Your life's motto

[Deadfire]

I know that this topic is kind of corny but I'm in a interesting mood. This mood has made me ask that question. No rules, just state what your life's motto or words you live your life on. You can put as much depth in to it as you wish, but please make it a sentance. Mine will given out later but I will give my old one

"Life sucks, Get over it!"

anyways, discuss

[Psyke]

I do have one actually. It actually comes from a chinese phrase meaning "Why be so serious?". It generally refers to attitude in life and work, as in enjoy it while you can. Youth doesn't last forever. Another one I go by (also translated from chinese proverb) is "Adapting to the situation as it changes", and "Go with the flow". All 3 are some what linked to one's perspective over life, and how not to be so hard on yourself.

[BioAlien]

well.. since i was going to say "kill the infidel!" i desided to go on a random quizz thingy, for it to tell me my motto, so here it is "Just shut up and get over it."
hum, ya that a good motto too

[LaZie]

When I wake up in the morning "Sigh.....another day of boring school."

[darkmetal505]

shit happens...

[Aramis]

"I don't need a reason to live"
Your life belongs to you, so you can do anything you want with it, even lose it. The point in living is that something awesome might happen someday that makes it all worthwhile. Even if not, once you're dead that doesn't matter. In death, things like having lived happily or painfully or having wasted time don't matter.
Basically, life is worth living because it's free. Most of the time it sucks, but there's always the chance that it doesn't. Death might be cool too, but it costs your life.

[ChiaCheese]

Try to be best
Cause youre only a man
And a mans gotta learn to take it

Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it

History repeats itself
Try and youll succeed

Never doubt that youre the one
And you can have your dreams!

Youre the best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own

Fight til the end
Cause your life will depend
On the strength that you have inside you

Ah you gotta be proud
starin out in the cloud
When the odds in the game defy you

Try your best to win them all
and one day time will tell
when youre the one thats standing there
youll reach the final bell!

Youre the best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ho-how-ho-own

INSPIRING GUITAR SOLO

Youre the best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own

Fight til you drop
never stop
cant give up
Til you reach the top (FIGHT!)
youre the best in town (FIGHT!)
Listen to that sound
A little bit of all you got
Can never bring you down

Youre the best!
Around!
Nothings gonna ever keep you down
Youre the Best!
Around!

repeat to fade, occasional background shouts of Oh Ye-eah!

[masamuneehs]

I don't really have just one motto. I guess I employ different one's, based on whatever circumstance I'm in. So I guess a basic motto would be something to do with being able to adapt, sorta like Psyke's.

But my top 3 are:

1. "Don't be sad because it's over. Be happy because it happened." I have to tell myself this alot. Really puts a different perspective on things when I'm regretting something or "yearning for the good old days". As seriously as I take it, this ironically is a quote from Dr. Seuss.

2. "And then you wonder if you saw it, and you did." This is one I made up myself. Its basic message is "It doesn't matter if it's real or not. If you think it is, act on it" as that's about as much as anyone can do. I usually think of this one when I'm doubting my instincts, overanalyzing something or questioning whether I have grounds to act/say something. I also think of this one when to pull my head out of the clouds, when I'm harping on "wouldn't it be nice if..." and "if only..." when there's some stark evidence/experience to the contrary. I like this one cuz it can have lots of different meanings.

3. "Where would you rather be than right here, right now?" This is a quote from Marv Levy, the former coach (and current head of football operations) for the Buffalo Bills. This really isn't a motto, I know. But if you ask yourself it you'll find out alot about yourself and the situations you're often in. It is also a good motivational question. Depending on how you answer you might realize that you just have to grit it out and keep going on whatever path you chose. Other times you'll figure out that you are really in a spot you don't want to be, and that you'd be better off doing something else or going elsewhere.

[Kraco]

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

What does that even mean in the end... It's like an anti-excuse as it attempts to negate the need to explain. Certainly it's no advice.

[basey44]

the end justifies the mean

i dunno, i dont really live by it or follow it, but its kinda cool i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Carnage]

Charmen Ultra! Less is More!

