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175 Comments
Josh L on 10.26.2009 at 07:51 AM
I hope someday soon to live by Steven Leadbeater’s “It doesn’t matter if others are interested, it’s about taking your stuff and shouting out into the void.”
But currently, I think I come closest to living by “Accept with simplicity everything that happens to you.” (Rashi)
james b on 10.26.2009 at 07:57 AM
“it’s only as big a deal as you make it”
stephan on 10.26.2009 at 08:00 AM
“if you’re not first, you’re last.”
dan on 10.26.2009 at 08:08 AM
“same font, different kern”
Sonia Pargellis on 10.26.2009 at 08:35 AM
go through all moments of life with “grace and poise”
Joel L on 10.26.2009 at 08:36 AM
“Enjoy”
It works every time.
Peter on 10.26.2009 at 08:44 AM
“trying is the first step towards failure” ;-)
mel on 10.26.2009 at 08:47 AM
“It doesn’t matter, so don’t worry about it.”
Jim on 10.26.2009 at 08:48 AM
“Have a good time… all the time.”
James on 10.26.2009 at 08:53 AM
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Tootse on 10.26.2009 at 08:53 AM
“It is what it is.”
Storm on 10.26.2009 at 08:56 AM
It’s not the critic that counts
Abra on 10.26.2009 at 09:23 AM
“Be unbreakable.”
Luke on 10.26.2009 at 09:31 AM
Every day is the right day to start.
Zain on 10.26.2009 at 09:42 AM
If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room.
Ben Clark on 10.26.2009 at 09:58 AM
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. If it’s not worth doing, don’t spend too much time on it.
Camille on 10.26.2009 at 09:58 AM
Remember to Relax.
SS on 10.26.2009 at 10:29 AM
“Fortune favors the bold.”
vu on 10.26.2009 at 10:39 AM
Oh well.
Kelly on 10.26.2009 at 10:59 AM
“Live the live you imagine”
xo
Kelly
Nikon Driver on 10.26.2009 at 11:17 AM
Do it, then it’s done.
jessB on 10.26.2009 at 11:24 AM
Be kind
puffyhead on 10.26.2009 at 11:39 AM
“Look on the Bright side of Life”
Thank you Spamalot….
Kristen Lubbe on 10.26.2009 at 11:53 AM
“yolo – you only live once” it may or may not get me into trouble sometimes!
Shannon Baas on 10.26.2009 at 12:02 PM
Treat others as you want to be treated.
spencer on 10.26.2009 at 12:05 PM
everybody is a nerd
Grace Chang on 10.26.2009 at 12:56 PM
Today is a new day!
Hilary Williams on 10.26.2009 at 13:11 PM
When it comes down to a choice of saving time or saving money, go for time. Time is a limited resource, and you can always get more money.
Lucy Player on 10.26.2009 at 13:15 PM
My Mum’s always told me to “say what you think, not what you think you should say”. Harder than it sounds!
Ellen on 10.26.2009 at 13:19 PM
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
Brandon on 10.26.2009 at 13:59 PM
“The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief”
Amber G on 10.26.2009 at 14:11 PM
My motto is: Work hard. Play harder.
Kelsey on 10.26.2009 at 14:43 PM
My grandpa once said “The higher you aim, the further you fall”, haha
winston on 10.26.2009 at 15:45 PM
“There is so much I still don’t know.” Keeps my life in context.
joel on 10.26.2009 at 16:24 PM
complaining is silly. either act or forget.
Tim on 10.26.2009 at 17:15 PM
“First pants, then shoes.”
lisanne on 10.26.2009 at 17:19 PM
Next to a lot of Dutch sayings which are hard to translate, I would say:
‘Things can change’
Jessica on 10.26.2009 at 17:59 PM
Live each day as it was your last!!!
Catherine Rowan Jones on 10.26.2009 at 18:06 PM
It seemed like a good idea at the time …
Jill on 10.26.2009 at 18:15 PM
My mom always told me “Choices have consequences.” Everything I do affects another, so choose wisely!
Jen on 10.26.2009 at 20:15 PM
Take it easy, take it slow…
roysie on 10.26.2009 at 21:37 PM
If life gives you lemons, stick them in your bra. – surprising advice from my mom
Mellissa on 10.26.2009 at 21:43 PM
The motto I live by Time is Money.
Anthony Yoo on 10.26.2009 at 23:31 PM
I’ve Got The Case of The Mondays
Kirsten on 10.26.2009 at 23:42 PM
‘Surround yourself with good people.’
