# What is your MANTRA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964 "2003-12-09T17:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Teegus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Teegus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teegus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/61 "2003-12-11T18:52:03Z")
_There is no spoon_ _Carpe Nocturne_ (Sieze the Night!) and _Fortitudine!_ (My family warcry. Translates as **With Fortitude!** Oh. and also _Meh_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/62 "2003-12-11T23:03:21Z")
“Every cloud has a silver lining, silver being one notch below the elusive gold.” - [Dan Kennedy](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/mantras.html) ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/63 "2003-12-11T23:07:34Z")
“The world is my own personal slip 'n slide.” This has different meanings based on context, but it tends to save me from careless bouts of clumsiness, an attitude towards work that takes all the fun out of life, and moments of bad behaviour that’s only going to get me in trouble in the long run. ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/64 "2003-12-11T23:23:39Z")
Do it different. and _Turkey, turkey, turkey; byork, byork, root._ ---
**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:** [December 12, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/65 "2003-12-12T00:05:35Z")
When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream, and shout. Every now and then, you just have to say, “What the fuck.” ---
**Author:** ![Alexi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Alexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/66 "2003-12-12T00:27:28Z")
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” - Frank Herbert Surprised no one threw that one out there yet. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/67 "2003-12-12T05:40:35Z")
When all else seems lost, FDISK and FORMAT C:. ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/68 "2003-12-12T05:55:41Z")
“Just smile and nod, Theios. Just smile and nod” I find that this mantra keeps my inner, gibbering maniac from grabbing a rifle and climbing the nearest watertower. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/69 "2003-12-12T06:01:38Z")
When it comes to message boards, I ask myself, “will this post contribute anything valuable to the thread?” But I usually hit “submit” anyway. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/70 "2003-12-12T06:12:42Z")
“Treat others how you want to be treated” To me, that encompasses it all. Maybe I’m an idealist, but I honestly believe if everyone on this Earth honestly lived by that rule, this place would be far better. I would even hazard to go as far as to say, that The Ten Commandments (if you’re religious that is, which I’m not)… anyway, I digress… if all humans lived by just that one statement, The Ten Commandments could be swept under the carpet, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/71 "2003-12-12T07:11:23Z")
I once complained I had no shoes, until I met a man that had no feet. ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964/72 "2003-12-12T15:13:18Z")
“Don’t hold a road responsible for the sins of its travelers.” AFAIK, an original todd33rpm. Thought of it one day a decade ago when driving past an ex-girlfriend’s house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mantra/217964.md?page=3)