Hey guys, for fun, I'm interested in knowing what positive mottos people have heard, made up or been told .
YESTERDAY YOU SAID TOMMORROW, JUST DO IT!!!!
Thanks, smile and be nice.
Please Share Your Positive Mottos :)
barginsarelife on 01/07/2015 - 00:20
Last edited 03/07/2015 - 23:30
Last edited 03/07/2015 - 23:30
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I don't know what kind of boxes of chocolates they have in the Southern United States, but every one I've come across in Australia has made the distinction between different chocolates abundantly clear.
In my house when i get a box of chocolates, by the time i get any, i always know what i'm going to get. The horrible nut ones that no one else wants!
The horrible nut ones that no one else wants!
Well at least that applies to your chocolates and not your parents. :)
actually that quote is paying homage to Norwegian Wood - a novel by Japanese by Haruki Murakami. interesting story and it captures what the writers of Forrest Gump where trying to get across with regards to Forrest's character.
If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got.
"You say it best, when you say nothing at all."
most polite way to say STFU
“He is able who thinks he is able” - Buddha
“Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!” - Karl Marx's last words.
Unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax - Alan Watts
Make hay while the sun shines.
But Hay is 723 km from Sydney so what time would I have to start driving to make hay while the sun shines ?
about 8 hours depending on traffic. So you could leave by 10am and still make it while the sun shines, but probably best to leave earlier.
I got two of them (not necessarily positive/success motto) that I thought was nice and quite true.
- Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans - John Lennon
- Love is when a person hurts you and though you try to hurt them in return, you can't coz hurting them would hurt you.
Proud of the past, confident of the future
~PAFC
if "Plan A" didn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters, stay cool.
You live only once?
False!
You live everyday.
You die only once.You live, you die and live again.
- Mad Max.
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
"It was the work of professionals, not everyday consumers."
-Gerry Harvey.God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.Reinhold Niebuhr
There are two kinds of people, those that do the work and those that take the credit.
I hope you understand that it's the latter who get ahead in the world.
I have been in this situation before and most definitely agree with the latter.
You go on. You just go on. There's nothing more to it, and there's no trick to make it easier. You just go on. It's an inevitability. No trick. No choice. You just go on.
Tears will solve few things.
Sweat will solve most things.Pride comes before the fall.
= Fail in life
Pride is the worst value a man can have.
Read The Art Of War or Way to Wealth.
"We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly"
A proud man is the easiest to defeat and deceive.
I have read the below probably 15 to 20 years ago and it has stuck to me like no other. I thinks it's from Tolstoy.
"Humans are fractions.
The numerator is what one is and the denominator is what one thinks of oneself.
The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."Another one that I remind myself in tough situations is:
"Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
These two have helped me a lot to keep up my sanity!
"Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
Would a crippling medical condition make you stronger?
Depends on what your definition of strength is. I'd say yes, mentally.
I'd say yes, mentally.
But not nearly enough to outweigh the loss of physical strength, otherwise wouldn't you intentionally give yourself a crippling injury?
Does PTSD make one mentally stronger?
"Every 60 seconds in Africa, one minute passes"
-Anon"Over 50 % of Africans constitute more than half of Africa's population."
—Scrooge.
while(!(succeed = try ()));
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Work hard 'till expensive becomes cheap - Unknown
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world - Marcus Aurelius
I found these on Pinterest and they resonate in my life,as part of my beliefs and aspirations in life.
1.Tigers don't loose sleep over the opinion of sheep.
2.Hapiness is found, when you stop comparing yourself to other people.
3.You're still gonna get critized, so you might as well do what ever the F…! you want.
4.When someone tells you it can't be done, it's more a reflection of their limitations, not yours.
5.Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better do better. - Maya Angelou
*Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep
Oh, ok! . I had never heard of the saying to be honest, I just saw it on Pinterest ( re-written?) . Thanks for that, it makes much more sense now :) .
No probs :-)
"Don't expect to see a change if you don't make one."
Got that as my iPhone wallpaper at the moment.
Reality is what you make of it
In a similar vein…
Paul Bradford: "Well I reject your reality and I substitute my own!"
He was probably trying to get out of a bad trip
Lol close, apparently, this quote originated from Paul Bradford, a movie character in dungeonmaster, which was then quoted by Adam Savage from Mythbusters which is where I heard it lol.
Essentially the movie where the original quote was from is pretty much sounds like some guy on a trip lol
A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz. She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She continued, "The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything." It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!
Amen…
"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry - Ephesians 4:26. Sum it all up !
"Bite off more than you can chew… then chew like shit!"
"Someone once told me not to bite off more than I can chew, I told them I'd rather choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity."
I love Maya Angelou quotes. She was just incredible:
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
"Nothing will work unless you do."
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
Life is simple. You make choices and dont look back.
Mine is, "don't be a dick"
Oh the irony.
Lol… Sorry.
What's a motto?
Nothing, what's a motto with you? - Timon
'Work or the bank takes the house'
I don't know why but I laughed hard when I read this. Thank you.
"I refuse to be a passive participant in my own life"
Nothing starts with an "N"
There's a song called Everything starts with an E.
"Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now."
- Demotivational series
“The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low cost is forgotten.” John Ruskin 1817-1900
The taste of your meal will be remembered long after the wait is forgotten.
-Nandos
"There is absolutely nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper; and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."
—Unknown.
"To be successful you need to surround yourself with successful people"
"You have to Earn respect"
Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
+1
"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” — Stanley
Fake it til you make it
Fake it to become it - ted talk
Buy now worry later.
Don't be the horse, be the rider.
Confucius say man who drops watch in toilet have shitty time
Confucius says girl who sits on judge's lap, get honorable discharge… GET IT!
Confucius say, man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.
I always say: "I can do, I can do anything!"
And also: "believe and walls won't stop you"
“Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
TP had some awesome ones from Discworld. Loved his books growing up.. and still do :)
!) Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one
2)The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head
3)In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods. They have not forgotten this
4)The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
5)Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind
6)Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces
7)The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp
8Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom
9I’d rather be a rising ape than a falling angel
10) There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this
11Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things
12)Goodness is about what you do. Not what you pray to
13So much universe, and so little time
B+
'Get busy living or get busy dying'
-The Shawshank Redemption.
"Ask and you shall receive, Seek and you will find, Knock and it will be opened to you"
Jesus
it someone does something stupid that involves you,
instead of getting angry, tell yourself that person is good at something,
eg; a person cuts you off while driving,
instead of getting road rage, tell yourself "they make a good apple pie" or absolutely any example of them being good at something.
Umm… Well shit happens…Ummm….Ummm
-Tony Abbott
“Be the change that you want to see in the world.”
such is life.
Im a fan of ned
"Judge a man by his actions, not his words. If they differ, his tongue is lying". Read it from one of David Gemmell's novels.
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life ? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? - Jesus
"Your only limitation is your own imagination"
it was not raining when noah built his ark
“Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.”
― Drake
1) an eneloop in the hand is worth two in the bush
2) give a man a book he will read for a day, give a man a link to free udemey courses, he will learn for a lifetime
3) another day, another dick smith 'deal'
4) give a man a fish he will eat for a day. Give a man the delivery hero app he will eat for a lifetime
5) beard oil is the new black
6) shower at least once per day+1 for OzB version of mottos!
What a fabulous thread. Thank you for this :)
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get."
Forrest Gump's Mum