A Lot o' Mottos: What are your words to live by?

[DavidVillaJr]

TANSTAAFL










there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

by way of Robert Heinlein

 

[HadleyH]

To thine own self be true.

Yep.
That one I think I live by/follow/ like/love/ more than my original motto.

 

[Harp]

"Chance favors the prepared mind."

Louis Pasteur

 

[tinmanzzz]

Read my Signature

Also,
"A promice made is a debt unpaid"
Then I have always been a sucker for words like Duty & Honor
Semper Fidelis

 

[carebear]

Bóna ná Coróin

"Neither collar nor crown", good enough for my ancestors, good enough for me.

 

[Rafter]

"With great power comes great responsibility."

Who am I? You sure you want to know?
The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied.

 

[J.S.Udontknowme]

"Eat or be eaten."

 

[FedoraGent]

One of many...

If you pour it, they will come.

 

[Fletch]

My my, gentlemen. All this hard simple stuff and I'll be forced to respond with a few more of my favorite eggheads...Nietzsche, anyone?

 

[staggerwing]

In life, the spoils do not go to the timid.

Living well is the best revenge.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It frustrates you and annoys the pig.

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Whoever dies with the most toys wins.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

And from my father - "Son, one day you'll find there are more horses' behinds in this world than there are horses" - but he didn't say behinds.

 

[Fletch]

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Nietzsche-keen! But not to be taken too literally.

 

[scotrace]

And that which does kill you, makes your mother stronger.

 

[staggerwing]

Nietzsche-keen! But not to be taken too literally.

True. Sometimes that which does not kill us just hurts alot.

 

[Fletch]

Everything in moderation, even moderation.
- James Hilton, Lost Horizon (1923)

 

[K.D. Lightner]

I was reminded of some graffitti I once saw regarding "He who dies with the most toys wins." Someone had crossed out "wins" and written "is dead."

karol

 

[Pilgrim]

I simply try to live by the golden rule - even to parking between the lines in supermarket lots, and always taking a cart into the store with me to get it out of the parking spaces.

But if you want a good day-to-day motto, here it is: "Life is too short to drink lite beer."

 

[carebear]

Diver motto - Air is like sex, it's only important when you aren't getting any.

 

[Gary Crumrine]

"Weakness Provokes"

 

[beaucaillou]

"Weakness Provokes"

I know a lot of people that subscribe to that.

 

[JazzBaby]

Mine is "life is too short to be healthy", which I don't really subscribe to per say, it's just a flimsy excuse for me to smoke and eat junk food