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What is your motto in life?

I am curious to know about everybody's motto in life, and compare that to my beliefs. Thank you.

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Topics: Teenagers experience motto questions
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  • daniel hehir 20+

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    Jul 8 2012: Always get in the last word ;-)
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    Nathan Jones

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    Jul 8 2012: always give the product of your greatest potential.

  • Mikey Lee

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    Jul 6 2012: Just close your eyes, and jump.

  • daniel hehir 20+

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    Jul 6 2012: You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

    Abe Lincoln

  • daniel hehir 20+

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    Jul 6 2012: He not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan
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    Debra Smith 200+

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    Jul 5 2012: If I examine th evidence of my life, it is not always the lofty motto I would choose. I often appear to resort to "try harder".

  • Shokrullah Amiri 10+

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    Jun 13 2012: life is not for money.
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    Stewart Gault 30+

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    Jun 10 2012: to learn something new every day and to lessen the suffering of others
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    edward long 100+

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    Jun 10 2012: Know God and enjoy Him.

  • Jeff Cable

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    Jun 10 2012: If you keep on doing what you have been doing, you are going to keep on getting the same results.

  • Philip Crume

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    Jun 10 2012: Your focus determines your reality. (from Star Wars)

  • Brandon Blanchette

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    Jun 9 2012: "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do" -Bruce Lee
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    Debra Smith 200+

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    Jun 9 2012: I really did some introspection based on your question, and I have decided that it is most likely "you catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar!"
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    Bernard Seremonia

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    Jun 9 2012: I am free not because I have choices, but I am free because I rely on God with quality assured!
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    Rafi Amin 20+

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    Jun 9 2012: To help.
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    Scott Armstrong 50+

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    Jun 9 2012: Whatever you are into, it's okay. Just handle it and be cool..

  • Madiha Khayat 500+

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    Jun 8 2012: lol, well perhaps it is, I only know it from Arabic. Or perhaps its one of others that different cultures believe in..

    wouldn't disagree or disrespect, we're one world :)
    thx 4 the heads up ;)
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      Colleen Steen 500+

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      Jun 9 2012: We are one world...all interconnected...good motto for life:>)
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        Sean Brother

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        Jun 10 2012: That's a motto so precise as smart and true. I think you've explained it nicely with only six words!

  • Madiha Khayat 500+

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    Jun 8 2012: live to inspire!

    and sometimes its: "if it's not now, then when? and if it's not me, then who?", its an old Arabic saying, that really motivates me not to procrastinate, or leave the hard work for someone else! ;)

    good luck :D
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      Colleen Steen 500+

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      Jun 8 2012: Dear Madiha,
      I thought it was an old Irish saying....well.....whatever.....it has merit for all of us:>)
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      Sean Brother

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      Jun 10 2012: Great!
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    Colleen Steen 500+

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    Jun 8 2012: Hello again Antonela:>)
    If I am not part of the solution, I am part of the problem.
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      Antonela TedFan

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      Jun 8 2012: I love it. Thanks for sharing!
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        Colleen Steen 500+

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        Jun 8 2012: My pleasure to share...that is what we are here, on this earth to do...share...
        "We are not here to see through one another...we are here to see one another through"
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    Phillip Beaver 10+

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    Jun 8 2012: Thank you for the question. I feel that a motto must be stated in context.

    Humankind seems comprised of individuals, who collectively advance understanding of nature, or reality, or what-is. Our share of some 6 trillion historical and current man-years is our brief life, perhaps 80 years. Before one’s life is over, will he/she conform to a factional cause or fulfill his/her potential to contribute to humankind?

    In this context, my motto is: develop the character to act; with kindness, humility, and focus.
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    Stuart Woods 10+

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    Jun 8 2012: 1. Nurture relationships: the rest of life takes care of itself.
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    Gerald O'brian 50+

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    Jun 8 2012: 1 - Relax, life is not that short.
    2 - Stay clear of oysters.
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    Krisztián Pintér 200+

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    Jun 8 2012: my motto: don't reduce your life to a sentence
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      edward long 100+

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      Jun 10 2012: My condolences regarding your failure to be true to your motto.

  • daniel hehir 20+

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    Jun 8 2012: Fill that which is empty....

    Empty that which is full....

    Scratch where it itches... ;-)
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