Mottos or phrases you try to live with/by

[cjt110]

Not my circus; not my monkeys.

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

Tomorrow's another day.

Knowledge is power

Never trouble worry until worry troubles you.

I try and remember -you can't pour from an empty cup.

See it, hear it, zip it.
In other words I see things, I hear things but I say nothing. Especially when it comes to other people's personal lives.

Don't be a worrier, be a warrior. I am failing miserably at the moment. If not that 'hey ho'.

You get what you settle for - from Thelma and Louise

Treat others how you would like to be treated yourself.

Always be kind

I always ask my kids before they say something out loud tonthink
1-is it helpful
2-is it kind

My dads always said if you can't say anything nice don't say anything

It’ll be alright in the end. If it’s not alright, it’s not the end.

You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.

As a procrastinator, I like “if you can’t get out of it, get into it” mentioned upthread!

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

Control the controllable

Subtext is let go of the stuff you can't control.

I heard it at a sports training seminar and try to apply it much more generally!

Keep away from people who have 'Live. Laugh, Love' written on the wall of their kitchen.

If not now, when?

What you give out, you get back

You reap just what you sow

Kindness is magic

I'm not responsible for anyone else's happiness (apart from dc's)
BUT of course
Treat others as you would like to be treated by them

Oo another one from my Grandma, which I love.
" It's all the same a hundred years from now."
Really makes you stop stressing about everyday unimportant shit.

Be the kind of person you'd like to meet.

Everything happens for a reason.

Study yourself (don't worry about what everyone else is doing, just worry about your own affairs)

@HowlsMovingBungalow 🤣 just spat my tea out

Little pickers wear big knickers

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.

I've made a career out of doing just that

Everyone is different

Be a radiator, not a drain

And

Fake it till you make it

I have so many, but I like these:

Correct in yourself the faults you see in others,
And
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.
And
If it's for you, it won't go by you.....

As well as this, told to me by a German on the Camino: people come into your life for a season, a reason or a lifetime!

My grandmother was super witty and they were always tripping off her tongue - I could go on but had better stop!

It's all made in the same factory.