Mottos or phrases you try to live with/by

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Not my circus; not my monkeys.

Look after number 1, because no-one else will.

This:

My mantra..

I can do this.

Do not ascribe to conspiracy what can be explained by cock-up.

Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

It never rains in the pub!

Do no harm; and if you can then do some good.

Don't let the bastards get you down.

If in doubt, fling it out.

Do it with the love - Tom Hardy.

Make the most of every day - life is too short

Comparison is the thief of joy.

And not a proverb or quote or anything, but I generally just have the idea floating around my head that we’re all going to die soon and we’re tiny tiny tiny bugs in the universe so nothing really matters, let’s have fun. Can be depressing if you dwell on that too much though 🤣

Measure Twice, Cut Once.

But I'm a very cautious person!

Don't be a cunt.

Be kind in your mind

This too shall pass

If you find a job you love, you’ll never work a day in your life

If you’ve nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all

Get up dress up never give up

Never be beholden to a man

'If you can't get out of it, get into it.' In other words if there's something you can't avoid (like housework), you might as well find a way of making it more pleasant, or trying to find something enjoyable about it.

You never know what goes on behind closed doors.

If you don't like it, alter it. If you can't alter it, put up with it.

Thank you DH Lawrence.

What's for you won't go by you.

'Just keep on keeping on.'
This gets me through many a stressful seemingly endless day at work.

And 'life's too short'. Because it is.

Regret nothing - you made the best decision you could at the time with the knowledge and resources that you had available.

Not my cows, not my bullshit

Don't pee down my back and tell me it's raining (heard it on a cowboy movie when I was little....always stayed with me lol)

what will be, will be.