[aznroyale]

Pokemon Team Rockets Motto

[Ero-Fan]

"Its not cheating if you don't get caught"

Haha, that'll be mine.

[Kraco]

Originally posted by: Ero-Fan
"Its not cheating if you don't get caught"


That's a nice Valentine's day motto...

[Ero-Fan]

Originally posted by: Kraco


Originally posted by: Ero-Fan
"Its not cheating if you don't get caught"


That's a nice Valentine's day motto...

Eh, I'm loyal to a fault, but it would be a funny one for Valentine's day, huh? I meant more in line with cheating to get ahead in life, not to get some. Tests, work, that kind of stuff.

[Kraco]

Heh. Yeah, I certainly didn't mean to imply anything. But when my dull mind once in a while happens to come up with something witty, and moreover it happened to be the single day in a year when it actually was witty, the only choice was to post. As a joke. Your post did give the intended impression, though. I just twisted it a bit.

[Ero-Fan]

Originally posted by: Kraco
Heh. Yeah, I certainly didn't mean to imply anything. But when my dull mind once in a while happens to come up with something witty, and moreover it happened to be the single day in a year when it actually was witty, the only choice was to post. As a joke. Your post did give the intended impression, though. I just twisted it a bit.

I know it was a joke, but I just wanted to clear things up, since some people (not gonna name names) are so fucking serious about everything. They would have been like, "OMFG, Ero-Fan is such a scum-bag!" Not that this is that far off.
My second motto: " Work is a good place to catch up on your sleep. Or post messages on a forum."
Edit: @Terra: Awesome, just purely awesome. I knew someone would do that! i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif

[Terracosmo]

My motto: "OMFG Ero-Fan is such a scum-bag!"






My real motto: "Det loser sig". Swedish for "it gets solved". Meaning that things always fall together eventually. Good words to live by, especially when sad.

[Knives122]

"Why do today, when you can put off till tomorrow"

[The Heretic Azazel]

Don't piss on my boot and tell me it's raining.

[XanBcoo]

I have a few:

"Never go back on your word": I make a promise, or say I will do something, and I do it. I heard one time that a man has no greater honor than his word, and thought that was a pretty good code to live by. This was also influenced by Naruto somewhat.

I also have a moral code which I TRY to live by, yet rarely succeed. That is simply to put others ahead of myself, but to disregard the wants of others if there is some higher priority. So in order of importance, I try to tend to: 1. What needs to be done. 2. The needs/wants of others. And then, 3. The needs/wants of myself.

"Make them proud': This is just to remind me of how much I have in my life, and that none of it should be wasted. I always feel I owe a lot to the people who have made sacrifices for me (not just my parents, either). So this is kind of a motivational motto. It's similar to one I used to have that went "to whom much is given, much is expected" but that one seemed too rigid and put too much pressure on me, so I settled for one that acknowledged those who support me.

"Live a life without regrets": Simple enough. I'm usually pretty shy person, and I'm not inclined to take chances. This is just to remind me that it's no good sitting around, thinking of what could have been.

"Meh, that's life": Similar to "shit happens"

"Never take raisins from a rabbit": From Baulder's Gate. This one gets a special mention i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Deblas]

At first dreams seem impossible
Then improbable
but eventually, they become inevitable

Damn right I'm going to become the dictator of the world!

[Mr Squiggles]

"Screw consequences, act on impulse!"
or
"Why? Because I can..."

[Deadfire]

wow i didn't think so many would answer anyways i said i'd give my current one and here it is

My existence may create some things
That may make or break me
But whatever it does it will define me
Make my mark for better or worse

All I can hope for is
I will help that someone
And that person will go on and help another
That way I can fade in peace

[Honoko]

Do good. Live freely.

