Do you have a motto?

[DelusiveNinja]

Do you have a eternal motto, a phrase or quote that you live by?

I'm thinking about adapting the motto:
"If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick" from the show Hyouka

 

[TimeAsylums]

"I'm Different" - 2 Chainz :

Beat it up, beat it up, then I get some head
Well I might get some head, then I beat it up
I don't give a fuck, switch it up, nigga live it up

Spoiler

....lol

I believe the popular youngster term is "yolo."

Since I'm trolling:

In regards to your signature:

Life is incluusive of death and everything inbetween, the same can be said with death because it infers the previous (inbetween) and life. Ergo it's one thing: life.
Thaat is: Life: birth - alive - death; the term already holds everything.

 

[Beholder]

I have a friend who adopted this thing, whenever he needs to decide between two options, he flips a coin, where tails means doing the responsible thing, and heads means doing the impulsive/potentially interesting experience/new thing.
My motto is just whenever you need do decide what to do, choose the option which will result in the most new or interesting experience.

 

[Void]

A man came up to Buddha and said to him: "Buddha, I want happiness.". Buddha responded: "First, get rid of 'I', that's ego. Next, get rid of 'want', that's desire. See, how all you've been left with now is happiness


I'm doing fairly well, but people tend not to appreciate this way of life in the western civilization. So it can cause trouble.

 

[Chad]

I like the motto "No one makes me do anything therefore I am ultimately completely responsible for any action I take or thought I have or don't take/have"

 

[Hayyel]

Nothing, what's a motto with you?

 

[John_Mann]

Maximization of well-being/pleasure and minimization of ill-being/pain.

I live my life with that motto in my mind. Kind of Yin Yang. You cannot entirely keep/avoid the opposites, but you can affect the wheel's rotation.

Another one:

You can do what you (must/need) have to do, never is too late, as long as you are alive.

 

[Architect]

"No time is wasted time" is as close as it gets.

 

[Nick]

"No Rest. No Mercy. No matter what."

 

[Nezaros]

I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.

 

[r4ch3l]

a v -a (XOR)

x <--> -x

"I don't chase highs, I chase epiphanies"

 

[SpaceYeti]

"Carpe crastinum"

 

[typus]

Carpe carps.

 

[Ink]

a v -a (XOR)

x <--> -x

what does it mean?

 

[r4ch3l]

Paola Zizzi explains it better.

A is not A, therefore it is A.

 

[Amagi82]

"Any sufficiently advanced form of learning is indistinguishable from play."

 

[TimeAsylums]

In all reality though:

"Cherish the Day"

 

[Turniphead]

I wouldn't necessarily call it a motto, just a helpful reminder, but I have:
"Channel my Excitement; not Punish my Mistakes" pinned beside my monitor.

 

[pjoa09]

#yolo

all day

every fucking day.


But really its just Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech in 2005 that I always watch when I feel like I am headed the wrong path or if I need some motivation.

 

[Nezaros]

YOLO is carpe diem for illiterates.

 

[SpaceYeti]

They obviously know how to spell, otherwise they couldn't form the acronym. Duh.

But seriously, I've started using yolo meta-humorously, just like "yo mama" jokes.

 

[Brontosaurie]

"Any sufficiently advanced form of learning is indistinguishable from play."

love this one

 

[BigApplePi]

Thimk

 

[Hadoblado]

Yolo is a big favourite. Normally used in the same way as 'oops'.

I watch this video about once a week to get me angry and give me something to work towards. I get apathetic otherwise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gjJ2lNfbzo

It's not a motto, but it serves the same purpose.

 

[Nezaros]

They obviously know how to spell, otherwise they couldn't form the acronym. Duh.

They heard it from a song. Any appearances of YOLO in text is solely because these people have convinced some poor soul to type things onto the internet for them.

 

[pjoa09]

They heard it from a song. Any appearances of YOLO in text is solely because these people have convinced some poor soul to type things onto the internet for them.

