What Is Your Personal Motto?

[coffinmaker]

Shoot until dead or they catch on fire!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

For every "yippee!" there's an equal and opposite "tsk" to cancel it out.

 

[samcoffeeman]

If it ain't tight, it ain't right!

 

[derfatdutchman]

"Try, before you pry"

 

[derfatdutchman]

"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" Red Green

 

[tmb152]

OK, here is my real motto:
The one real constant in life is change.

 

[mackeson]

What the heck?!?

“The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.” – Adolf Hitler

I'm gone for a few days and come back to find people quoting Hitler for a personal Motto?

 

[mayfair70]

I'm gone for a few days and come back to find people quoting Hitler for a personal Motto?

I missed that one. I REALLY hope it is just one person, and I really hope it is in some historical/philosophical context. I hate when Nazis happen.

 

[mackeson]

I don't think (hope) it was any serious homage or anything. Just a bit of a shock to see that

 

[ashdigger]

I took the OP's question serious.......I'm not sure how anyone can have more than one motto and make it effective, but then again, some of these mottos appear to more passing thoughts.

 

[mackeson]

Ashdigger, You bring up a good point. My original "Bacon" post was a smart-ass/silly response. If I'm honest it would be the golden rule of doing unto others as I would like them to do unto me. That's what I teach my kids too.
I just have trouble with the serious reply sometimes. I think I'm much funnier than I really am

 

[averagegent]

Oh, there're so many quotes I would love to post (smart-ass/silly or otherwise), but if I could choose only one, it would have to be:
"Strive to be a warrior and a scholar. Be forged in fire and tempered by knowledge."

 

[tmb152]

We are all in trouble then when the lessons of history are before us again and totally go unnoticed. Was it not Jorge Santayana who said that those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it (paraphrasing).

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Oooo, I love Santayana... Black magic woman... got me so blind I can't see...

 

[ashdigger]

Cosmic, I prefer "smooth"

 

[mayfair70]

that she's a black magic woman, trying to make a devil outta me.
History doesn't repeat itself, it just rhymes. MEH
Serious? My motto would have to be, "Buy the ticket, take the ride." HST

 

[cosmicfolklore]

You know, we keep learning history, and yet the same crap happens over and over. Maybe we should spend more time learning new songs. ::

 

[ashdigger]

Mayfair, HST, great quote. FEAR and loathing baby!!

 

[mayfair70]

:clap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg

 

[ashdigger]

Mayfair, Avenged Sevenfold's "Bat Country" video always reminds me of HST.