[PSJ]

"It's just a life"

Heard a classmates dad say this, he is also a cab driver. Said it while he drove me and my friends home one night, which was a pure coincidence. Really liked it for some reason.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Burnin pages of the Bible
Just to get the fuck by
Don't give a shit about Jesus
I'm too busy getting high

[anphorus]

I usually go by the "people can do whatever they want, as long as they keep others out of it." philosophy. It basically means that I don't give two flying shits about what anyone else does with their life, as long as they keep other people out of it. I may find the image of two men having sex horrible, but if guys want to be gay then I really don't care, just don't start doing it in my living room.

I also like "At least your better off than X" This is what I say when any of my friends starts emoing up the place, I just tell them to appreciate what they do have instead of what they don't. If they get upset I just say "at least you still have your family, friends, home etc." and try to get them to appreciate this stuff while they have it. 'Cause you never know when the day will come that you don't have it anymore and you look back and think "I didn't appreciate it/him/her at all." or "I wish I knew them better as a person" or something like that.

[ES]

"Never argue with an idiot, he'll bring you down to his level and beat you with experience".
~Unknown
Thank God, im blessed with some sort of miniscule patience with these types. that and also with my small machete-like knife when I work..

"Life is pleasant, Death is peacefull."
It's the transition that is troublesome."
~Isaac Azimov
I dont know the guy but thsi one is of personal choice to me.

[Xollence]

Eat now, burn later.

[mage]

from fight club: "let the things that truly dont matter slide"

[mr3vi1m0nk3y]

oh yeah...fuck it

[darkmetal505]

the first pokemon theme song:

"I wanna be the very best, that no one ever was
to catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause!"

[Lefty]

When life gives you lemons, kick him in the balls and say "I ordered a beer bitch!"

[2:25]

Life's short. So, eat dessert first.

[LobsterMagnet]

This is not so much a life motto as much as it is a qoutable qoute (that I came up with myself nonetheless).

"some say one should not a judge a book by it's cover. I have read from the book of (Insert name of intended person or object here) and let me tell you, most of the pages were blank."

[Divinity]

"You can laugh at me because I'm different, but I'm going to laugh at you because your all the same."

In other words.. Don't do things you don't like to just fit in and be like everyone else. Just do your own thing and if people don't like you for that, then screw them because there's like 9395893859485943895849529852 people in this world who will like you. Being different is good anyway. Why would you want to be the same? That's boring!

[Honoko]

Originally posted by: 2:25
Life's short. So, eat dessert first.
haha, did you know that the word "stressed" is "desserts" backwards? so now you know what to do when u're feeling out of sorts ;-)

[Turkish-S]

life is short play more.

[aznimperialx]

Protect the Fine Arts...
shoot a rapper

[Carnage]

Originally posted by: aznimperialx
Protect the Fine Arts...
shoot a rapper

If only I had the chance........................

Here's one I learned from John Stewart:

Fuck it, just fuck it.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: God#2
Here's one I learned from John Stewart:

Fuck it, just fuck it.
I've heard that line in a porno, too.

I'm impressed with some of ya'lls mottos. A lot of them show pretty mature thinking, and others have made me think about my own. I especially like the Marv Levy one, Deadfire's, and Honoko's. Others seem kinda like bumper stickers I'd like to buy. i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[complich8]

sig:: complacence is the enemy.

[ChaosK]

"just tell waldo you were too drunk to find him, he'll understand"

[6Zabuza9]

prevent homelessness and world hungar. eat the homeless!

real motto: do i need a reason to win?

[Carnage]

I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT!!!!

Okay, heres my REAL motto (I think this is quoted from Eintstein):

"Infinity applies to only two things: The universe and human stupidity. And Im not even sure about the universe"

[Mae]

I remember we had this topic like a year ago or something. Anyways, my motto is still the same:

Death before dishonor!

For one, it's snappy. You need a snappy motto. Second, well, I've seen too many people give away their honor or integrity for crap. Stealing from a friend, cheating on a spouse, betraying what they believe in for money. Money gets spent, the stuff you buy breaks, the kicks you get are over, and then what are you left with?

[RedX1z]

some of the things i like..

"life is like a dick, when it gets hard, fuck it!"

"it takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."

"i'm not god, but i can do tricks too."