Sean on 10.27.2009 at 02:07 AM
“It’s never acceptable to use Times New Roman.” I use this phrase as a rule of thumb in my design work and in my life. For me, it means go beyond the status quo – exceed expectations. Predictability has no place in design or in life.
Jeremy on 10.27.2009 at 02:17 AM
Go through life with childlike joy and wonder.
Amit on 10.27.2009 at 06:32 AM
Live and let live
Lisa on 10.27.2009 at 08:19 AM
“rage, rage against the dying of the light”
Judith on 10.27.2009 at 09:39 AM
My motto is: WAIT.
melissa d on 10.27.2009 at 11:22 AM
Life is a series of small victories; celebrate them.
L on 10.27.2009 at 11:50 AM
“You have made us for yourself, our hearts are restless till they rest in You”
Shirley Hodge on 10.27.2009 at 12:00 PM
Actually I have two mottos which I combine to reflect my entire philosophy. “Don’t sweat the small stuff and whatever floats your boat.”
Another favorite that isn’t really a motto but a situation we all find outselves in sometimes, is reflected in words uttered by the late Walt Kelley’s comic strip creation Pogo the Possum: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” That has to be the ultimate truism.
Tom on 10.27.2009 at 12:07 PM
Hang On Baby!
Evelyn on 10.27.2009 at 13:16 PM
Let the little things go, hold the important things tightly
Mary on 10.27.2009 at 15:05 PM
I choose to live by a saying that one of my friends used to always tell others – I do what I want! It has worked so far for me…
Ted Dozier on 10.27.2009 at 16:51 PM
just do it.
Ray on 10.27.2009 at 17:04 PM
the best way to keep moving is to keep moving
Heather S on 10.27.2009 at 19:42 PM
“Close your eyes, clear your heart, let it go, repeat as needed.” That what I tell myself often. It could mean different things to lots of people I guess. It always makes me feels better.
Katie on 10.27.2009 at 21:27 PM
“Sometimes it rains”
Howard Tsu on 10.28.2009 at 00:01 AM
If you want peace, prepare for war.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
David Meye on 10.28.2009 at 04:38 AM
Let it be.
Yaara on 10.28.2009 at 08:46 AM
Breathe.
Amazing how much it helps to stop and breathe first.
Dre on 10.28.2009 at 14:32 PM
“Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.”
roseh2o19 on 10.28.2009 at 15:58 PM
only the good die young
Kathy Scott on 10.28.2009 at 17:39 PM
Live each day to the fullest because you never know what tomorrow will bring.
Johnny One-shoes on 10.28.2009 at 21:30 PM
State all alterations, hide altered states.
Eva D on 10.28.2009 at 22:54 PM
There are many but the first one that comes to mind is:
Treat others the way you would want to be treated
BlueKDesign on 10.28.2009 at 23:14 PM
‘design is a good idea’
Laura on 10.29.2009 at 04:07 AM
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
Fiona Kate on 10.29.2009 at 07:53 AM
proceed until apprehended
john on 10.29.2009 at 07:58 AM
I know nike used it… but it’s true: ‘Just do it’
Michelle on 10.29.2009 at 08:01 AM
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Laurel on 10.29.2009 at 08:08 AM
If it doesn’t make me money or help someone out, I don’t want to do it.
Seth on 10.29.2009 at 08:14 AM
“This, too, will pass.”
Charlotte Darling on 10.29.2009 at 08:38 AM
everything will be alright in the end
alex on 10.29.2009 at 08:42 AM
we are all literalists most our lives. presentness is grace.
–m. fried
Laura on 10.29.2009 at 08:43 AM
“the crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow”
— h. g. wells
Vanya on 10.29.2009 at 08:52 AM
Today is the perfect day for a perfect day :)
paul on 10.29.2009 at 09:23 AM
It’s not hard…just be nice.
mary s on 10.29.2009 at 09:34 AM
If at first you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment.
Bianca on 10.29.2009 at 09:36 AM
Ancora Imparo (Still I am learning)
Jennifer Arnold on 10.29.2009 at 09:49 AM
No regrets, only lessons.
Ross Hamilton Frew on 10.29.2009 at 09:52 AM
Don’t wait to be sure. Move, move, move.
Sachiko on 10.29.2009 at 09:53 AM
Much depends on dinner.
Jessica on 10.29.2009 at 09:57 AM
Everything will work out in the end.
Katherine Bryant on 10.29.2009 at 09:59 AM
“It is what it is.”
Bowen on 10.29.2009 at 10:01 AM
Walk softly, leaving a gentle print in every heart I pass by.
Phil on 10.29.2009 at 10:02 AM
Do, research, do again.
