We don’t have an official family motto, but I often joke that if we did it would be: “No Mistakes Allowed.” The family patriarch has a very high pressure job where pretty much no mistakes are allowed; that kind of commitment to avoiding errors is a big part of him. It’s no wonder really that he raised us the way he did. I can remember spilling milk as a toddler and being told to keep my wits about myself. Hmmm… that one kind of works for us too: “Keep Your Wits About You.”
edit: relevant
Gee. This bears thinking about.
“Summer is coming”, har har.
Or “Keep calm and carry on”, overused as that is. We have the poster in our kitchen and I wore a necklace that said that on our wedding day.
The enemy gate is down.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
“Non timeo sed caveo” meaning “I do not fear but am cautious.”
That is literally what it is.
Cognosce teipsum et disce pati
“Know thyself and learn to suffer”
“This, too, shall pass.”
“We’re a bunch of crazy motherfuckers- but don’t tell anybody!”?
“Non Curamus De Minimis.”*
Very loosely translated: we don’t sweat the small stuff.
*Obviously adapted from old legal adage “Lex non curat de minimis,” or “The law doesn’t concern itself with insignificant things.”
“I’ll give you something to cry about!”
Never pay retail.
“Be Prepared”
My father carried band aids in his wallet, and so do I.
“What could possibly go wrong?”
“Laugh it up, laugh it off.”
Madmonk’s is funny as hell.
Our actual clan motto is Meane Weil, Speak Weil and Do Weil
Never turn back
Porcelain is glass.
Interesting one! What is the significance to your family?
That’s also the motto of the city of Boca Raton, Fl.
Wasn’t at the time.