# Your mottos **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105 "2002-07-02T21:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/41 "2002-07-03T14:52:56Z")
Put up or shut up. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/42 "2002-07-03T14:55:58Z")
**Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?** That saw me through my entire academic career. This is a book I’ve never read but whose title I admire: **Feel the fear and do it anyway** – a great motto for times of high anxiety. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/43 "2002-07-03T15:28:35Z")
From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long: _You have taken yourself too seriously._ And my own: _Live without fear, die without regrets. (and haunt everyone who pissed you off)_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/44 "2002-07-03T15:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > \*\*"“It’s easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.” \*\* Yes, that’s a good one. But I prefer to state it “Contrition is easier than persmission.” Rhymes, you see. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/45 "2002-07-03T20:02:42Z")
A little bit sappy, but… “To Love Another Person is to See the Face of God” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/46 "2002-07-04T01:01:30Z")
“A fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.” “Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining.” ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/47 "2002-07-04T01:13:42Z")
It’s in my signature. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/48 "2002-07-04T01:16:49Z")
“Only two things are infinite: the universe, and human stupidity. And I’m not sure about the universe.” Helps me feel much better about myself when I’m sitting there working on something and getting exactly nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/49 "2002-07-04T01:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chris Luongo \* > \*\*\ > > If you have duct tape, it ain’t broke! > > If it ain’t broke, fix it 'til it is. \*\* Or, in the words of the immortal Red Green, “If it ain’t broke, you’re not trying.” ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/50 "2002-07-04T04:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*[Oh, and try these demotivations if your work place is innundated with ‘inspirations.’](http://www.caughtatwork.net/demotivations) \*\* There are a lot of the original demotivators (the ones on [despair.com](http://despair.com)) near my cube. And not that many inspirational sayings around, either… My motto is “Excellence is not an act, but a habit.” This is something very close to something else that Aristotle once said. ---
**Author:** ![XCchick22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e19b73/32.png) [@XCchick22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XCchick22)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/51 "2002-07-04T05:13:12Z")
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” I think that’s from Dr. Seuss. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/52 "2002-07-04T06:35:32Z")
I frequently use these quotes to maintain some semblance of harmony in my life: “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” -Buddha “Worry is an insufficient cycle of thought revolving about a pivot of fear.” -Unknown ---
**Author:** ![shell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@shell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shell)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/53 "2002-07-04T06:52:44Z")
Only two good ones… “God hates a coward” and to follow that up, “It’s not a mistake, it’s a learning experience”. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/54 "2002-07-04T08:24:40Z")
My personal favorite: If it’s stupid but it works, it’s not stupid. ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/55 "2002-07-04T10:09:40Z")
I have a few: “You never know until you try.” “A pint can’t hold a quart. If it’s holding a pint, it’s doing the best it can.” “If it doesn’t cause me pain, make me bleed or cost me money… screw it.” ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/56 "2002-07-04T10:12:25Z")
“95 percent of everything is crap.” “Go toward the fear.” I kind of like that one, from someone who argued that if anything frightens you, you should do/confront it immediately. “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/57 "2002-07-04T12:45:31Z")
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” (Louis Pasteur) “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” (seen on bumper sticker) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/58 "2002-07-04T12:59:42Z")
My motto is the same as my blood type: B-positive. It doesn’t always work, but I try. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/59 "2002-07-04T17:55:27Z")
“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing” ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/60 "2002-07-05T02:03:34Z")
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire/Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless” “The only way to get up every morning with a smile on your face is to go to bed with a coat hanger in your mouth.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105.md?page=4)