# Life Mottos **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538 "2013-01-08T21:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/1 "2013-01-08T21:29:54Z")
Let’s hear them. Mine right now: “Only talk when you have too. The rest of the time, just stand there and look good.” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/2 "2013-01-08T21:32:35Z")
‘‘Half of life is showing up.’’ This is a really good motto for people with avoidance behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/3 "2013-01-08T21:38:18Z")
You can’t control other people’s actions, only your own. and Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![aag3981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aag3981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aag3981)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/4 "2013-01-08T21:47:46Z")
Hakuna Matata ---
**Author:** ![aag3981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aag3981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aag3981)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/5 "2013-01-08T21:49:08Z")
I should probably be working on something right now… ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/6 "2013-01-08T21:49:30Z")
While chain swing seat will be warm. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/7 "2013-01-08T21:51:38Z")
> [@aag3981](#): > > I should probably be working on something right now… That’s my motto. Also: We have two ears and one mouth for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/8 "2013-01-08T22:14:50Z")
You gotta live like you’re on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/9 "2013-01-08T22:20:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. This. And, one I’ve been thinking a lot about lately: When given the option, choose the more compassionate course. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/10 "2013-01-08T22:24:37Z")
“If it’s stupid and it works, it ain’t stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/11 "2013-01-08T22:25:48Z")
The only person looking out for you, is you. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/12 "2013-01-08T22:26:23Z")
This is probably going to hurt a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/13 "2013-01-08T22:26:35Z")
Mine is “you can’t forget where you came from.” ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/14 "2013-01-08T22:29:04Z")
This too shall pass. Works to get me through the shit times by reminding me they’ll end, but also reminds me to concentrate on the good times and make the most of them. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/15 "2013-01-08T22:37:25Z")
Another I say to myself is “Whatever happens will happen.” It sounds a little dumb, perhaps, but it’s been known to work. One of my mottos this summer, while working very hard on a production of a musical, was “I’ll take it” - meaning I’ll take whatever comes. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/16 "2013-01-08T22:43:17Z")
> [@aag3981](#): > > Hakuna Matata This is a good one. I’ve used it before, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/17 "2013-01-08T22:43:34Z")
If you know what you’re doing, it’s not an adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/18 "2013-01-09T00:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Life Motto’s Mine is: “An apostrophe is only used to indicate possession or contraction.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/19 "2013-01-09T00:04:40Z")
“Where ever you go, there you are.” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/20 "2013-01-09T00:08:51Z")
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