"if you knew we were all going to die tomorrow, would you die without regret? if not, go out now and do something about it!"

[Board of Command]

Live cheap, die cheap.

[Assassin]

If at first you don't succeed, cheat. Repeat until caught. Then lie.

@boc: shouldn't that be "Physics does" in your sig

[Sapphire]

Mine would probably be something stupid like, "My Karma ran over your Dogma"

[Strider]

"Fuck or get fucked .."

"Two words: Boogie Down. Raised me. Crazed me. So, I live by two words: Fuck you. Pay me."

[Board of Command]

Originally posted by: Assassin
@boc: shouldn't that be "Physics does" in your sig
Nah that's just a line I pulled out from an old episode of 3rd Rock.

[6Zabuza9]

get rich or die trying

[aznimperialx]

Originally posted by: 6Zabuza9
get rich or die trying


thats such a gay ass quote a better verison would be Get rich ...or die poor

[Carnage]

Originally posted by: aznimperialx


Originally posted by: 6Zabuza9
get rich or die trying


thats such a gay ass quote a better verison would be Get rich ...or die poor

I think he was joking. Wait, were you joking?

I think a better motto would be be "Become Great, or die trying"

My motto doesn't sound gangster. Thats why it I think it sounds better.

[xDarkMaster]

Hatred - The anger of the weak. It's not really my life motto but it sounds cool. i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

[Honoko]

C'mon people, quit posting quotes that sound cool and really put in a one-liner that actually sums up how you want live your life (which, I think is the requirement for a life motto).

[6Zabuza9]

i was jking about get rich or die trying.

maybe, "everyshot you don't shoot, is a shot missed." for basketball

[Carnage]

God values smarter people more.

[Kraco]

Originally posted by: God#2
God values smarter people more.

That's hardly true. If it was true, then why are most of the people born fools?

Edit: Added the quote.

[Carnage]

Then there wouldnt be anyone smart, for there would be no fools.

[Board of Command]

Originally posted by: 6Zabuza9
i was jking about get rich or die trying.

maybe, "everyshot you don't shoot, is a shot missed." for basketball
I don't quite agree with that. If you're into basketball then I'm sure you've heard this phrase somewhere:

"The best shot is the shot not taken."

[Divinity]

Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command


Originally posted by: 6Zabuza9
i was jking about get rich or die trying.

maybe, "everyshot you don't shoot, is a shot missed." for basketball
I don't quite agree with that. If you're into basketball then I'm sure you've heard this phrase somewhere:

"The best shot is the shot not taken."

Actually... "You will always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

In other words... Take your shots when you have the chance. Not just basketball, but as a metaphor.(I tihnk im using the word right.)

[stos289]

Mine's a Hindu Proverb:

"Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! - thine own has reached the shore."

Pretty much describes how I live my life.

[Assassin]

Thats a lie!!

you dont own a boat.

[Ryllharu]

Kill it with Fire (http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5641/11400204030700bi.gif)

Make sure that what you were going to do gets done. Don't do anything halfway. If it has to be done, get it done completely. I think these words really are best described by the above motto.

It's how I get my massive engineering homework assignments done.

And when they're done: "Rock on."

[Board of Command]

Originally posted by: Divinity


Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command


Originally posted by: 6Zabuza9
i was jking about get rich or die trying.

maybe, "everyshot you don't shoot, is a shot missed." for basketball
I don't quite agree with that. If you're into basketball then I'm sure you've heard this phrase somewhere:

"The best shot is the shot not taken."

Actually... "You will always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

In other words... Take your shots when you have the chance. Not just basketball, but as a metaphor.(I tihnk im using the word right.)
I'm talking about observing the offensive situation. In case you didn't know, "the best shot is the shot not taken" means before you take a shot, always look around to see if there's a better choice than shooting. Often there is a better alternative to you taking the shot. Like you mentioned, it doesn't just apply to just basketball or sports in general, but to everything you do in life. Always think thoroughly about the situation before making a decision.

This is probably the one principle I follow the most in life.

[Nai]

"Karma's a bitch. Hence why she favors me."