the way that pleases me the most.

"Be an active participant in your life, not a spectator"

"things could be worse"