# What is your life motto?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801 "2010-06-19T19:59:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/101 "2010-06-22T21:06:32Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> And if you can’t change your life, change your attitude.

Or, at least, those ghastly slacks.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/102 "2010-06-22T21:28:13Z")

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_illegitimi non carborundum_

Freely translated from Latin it means “don’t let the bastards grind you down”

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/103 "2010-06-22T21:32:35Z")

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> [@Waxwinged](#):
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> Have fun.

Got it!

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> Don’t die. \>:3

Um, this too.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/104 "2010-06-23T02:58:09Z")

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_Never trust your instincts_.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-motto/543801/105 "2010-06-23T22:19:46Z")

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1. This too shall pass.
2. Be excellent to each other.
3. If you have to eat a frog, it’s best to get it over with. If you have to eat two frogs, eat the big one first.

and, from Albus Dumbledore:

1. To the well-ordered mind, death is but the next great adventure. (I’d kinda like to have that on my tombstone, actually. But not for quite awhile. :D)

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