# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/81 "2013-01-12T22:44:42Z")
_For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge for me is to traverse its full length. And there I travel—looking, looking, breathlessly._ Carlos Castaneda, _The Teachings of Don Juan_ ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/82 "2013-01-13T07:55:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. My rejoinder: any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable in effect from malice. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/83 "2013-01-13T08:34:22Z")
**Crafter-Man** may I steal this? It’s too good not to pass along. _Colibri_ Ah, the lines of the world. I’m still looking for my spot. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/84 "2013-01-13T10:31:26Z")
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! -Edna St. Vincent Millay ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/85 "2013-01-13T14:12:27Z")
“You had your entire life to prepare for today.” ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/86 "2013-01-13T22:48:21Z")
Some more: “In life, you need vision, structure and drive.” This is good for your everyday life and my argument for the importance of government. I’m always hearing people talk about “government is the problem, not the solution.” and I feel compelled to ask them why they don’t move to somalia if they think that’s the case. “Everyone is equal and deserves love. As your very nature as a human being, you have a right to it.” I like this because it’s positive, however I understand the world has some cruel people in it whose actions have very good arguments against them deserving of any love. “I’m easy-going, kind, confident and good-looking.” This is an affirmation I use often. “I’m the man.” Another affirmation. Trust in yourself is the essence of confidence. Just be thankful you have a glass. People in Africa have to use their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/87 "2013-01-13T23:52:15Z")
More! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/88 "2013-01-14T01:10:04Z")
“Fake it 'til you make it.” . --anonymous “Chance favors the prepared mind” . --some movie I can’t remember ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/89 "2013-01-14T03:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=Ruby;15895916 “Chance favors the prepared mind” . --some movie I can’t remember[/QUOTE] [Under Siege II](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114781/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6) the Choo Choo Train Sequel. I can’t believe I remember that. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/90 "2013-01-14T04:02:39Z")
I’m going to be a better person. Starting tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/91 "2013-01-14T04:16:14Z")
Be real, have fun. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/92 "2013-01-14T08:30:00Z")
_That which is, is, and therefore has a right to be_. I had a prof in law school who would guarantee a passing grade to any student who could positively identify the quote. He had been making this offer for five years and had no results. He thought it was from Friedrich Nietzche but could not verify. ---
**Author:** ![momosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@momosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/momosa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/93 "2013-01-14T08:34:26Z")
Never admit, deny or specify… Don’t eff with an effer , unless you wanna get effed… Be a man, use her hand… When in doubt, rub one out… Please, stop talking …before you get stabbed in the forehead with this fork! ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/94 "2013-01-14T18:48:39Z")
“There are few situations in life that cannot be honourably settled either by suicide, a bag of gold, or by thrusting a despised antagonist over the edge of a precipice.” ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/95 "2013-01-14T19:27:13Z")
> [@Scotty Mo](#): > > Let’s hear them. > > Mine right now: “Only talk when you have too. The rest of the time, just stand there and look good.” And, never volunteer information… ---
**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 14, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/96 "2013-01-14T19:57:03Z")
Some people are like a slinky. Useless, but would be fun to push down a flight of stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/97 "2013-01-14T20:57:31Z")
I fear the man of one book. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/98 "2013-01-14T21:06:32Z")
Never ask a question whose answer you don’t really want to know. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/99 "2013-01-14T21:42:48Z")
Beware the man who won’t be bothered with details. If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can’t read books. Never cut what can be untied. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538/100 "2013-01-15T19:02:32Z")
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