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What is your personal motto?

126 replies

bettybattenburg · 18/04/2020 17:54

Richard Osman's is who dares loses according to him on who wants to be a millionaire, what would yours be ?

Mine is probably don't give up, change direction instead.

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Krazynights34 · 18/04/2020 19:17

Fuck it all

WineGummyBear · 18/04/2020 19:19

Do good, have fun.
Action expresses priorities.

I try to live up to Ghandi's: be the change you want to see in the world. But that's pretty lofty.

@MrsTerryPratchett
My wonderful mother in law completes the phrase 'except for me and thee...and even thee's a bit odd'

Gingernaut · 18/04/2020 19:19

If in doubt, play it for laughs

ArbitraryNameChange · 18/04/2020 19:24

Fuck it

Dunarunner · 18/04/2020 19:24

Fuck the po po

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/04/2020 19:25

Love that WineGummy

I always complete, patience is a virtue. Find it if you can. Seldom in a women. Never in a man Grin

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/04/2020 19:26

Fuck the po po

To quote Public Enemy, "Fuck the police but who's stopping you from killing me?"

CatBatCat · 18/04/2020 19:26

Don't be a dick

devildeepbluesea · 18/04/2020 19:26

Don't worry about things you can't control.

And TBF to me, I live by it too.

Aurora2020 · 18/04/2020 19:28

Don't ask don't get

Knocksomesense · 18/04/2020 19:29

You can't change others actions, only your reaction to them

ErrolTheDragon · 18/04/2020 19:34

The only one of my own is 'no one is going to do this for you'. Useful when procrastinating about things like tax returns.

Stompythedinosaur · 18/04/2020 21:23

Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one's courage.

It's an Anais Nin quote.

ChicChicChicChiclana · 18/04/2020 21:26

Stop fucking moaning

Alyic · 18/04/2020 21:32

Never complain never explain

Lisette1940 · 18/04/2020 21:34

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are - Theodore Roosevelt

daisychain01 · 18/04/2020 21:48

You can please some of the people all of the time,
You can please all of the people some of the time

But you can't please all of the people all of the time.

Napssavelives · 18/04/2020 21:49

Everybody fed nobody dead.

BikeRunSki · 18/04/2020 21:52

Time is the currency of love

Came out of a fortune cookie years ago, but I really liked it.

SarahTancredi · 18/04/2020 22:03

If you are going to do something wrong...do it right.

Cattenberg · 18/04/2020 22:05

This too shall pass

And when I’m tempted to put boring tasks off until later:

Be kind to your future self

I thought I’d invented that one, but it turns out I wasn’t the first person to think of it.

worcestersauce29 · 18/04/2020 22:05

What others think of me is none of my business

Muffinbutton · 18/04/2020 22:07

That'll do

Anoisagusaris · 18/04/2020 22:08

This too shall pass.

Fuck it, it’ll do.

ItchyScratch · 18/04/2020 22:10

Remember when you wanted what you have now

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