What Is Your Favorite Quote or Motto to Live By?

[wy2w]

"Ok, dial 91, and then dial the other 1 when I tell you." Bruce - a friend I shall miss dearly.

 

[grouchydog]

I have 2, both from myself:
Public conduct is image; private deeds are character.
Some days you're the dozer, some days you're the dirt.

 

[wy2w]

Public conduct is image; private deeds are character.

That is so true, grouchydog.
My Dad use to say: "Always get caught doing the right thing."

 

[prairiedruid]

Quando omni flunkus moritati....when all else fails play dead
If the women don't find you handsome they should at least find you handy.
Duct tape; the handyman's secret weapon.

 

[poppabear]

Be polite, be courteous, but have a plan to kill everyone... something i learned in the police academy a long long time ago and has served me well over my career.

 

[mso489]

Will have to paraphrase and guess at the author's spelling, but this is the Western writer Louis L'Amour, roughly:
There will come a time when you believe all is lost. That will be the beginning.

 

[paddypiper]

Not one I necessarily try to live by but one of my old favourites "I'm going to live forever or die trying"

 

[tuold]

 

[lifesizehobbit]

Experience is what you get, right after you need it. (My Dad)

 

[sumusfumus]

..."90% of everything, is bullshit"....
(All too often, true....sadly).
Frank

 

[pappymac]

"if you can do nothing right then do nothing and be right all the time."
Remember this: When the Doctor slaps your ass to make you take your first breath, he has set you on the path to death. So live without fear.

 

[deathmetal]

"Who Dares Wins"
alternatively
"Never Say Die"
alternatively
"My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal."
alternatively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lq30gSOjJ8

 

[wilson34]

sometimes you have to say F$#K it- Risky business

 

[jorchamp]

Don't ask for my advice. Make your own mistakes - my Dad.

 

[james72]

"It's faster horses, younger women,

Older whiskey, and more money."

Tom T Hall
Three out of four ain't bad at my age. :lol:

 

[crusader]

"Preach the gospel, and use words if necessary" - St. Francis.
I fail at this daily! :crying:

 

[wyfbane]

Hold Fast ~ Old nautical saying. Pretty self explanatory.
Still me 'til they kill me ~ Tupac Shakur. No matter how much shit you go through, no matter how bad people dump on you, stay true to yourself. Even if you may be killed for it.

 

[eltice]

“Your actions speak so loud, I can’t hear what you are saying.”
Not sure where it came from originally, but an old Maintenance Foreman used to say it and it has always stuck with me.

 

[mikethompson]

For nothing shall be impossible through God Lk 1:37
Really helped me through some tough times that little verse

 

[mayfair70]

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance."
...and a bunch more from HST.