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What is your motto? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] 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'

[–] 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

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] meliante@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

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

“Fuck it.”

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

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 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.

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

Every day, in every way, I improve myself

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Dont break the weekend rules

  • Do NOT add to the population
  • Do NOT subtract from the population
  • Do not ever do anything that will have you end up in the newspaper, hospital or jail.
    • If you do end up in jail, establish dominance quickly.

Also dont do anything you would be afraid to explain to the paramedics.

[–] stelelor@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Never be afraid of paramedics, they aren't there to rat you out. They just want to know what they need to do to make you better/not worse. They hate paperwork as much as anyone, and a dead patient is a ton of paperwork.

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[–] midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Every day is a school day!

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

"Life is simultaneously too large and small, it is not worth spending time planning it"

[–] 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.

[–] RyanLiu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"You can't find the truth, you pick the lie you like best."

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

What's wrong with "I don't know"?

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 months ago

"Kills bugs dead."

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

Live hard, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 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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[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago

So no more running. I aim to misbehave.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 2 months ago

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

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

Don't get paid in promises.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 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.

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

MacGyver something everyday.

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

You do the best you can with what you've got.

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

Probably something like "It's probably not as bad as you think" which applies to people, situations, difficulty of talks and a lot other stuff.

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

All progress is progress

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