Katrina Bieker on 10.29.2009 at 10:03 AM
Whenever I used to get worked up about something, my mom would say, “Will it matter tomorrow? Next week? A month from now?” Now, when something makes me frustrated and angry, I try to keep that in my head. If it won’t matter too much later, it shouldn’t matter so much now.
loopy on 10.29.2009 at 10:08 AM
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood!”
Devin Boyle on 10.29.2009 at 10:15 AM
\I may die tomorrow, so I better live for today\
Angie on 10.29.2009 at 10:18 AM
“Live for the moment”
Tricia on 10.29.2009 at 10:22 AM
“We are more than the worst thing we have ever done.”
Tonky on 10.29.2009 at 10:38 AM
My motto:
“Expect nothing and you won’t be disappointed”
Jessica Andersen on 10.29.2009 at 10:41 AM
things go wrong and you move on
Justin on 10.29.2009 at 11:15 AM
When I’m old I don’t want to look back on life wishing I had taken more risks.
Dan on 10.29.2009 at 11:18 AM
Choose.
Diana on 10.29.2009 at 11:28 AM
Choose your battles
Angela Gaffke on 10.29.2009 at 11:43 AM
I enjoy every little moment with my kids because I will miss them. Even the bad ones.
Alexa on 10.29.2009 at 11:44 AM
“Life isn’t about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.”
becky on 10.29.2009 at 11:48 AM
“life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
Kendra on 10.29.2009 at 11:55 AM
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
Anne on 10.29.2009 at 11:55 AM
c’est la vie!
Andrew Yellis on 10.29.2009 at 11:56 AM
Give hope to the hopeless.
brandy on 10.29.2009 at 11:56 AM
“just remember, they can’t eat you.”
Heather on 10.29.2009 at 11:57 AM
keep calm!
bq on 10.29.2009 at 12:01 PM
life is now…i choose happiness
Danny on 10.29.2009 at 12:16 PM
My motto is: “Let be”
Christina G on 10.29.2009 at 12:19 PM
Let the Sunshine In.
charlie on 10.29.2009 at 12:26 PM
stupid is as stupid does
Jenn B on 10.29.2009 at 12:29 PM
“for every minute you are angry with someone, you lose sixty seconds of happiness that you will never get back”
just one of many i try to remember daily.
Kate on 10.29.2009 at 12:30 PM
Every damn thing is your own fault, if you’re any good. – Ernest Hemingway.
Rob on 10.29.2009 at 12:33 PM
“Fear God and keep his commandments, love the wife of your youth, and enjoy the days that you have on this earth.”
Mike D. on 10.29.2009 at 12:39 PM
My motto:
Television is a waste. Go outside.
LizWong1 on 10.29.2009 at 12:44 PM
If you take small steps to improve something, before you know it you’ll have something better.
Sindy on 10.29.2009 at 12:53 PM
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”
Michael on 10.29.2009 at 12:53 PM
Primum non nocere — “First, do no harm.”
tinachandler on 10.29.2009 at 13:08 PM
“Every master begins first by being an amateur.”
Meredith on 10.29.2009 at 13:11 PM
Go Big, Or Go Home.
Brittan Starr Scales on 10.29.2009 at 13:12 PM
“That since everything ends badly for us in the inevitable catastrophe of death, it seems obvious that the first rule of life is to have a good time; and that the second rule of life is to hurt as few people as possible in the course of doing so. There is no third rule.”
~Brenden Gill
Janice L on 10.29.2009 at 13:29 PM
“there is no charge for awesomeness–or attractiveness.”
A-nah! on 10.29.2009 at 13:36 PM
Change is allowed.
Cara D on 10.29.2009 at 14:16 PM
\Live the Life You Love.\ I have this sticker on my car as well and love it. I think it says it all!
Leona D. on 10.29.2009 at 14:21 PM
“Face your fears – Live your dreams!”
reeva on 10.29.2009 at 14:40 PM
“get it and get some more with it!”
Justin on 10.29.2009 at 15:06 PM
You reap what you sow.
manuel on 10.29.2009 at 15:43 PM
eat, drink, and be a mary
Caitlin on 10.29.2009 at 15:46 PM
“Dare to put things closer than tomorrow.”
wendy wallach on 10.29.2009 at 16:02 PM
do unto others as you would have them do unto you
madamerkf at aol dot com
larissa on 10.29.2009 at 16:23 PM
don’t stop thinking, because if you do, you’ll never have the ideas you would have had
mike s. on 10.29.2009 at 16:53 PM
Retail pricing is for suckers… and rich bastards.
