YOUR own personal life quote.

[Fedora]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. (When doing projects or physical work.)

I'm stealing this. Words of wisdom for anyone who's ever worked in a shop. My boss will hate it. Hehe.

 

[CrystallineEntity]

You win some, you lose some.

 

[cmoewes]

My motto used to be "I probably shouldn't do this" but when I turned 45 I switched to "What the hell, let's see what happens".

And as always, "Illegitimi non carborundum" (Don't let the bastards grind you down)

 

[kaconga]

Thought of another two:

We are who we choose to be.

Everyone is an A-hole to somebody, it just might not be you.

 

[masskrug]

Beer. The cause of, and solution to, all of life's little problems.

 

[Jaybird]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. (When doing projects or physical work.)

My step dad and I use to race Super Karts and on practice days I would watch him corner and he was like glass, he was so smooth. His times were always so close to mine but he looked slow as hell! He would always tell me that....I miss those days!


Great stuff guys! I am loving em'

Cheers
Jay

 

[Limestone_Cowboy]

Thought of another two:

We are who we choose to be.

That is similar in thrust to a observational meme that I utter to people every now and again.. "we all get what we want". Most don't get it, because they don't have what they want.. but the truth of the matter is that they are getting exactly what they want, they just don't realize why they would want such things... deep psychological blind spots and all.

The only other quip that hangs around is one that my granddad uttered after seeing me doing something a long time ago, which I can't remember since I was just a little kid, but his off-the-cuff remark that stuck with me for almost 40 years now...

"stick to what you're good at.."

 

[MindenMan]

"Chance favors the prepared mind." Never resist an opportunity.

 

[OleBrewing]

"Even nasa makes mistakes".

I say this at my drafting job when one misses something.

 

[WI_Wino]

Hope is not a strategy.

At least three times a week I'm in a meeting at work and someone says "I hope xyz works out". Seriously? Plan that **** out and make it work!

 

[kaconga]

Hope is not a strategy.

At least three times a week I'm in a meeting at work and someone says "I hope xyz works out". Seriously? Plan that **** out and make it work!

I love that one. I can't wait to use it.

 

[ManhattanProjectBrewing]

and my personal favorite...

..........Meh. Fukk it.

 

[CB_in_Tokyo]

A poem I wrote in 1997 during a particularly enlightening adventure in the Philippines.

Do not walk the path I say,
For it does not exist.
You cannot find enlightenment
Contained within a list.
Do no follow leaders,
they cannot set you free.
And perhaps now most importantly
Listen not to me.

 

[Michael357]

I was taught this as a young boy, and been living by and saying it every since...over 30yrs now...

"To be early is to be on time...to be on time is to be late"

 

[brew_ny]

let me guess license and registration

 

[cheesehed007]

I have a few.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, then a frontal lobotomy.

All you can do, is all you can.

And the one I tell my wife almost daily

Love always and all ways.


Cheers!


Sent from my van, down by the river.

 

[Jaybird]

I was sitting here reading some of these inspirational quotes and my 12 year old son reminded me of one I say ALL THE TIME. Its not mine, it came from my psychology teacher in high school (loved that woman)

"Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see"

This has served me VERY well in life!

Cheers
Jay

 

[JINKS]

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

My mother told me I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up.
I decided to be an A-hole.

 

[Dopeybrew]

Fail to plan, Plan to fail.

Happy wife Happy life.


And most importantly:
Never force a fart, it may be more.

 

[Gar]

A friend once asked me why I bother to train MMA if I'm not going to fight.

I said:
"Because life is a brawl waiting to happen and I'm not taking a loss".

I'm way older now but that one keeps me working the bag and exercising to this day. If you need proof of concept, just search "cheap shot" on youtube. Crazy the stuff that goes down in this world without provocation of any kind.

Ive always wondered how many times one of these tools took a cheap shot at the wrong person. i had a good friend at a job once that was the true nerd who got bullied at school and went threw karate to stop it. still looked and dressed like a geek but damn if someone ever tried that on him. it would be funny to watch tho

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

An original of mine:

"Offense can never be given; it can only be taken."

I.e. being offended by something is a choice. A choice to give power over your emotions to someone else. Why would someone deliberately choose to do that?

Then there was one that my old karate instructor liked, which is probably my motto for homebrewing (and many other hobbies and in my professional life):

"Nobody is perfect. But by striving for perfection, we achieve excellence."

 

[hank]

I was sitting here reading some of these inspirational quotes and my 12 year old son reminded me of one I say ALL THE TIME. Its not mine, it came from my psychology teacher in high school (loved that woman)

"Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see"

This has served me VERY well in life!

Cheers
Jay

I believe that is a quote of Ben Franklin

 

[MaddBaggins]

I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
-Robert A. Heinlein

And another favorite

"fukk it Dude, lets go bowling"
-Walter Sobchak

 

[mythbustingpyro]

"If you're gonna be stupid, you gotta be tough."

"The only way you are stressed is if you let yourself be."

The first one is one my dad always tells me when I'm doing something stupid and I hurt myself. The second is how I treat most things, worrying doesn't really help you, it just kills your productivity and well being. If you can fix it then do it, I'd you can't stressing won't make a difference.

I almost forgot, "If you're going to do something stupid, commit to it. That last second hesitation can kill you." From when I was still regularly practicing parkour and freeclimbing.

 

[Terek]

that's nice

 

[Chomp]

Never moon a werewolf

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Never moon a werewolf

that's solid.

 

[MaddBaggins]

One I made up years ago:

I don't know what I don't know and I won't know what I don't know until I know it.

 

[beekeeperman]

There is a pork chop in every can (or bottle)

Can't get there from here

 

[GHBWNY]

Say what you mean, mean what you say.