# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ForgottenLore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@ForgottenLore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForgottenLore)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/61 "2002-07-05T14:13:40Z")
Like **!ce Queen** said, it’s my signature. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/62 "2002-07-05T15:15:34Z")
Depending on the mood, my motto can be… “No Regrets.” -or- “I am… American by birth, Southern by heritage and a Virginian by the grace of God’s own Hand!” ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/63 "2002-07-05T18:33:43Z")
Never set a limit until you have pased it. ---
**Author:** ![\_Uigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/e9a140/32.png) [@\_Uigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Uigi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/64 "2002-07-05T20:14:02Z")
“Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.” (An occassionally handy attitude for the office.) ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/65 "2002-07-05T21:25:24Z")
Fun mottos: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, then it needed replacing anyay. Always fear the person who has nothing left to lose. Real mottos: Que sera sera. Cest La Viet. This, too, will come to pass. You can’t do (or have) everything. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/66 "2002-07-05T21:44:19Z")
“Think like a man of action but act like a man of thought.” - Admiral ??? and…see signature ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/67 "2002-07-06T04:22:04Z")
The Motto I have been known by: “Don’t panic, keep the faith, and be yourself.” others I like: Don’t look at the rain and you won’t get wet. Sometimes you’re the windsheild, sometimes you’re the bug. He who angers you, controls you. ---
**Author:** ![alex5390](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@alex5390](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex5390)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/68 "2002-07-06T15:40:03Z")
Mine is on my signature: ---
**Author:** ![Wildcatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@Wildcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildcatz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/69 "2002-07-06T15:48:34Z")
I have three… _I want it all. And I want it now! That which does not kill me will only hurt me._ The last one is for work. _Don’t panic until you see the doctors and I panic._ ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/70 "2002-07-06T16:03:43Z")
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. Whatever doesn’t kill me postpones the inevitable. “If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose.” (A Simpsons quote I use at least once a day.) And then there are the three rules for surviving med school or residency: 1.) Never stand when you can sit. 2.) Never sit when you can sleep. 3.) See a donut, eat a donut. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/71 "2002-07-06T23:09:13Z")
Hippocrates, “Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult.” (I’m guessing ‘Art long’ means that it takes a lot of time to build up skill and knowledge.) “We’re bound to be truthful,” she said. “But there’s no call to be honest.” Terry Pratchett Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? – Jules Feiffer Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money. The closest thing I have to a personal motto is a poem: Does the Kaleidoscope mourn the passing pattern or rejoice in the jeweled dance? ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/72 "2002-07-06T23:29:23Z")
**To each his own** , **Remember to laugh at yourself** , and **Everyone deserves a second chance**. Oh, and I must have [this.](http://www.caughtatwork.net/demotivations/vision_alpha.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![InsaneGenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7bcc69/32.png) [@InsaneGenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsaneGenius)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/73 "2002-07-07T18:02:34Z")
Improvise, adapt, overcome. Clint Eastwood, Heartbreak Ridge. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/74 "2002-07-07T23:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tim R. Mortiss \* > \*\*“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing” \*\* Hey, no fair! I was going to say that. OK, how 'bout this one then- Life is to short to be taken seriously. Also, check the sig line. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/75 "2002-07-08T11:31:36Z")
“I have an alibi, honest!” and “Moo Moo, I’m a pie.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/76 "2002-07-08T12:11:50Z")
Shit happens. Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. Life is pain. Anyone who says different is selling something. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/77 "2002-07-08T12:20:04Z")
Everything in life is composed of threes. If you don’t believe that, read the above posts. If you’re trying to solve a problem, come up with three solutions. One of them will work. Never f\*ck with other people’s time, other people’s money, or other people’s people. This will spare you about 85% of the problems in life. The three most important things in life are money, possessions, and people. People are more important than possessions, which are more important than money. ---
**Author:** ![Sebhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Sebhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sebhal)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105/78 "2002-07-08T13:08:49Z")
I’ve always liked ‘Credit where credit’s due’, even if it is the really annoying guy who just got something right. My other favourite is in my signature (or should be if I’ve set it up right). N. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mottos/117105.md?page=3)