I hate it when someone on Instagram takes a selfie and comments #yolo on it.

It'd be outrageously uncool to comment #carpediem. It also sucks to go around yelling Latin phrases when those two words are pretty much the extent of your vocabulary.

 

[Nezaros]

I hate it when someone on Instagram takes a selfie and comments #yolo on it.

It'd be outrageously uncool to comment #carpediem. It also sucks to go around yelling Latin phrases when those two words are pretty much the extent of your vocabulary.

Selfies, Instragram, hashtags and yolo. How well they all fit together, perfect to throw into the trash compactor where they belong.

 

[pjoa09]

Selfies, Instragram, hashtags and yolo. How well they all fit together, perfect to throw into the trash compactor where they belong.

I have a bit of an issue with inappropriate tagging but I like all of those.

 

[TheScornedReflex]

I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.

Ha! I watched that movie last weekend. I wish they had kept the series going.


Thread related:

I fear no man for death is all that is promised.

Also,
The Goddess Prevails .

 

[Abe]

I live by two
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance"
- Socrates
And I also make a point to never lie to myself, but that not really a motto

 

[Twn]

"Don't double dip. And if you do, have the decency to wash the skunk off of your piece before sticking it into another hole."

 

[RobdoR]

"The sooner you get behind, the more time you'll have to catch up."

 

[redbaron]

I have no idea what I'm doing.

 

[QuickTwist]

"No time is wasted time" is as close as it gets.

Clever, works on multiple levels.

Personally I don't have a motto or mantra or whatever else you want to call it.

"Presently live for the future" is a clever one I came up with.

 

[BigApplePi]

-Yolo-

If at first you don't succeed, try reincarnation.

 

[Architect]

"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance"
- Socrates

Christopher Hitchens emphasized this during his religion debates. He was pointing out that the religious aren't as certain as they think they are, which is certainly true. However while it was true in Socrates' time it's not so much now. We actually know quite a lot about an awful lot of the universe.

For example, we haven't even gone outside of our solar system and seen a different sun but I think we can be pretty sure that we know what they will be like. For instance, without seeing every sun in the universe we know that we won't find one powered by pixie dust.

 

[Inappropriate Behavior]

"I'll sleep when I'm tired"

 

[Chad]

Christopher Hitchens emphasized this during his religion debates. He was pointing out that the religious aren't as certain as they think they are, which is certainly true. However while it was true in Socrates' time it's not so much now. We actually know quite a lot about an awful lot of the universe.

For example, we haven't even gone outside of our solar system and seen a different sun but I think we can be pretty sure that we know what they will be like. For instance, without seeing every sun in the universe we know that we won't find one powered by pixie dust.

Interesting analogy. However, I believe Socrates little piece of wisdom is still valuable today. The only way to keep learning is to accept that you don't have it all figured out yet. The moment you believe you have everything figured out is the moment you stop learning and you are truly ignorant.

This is not to say that you are ignorant that wasn't the implication, I use the word "you" in general for any human that believes they have nothing left to learn about everything or anything in particular.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

Know yourself.
Evolve.
Most of all...Amor fati.

 

[Publius]

"Any sufficiently advanced form of learning is indistinguishable from play."

This is amazing and I am stealing it.

 

[QuickTwist]

Christopher Hitchens emphasized this during his religion debates. He was pointing out that the religious aren't as certain as they think they are, which is certainly true. However while it was true in Socrates' time it's not so much now. We actually know quite a lot about an awful lot of the universe.

For example, we haven't even gone outside of our solar system and seen a different sun but I think we can be pretty sure that we know what they will be like. For instance, without seeing every sun in the universe we know that we won't find one powered by pixie dust.

What if the "pixie dust" has a lot of energy storing potential that could be tapped into? Couldn't it then be used as an energy source for life?

 

[JimJambones]

"I'll sleep when I'm tired"

I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead.