Do you have a personal motto?

John Marston

John Marston

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I'm just curious if any of you have a guiding principle, or a short phrase defining your purpose or "inner spirit".

Mine is "Be Here Now", inspired by actor Andy Whitfield. I saw a documentary on Netflix about his cancer ordeal and decided to get the same tattoo he had 2 weeks before starting my chemotherapy in 2018.
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It keeps me grounded and I do look at it once in a while :messenger_winking:

And as a former degenerate alcoholic drunk ass bum there's another motto I keep close to my heart:

"Once is a mistake, twice is a decision".

What are your guiding principles or philosophy?


And yes funny or wiseass answers are also welcomed :messenger_smiling_with_eyes:
 
Arya Stark : My motto. "Winter is coming"

Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane : "winter is coming". Of course you have a motto.

Arya Stark : Lots of people have mottos.

Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane : Lots of cunts.
 
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail

It's better to have and not need than to need and not have

Never pass up an opportunity to take a piss

Never stick your dick in crazy
 
For when I'm doing game development: "Is this fun? Is this annoying?"
At all other times: "Perception is a helluva drug." Basically, emotions and lack of good information greatly warp how you can perceive something, so I always remind myself that I'm not seeing something correctly.
 
Treat others how you wish to be treated.
(Assuming you love yourself)

Whats done in the dark, will come to the light.

What goes around, comes around.
I like to think karma is real.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

I learned this during Y2k back in the day. News will give you a million things to be fearful of. Stock market crashes, crimes and shooting happening all over the place, constant world ending events on the horzion. All things outside the reach of most people, so why spending time worrying about it? All we can do is our small part in trying to make the world a better place in what ever way we can.

Edit: John Marston John Marston , thank you for blessing me with gold!
 
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Zelphyr said:
"Once is a mistake, twice is a decision".
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I use a similar saying. "Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a habit."
I also tend to latch onto certain phases from books.
From The Wheel of Time - "time to toss the dice". I'm the type to play it too safe most of the time. One of the reason I'm 5 to 10 years behind I'm my professional career. I get comfortable and stagnate. This reminds me to take some risks.

From the First Law books - "better to do a thing than live in fear of it." Reminds me some things are going to be uncomfortable and just plain suck but it's better to get it done and over than spend your time and energy worrying about it. Plus most things are going to get worse the longer you ignore them.
 
"Do it right," as said in my head by anti-hero father figure Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul.

When you're tempted to cut corners on a task, a disapproving Ehrmantraut is very motivating.
 
I hate to say but mine is
"IQ wise there's a greater difference between myself and the average person than there is between the average person and someone who is literally retarded. Don't expect much from them."
I don't mean it to be arrogant, just don't get upset or surprised when they do things where you can't figure out how they don't know that it's a bad idea.
 
CREAM-Cash Rules Everything Around Me.

Joking aside mine is today will be better than yesterday and tomorrow will be better than today.
 
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No real mottos. There a key Bible verses I may reference but I don't consider those mottos.

I use a lot of cliches though.
 
Philosphy/extracted beliefs, whatever, can be helpful if you know how to use it for more than comedy and light applications (I don't see much help in extracting a one-liner and applying it to a wallpaper background). I for one built myself a more wholistic and useful toolset. Some of the most solid and efficient tools to bring me through life have been advanced brain anatomy knowledge and mindfulness techniques.
 
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Dunno but I have been thinking about the negative effect of being prideful lately a lot.

Pride, bitterness and self pity seem to have a connection I think.
 
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

Camus

"Los mexicanos nacemos donde nos da la rechingada gana!"

Chavela Vargas famous Mexican singer born in Costa Rica
 
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