Do you have a motto??

lisaingram212

2essie wrote: »

How do you eat an elephant?............One bite at a time

My favorite saying! It's so realistic and appilcable

fit_chickx

Machka9

Not really mottos, but sayings I like ...

"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence."
Samuel Johnson

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.'s mother

ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken

A little bot of something is better than a whole lot of nothing.

vikinglander

shanaramadingdong wrote: »

Do, or do not. There is no try.

This is a good one but I like the added meaning that comes from the larger scene:

Luke: All right, I'll give it a try.
Yoda: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.

[Using the Force, Yoda effortlessly frees the X-Wing from the bog]

Luke: I don't, I don't believe it.
Yoda: That is why you fail.

Here's the whole scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkbgvRMpW0

Another one that I like is "You can have results, or excuses...but not both."

One I've been using since I started MFP in February 2016 is "60 is the new 40!" Obviously after my next birthday I will have to change this!

The one I created and use often, and will keep as my own, is "Eat well, breathe deep, get strong, feel good."

vikinglander

tabletop_joe wrote: »

Eat; mostly plants and not too much. Stolen from a book's similar title, but it reasonates with me.

Hey! The part that you took away will serve well, I suppose. The whole quote is "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

Did you read 'In Defense Of Food'? There is SO much more to it. The book changed my life. (Ask me how...)

julielh72

I don't but my 19 yr old daughter does "I'm here for a good time, not a long time"!! God help us.

ejbronte

"And, not Or".

ladyreva78

Since Yoda has already been mentioned , I'll add Confucius to the mix:

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

MimiOfTheLusciousLawn

You cannot change what you don't acknowledge - Dr. Phil
Own it, log it, and move the f**k on - Mimiofthelusciouslawn

ejbronte

ladyreva78 wrote: »

Since Yoda has already been mentioned , I'll add Confucius to the mix:

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

Almost literally the way Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium.

sisterlilbunny

I love your guys stuff so far. ;D I go with "Suck it up, Princess" to remind me that a.) the world doesn't revolve around me and b.) "no one" cares about my whining so get over it and do it. It sounds harsh but it does stop my inner whining.

GrumpyHeadmistress

"Time passes anyway." I.e. don't not do something because it takes a long time to do.

"You're not a dog, don't reward yourself with food." I always felt that one was anti-dog...

knittnponder

I have mine tattooed on my forearm: "Fall down seven times, get back up eight..."

WandaVaughn

"November 4th is coming!"
(I'll hit the big 5-0. I want to face my fifties in fighting form and fabulous!)

BaddS4

If it's broke, duct tape should fix it!!

AnnPT77

Jeez, I left out the one I put on my MFP profile page: "Act as if."

thegoat1987

ejbronte wrote: »

ladyreva78 wrote: »

Since Yoda has already been mentioned , I'll add Confucius to the mix:

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

Almost literally the way Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium.

All of the above.

HGarcia1527

I am amazing

kq1981

Mine is "get off your fat *kitten* so one day you'll have a skinny one"