Dorota on 10.29.2009 at 17:05 PM
Be who you are and say what you mean because those you mind, don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Yujin on 10.29.2009 at 18:06 PM
Wait and you will receive/Patience is Virtue.
MikeB on 10.29.2009 at 18:39 PM
I’ve ALWAYS said…”Seek out those things you don’t understand and let them take hold of your mind – only then will you find knowledge little grasshopper”
Spanisheddie on 10.29.2009 at 19:20 PM
Never trust anyone who can’t see the humor in a fart.
Allison Landes on 10.29.2009 at 19:47 PM
Life is better when you can laugh at it.
Kimberly on 10.29.2009 at 20:06 PM
It’s never as bad as you think it is.
Matt on 10.29.2009 at 20:56 PM
“Get shit done”
The Office Stylist on 10.29.2009 at 22:03 PM
“The truth will set you free”
Matt Parker on 10.29.2009 at 22:06 PM
I exist as I am, that is enough.
Anita on 10.29.2009 at 22:09 PM
At the end of the day the sun goes down and the shops close.
Bambi M on 10.29.2009 at 23:55 PM
I live by the motto Do unto others as you would be done by.
Angela on 10.30.2009 at 01:05 AM
“Fake it till you make it”
it’s always worked out for me.
Liz Ollier on 10.30.2009 at 01:48 AM
Audentes Fortuna Juvat
– “Fortune favors the bold”
Sheila Hickmon on 10.30.2009 at 01:56 AM
Carpe Diem!!
Jason P on 10.30.2009 at 03:08 AM
“Never check your email more often than you get up to pee.”
Sunah Lee on 10.30.2009 at 04:45 AM
Carpe Diem; Never forget to say I love you to the people you love.
Lara on 10.30.2009 at 04:52 AM
All will one day be reduced to an anecdote.
or
We are all just a bunch of people you could have been.
Jennifer gersch on 10.30.2009 at 05:10 AM
Be yourself
Andrew on 10.30.2009 at 05:34 AM
“Nothing is exactly as it seems, nor is it otherwise.”
Erin Mae on 10.30.2009 at 06:02 AM
Fortune favors the bold. [Fortes fortuna adiuvat. Latin proverb]
Gaia on 10.30.2009 at 06:21 AM
My motto is: “If you have to say you are, you aren’t” (m. thatcher)
& the other one is “Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt (Horatio): it means “Those wuo run across the sea, they change the sky they’re under, not their disposition”
Lia on 10.30.2009 at 07:06 AM
Take care of your health for Health is Wealth!
Fernanda Frisby on 10.30.2009 at 12:23 PM
~Never say never~
Sarah C on 10.30.2009 at 13:24 PM
My motto is to live simply, truthfully, and give much love. That’s it!
Kristin on 10.30.2009 at 14:44 PM
“live my dream”
Alycia on 10.30.2009 at 15:50 PM
“I Had the Right to Remain Silent…But I Didn’t Have the Ability”
riverpost on 10.30.2009 at 15:51 PM
never put of ’til tomorrow what should have been done last week !
Stephanie on 10.30.2009 at 15:51 PM
If you don’t ask, you don’t know.
April Joy on 10.30.2009 at 15:52 PM
Don’t harsh my mellow.
lilshuga2001 on 10.30.2009 at 16:05 PM
Treat others as you want to be treated!!
Katie on 10.30.2009 at 16:08 PM
It’s not the destination that matters, it’s the journey
Angela Winesburg on 10.30.2009 at 16:09 PM
“Carpe Diem” Thanks for the chance – I love the “My Head Is Full”!
Ivana on 10.30.2009 at 16:12 PM
Impossible is nothing.
Adri on 10.30.2009 at 16:15 PM
“It’s not the fall that will kill you it’s the sudden stop at the end”
Allegro on 10.30.2009 at 16:27 PM
Keep Calm, Eat a Cupcake.
Sherri B. on 10.30.2009 at 16:46 PM
“Everything happens for a reason” is my life motto. I may not always understand why things happen, but I know there is a reason behind them. Thanks!
sherri419 at gmail dot com
Linda Lansford on 10.30.2009 at 16:51 PM
My motto is “Today is a good day”
Larkyn on 10.30.2009 at 17:43 PM
“once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right”
-Jerry Garcia
Gianna on 10.30.2009 at 18:57 PM
Live life one day at a time.
that girl on 10.30.2009 at 19:40 PM
Sleep is good.
Jodie on 10.30.2009 at 21:32 PM
My motto is “Hakuna Matata” :).
Bridget Michelle Combs on 10.30.2009 at 23:13 PM
Character is who we are in the dark
Sand on 10.30.2009 at 23:58 PM
“This too shall pass.”