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What is your motto? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by FatTony@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
 

Doesn't have to be a life motto. Any motto, for any application.

Mine is: "Fear is shorter than regret."

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[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Live hard, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can probably take care of the first two but my ugly ass can't handle the 3rd

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[–] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

MacGyver something everyday.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Keep on keepin' on...

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Don't get paid in promises.

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 3 points 3 months ago

So no more running. I aim to misbehave.

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That's the motto (Mhm) Drop a few bills and pop a few champagne bottles (Mhm) Throwin' that money like you just won the lotto (Mhm)

  • tiesto & ava max

JK. In all seriousness, I don't really have one XD.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

"Give them a hand and they'll want the arm."

In other words while it's okay to help people you need to be careful and impose some limits here and there, as people are naturally greedy and will burden you for their own benefit.

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[–] AtomicTacoSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

“Fuck it.”

I do say this a lot, so I guess this motto.

[–] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

If you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room.

[–] midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every day is a school day!

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[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

In your deathbed you'll regret more the things you didn't do than what you did

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather have the ugly truth than pretty lies.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of a line out of a book, don't remember which one, but it was along the lines of 'if you can't say yes, then answer anyway, because I'd rather die with the answer than live with the question'

[–] meliante@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

You can't change the past and can't control the present. Deal with the future.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Take it sleazy! Maximum effort all the time has only ever gotten me exhausted and useless. Save your strength for when you need it.

(at least, that works for me)

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Everything is temporary

Conversely, nothing is permanent

[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

No murders. Everything else you can apologize for.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

"I'm just a monkey lookin' at a monolith." said in the strong southern drawl possible.

Very good for technical situations where I'm stumped.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Schlimmer geht immer"

It can always be worse.

Not really my motto but a phrase I find myself thinking often in the last couple months.

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[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Any man can grab a tiger by it's balls, but it takes a real man to squeeze.

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on glue.

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 3 months ago

"Will this matter in 6 months?" If not, don't waste your mental energy on it.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

If you don't know why, somebody else does.

[–] fenwickrysen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] sigmabot@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

my motto is 'im otto, i came to get blotto"

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I like my coffee bitter, like life"

"If it tastes good It is not healthy"

Just to clarify, I am not a super healthy eater. I like to use this expression when the topic comes up to point out that there is no magic and is a miserable experience to lose weight and eat better, better to come to terms with it.

Yeah. I am not a super positive person.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

To follow up with yours.

"It has to be worth the calories."

If you're going to eat unhealthy then make sure it's damn tasty and not sad eating.

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[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I have one but I'll tell ya later.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

anything you know could be wrong

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Do what you have to do before you do what you want to do .

If you go outside, have a way to get back in.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

"Don't give a shit."

[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

All progress is progress

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

As my blood type always says: be positive!

I mean, I'm not B+, but I like the sentiment.

[–] ColbysBrush@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

Never trust anything with a beak. Except for crows; crows are bros.

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