Mottos to live by -

Find out what you don't do well, then don't do it!

"If it's meant for you it won't pass you by"

My DF always said "a job begun is half done". So true! Nothing ever seems so bad or takes so long once you've actually got down to it.

He also had the motto "a place for everything and everything in its place". This was either due to a very strict upbringing or being in submarines in the war.

Mine would be "least said, soonest mended". I've never actually put it into words, but when I think of the number of times I've just said nothing instead of arguing with someone or pointing out that what they have just said is poppycock, so it certainly fits. Everyone may think I am aimiable but inside I'm just thinking that they'll soon find out what an idiot they are.

Perhaps not strictly a motto but along the lines.

Take time

Take time to laugh, it’s the music of the soul.

Take time to look around, it’s too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to dream, it’s like hitching your wagon to a star.

Take time to be friendly, it’s the road to happiness.

Take time to read, it’s the foundation of wisdom.

Take time to play, it’s the secret of youth.

Take time to think, it’s the source of power.

Take time to work, it’s the price of success.

Do as you would be done by.

A bit of dust never killed anybody.

And ‘You never see a tombstone saying, ‘Her oven was always beautifully clean.’ (I think I made that one up, though.)

Mine is ‘I’d hate to drop dead tonight, having had only a lettuce leaf for lunch’ after I’d watched friends, trying to stay super slim, exercising, drinking black coffee, Diet Coke and a whole lettuce with a few drops of dressing - virtually zero calories- boy, were they miserable

DanniRae as we say 'That's life'

Yes DanniRae. That sums it up for me!?

"Life is how it is ....... not how it should be."

If you worry, it happens.
If you don't worry, it still happens.
So why worry?

Today is the day we worried about yesterday and all is well. (My mum - I come from a long line of worriers!)

Do the thing you don’t want to do first of all.
There’s a lid for every pot.

Celeste22, better still 'do a good by stealth and have it found out by accident'.

My Dad always said "try to do something good every day and not get found out"

MOnica - that’s a truly excellent motto. Encouraging young people to aim high and take the risk is brilliant !

That is not a motto, that is a human right. We are talking mottos.

No abuse. No physical,mental,sexual,financial etc etc

Also what goes around comes around & karma is a bitch!

Treat others how you like to be treated yourself & you attract more bees with honey than with vinegar.

Infinity2

DanniRae - I like that. I’ve just copied it into my planner. ?

Thank you Infinity for your kind words - you have truly made my day

The worse that can happen is they will say no.

I said this to myself, my children and now DGC. To accept that if you aim high, you can fail, but it doesn't really matter, failure isn't the end of the world. Just keep aiming high

Mine's a glass of white Wine please, thank you.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

A problem shared means that more than one person has a problem!

Cymres1 and LindaPat
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”
That’s what my Nan used to say too.
This year it’s been ‘This too shall pass’’.
The most useful one when I was applying for jobs was, ‘If you don’t get it, you’re meant for something better.’ At the time it was hard to believe, but it was right and I love my job.