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The official family motto is 'Create and prosper' if I understand the latin correctly. Unofficially it's 'We're all DOOMED!"
Could be worse...
For the pedants amongst you i realise that it is not strictly a legitimate latin phrase
It's not even a latin phrase at all:
The two most common variations translate as follows: illegitimi non carborundum = the unlawful are not carbon silicate, illegitimis non carborundum = the unlawful don't have carbon silicate.
My motto, if I have one, would be to just say yes.
My wife has adopted the Land Rover one of "One life, live it" as her personal motto.
I'm not sure what mine is.
yes dear
Do unto others before they do unto you.
Have a plan. Have a backup plan. Because the first plan won't work.
NMPC (Not My Problem, C0ck)
If in doubt, say nowt.
And lo, on that great day of days, not one Singletrackworldist said "YOLO"
What a load of bulls**t.
1. Alway trust your instincts not your desires
2. Everything is interconnected, accept this and plan accordingly
3. Never whistle while you're pissing
What's the worst that can happen?
or
Has anyone died or are they going to? It's that important/urgent then.
It'll do.
Vescere bracis meis...
A few:
Excelsior (given to me by a chap when I was 13)
Don't think it, [b]do[/b] it.
Life's too short for cheap red wine.
Ex-wife had some nobility in the distant family whose motto translated as "Little Is Enough". Can't recall the Latin. Coat of arms featured a rampant squirrel, too.
Hardly inspiring.
Growing up we were never allowed to say "if only"....something my Dad learned in the Army.
Personal motto:
No need to be a d1ck about it.
Apply it to myself and others.
Meh
Rectum protectum.
Carpe Jugulum
Carpe Diem, since the older relatives started dropping off the branch.
Or
What could possibly go wrong!
various... situation dependant
"Contact!... wait, out"
"This looks complicated, get a bigger hammer"
"Who???? ...ME????"
"Hold my Pint and watch this"
"Wasnae me"
"yes dear"
"trust me"
"er..."
"Plod... leggit!"
"mistakes have been made, scapegoats will be found"
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Thurman Merman - I'm certainly inspired by a rampant squirrel. Who wouldn't be? All these lions and dragons and stuff are massively over-rated IMHO, and SOOOOOOOOOOOO predictable. A rampant squirrel shows a bit of imagination, at least. Was it surrounded by angry worms?
"Hold my Pint and watch this"
Best one so far, by miles 😆
I've got 2 -
"Aw **** it, it can't be [i]that[/i] hard"
and
"Oops...."
Often it's one followed by the other.
KISS
Keep It Simple Stupid
Some people have an incredible ability to make a simple thing very complicated.
Some people have an incredible ability to make a simple thing very complicated.
Welcome to the public sector!
From Dr Seuss -
Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."
"Don't do today, what you can put off for at least a month"
personal "if not now then when shall we live?"
profesional "stand up speak up shut up sit down"
profesional on a bad day"close enough for government work"
Seek simplicity then distrust it.
Ave Satanas
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and:
😀
Live for the journey, not the destination.
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.
Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Age teaches you many things....
Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes.
and always make sure that you can run faster than him in them too 😉
Only you decide how you're going to feel.
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
speed is your friend
life is short so make it broad
it just went off in my hand
Just F'kin Do It
KISS
Easier to ask forgivness than permission. (learnt this to be true FAR too late in life)
You're only as good as your last gig.
...most importantly...
Treat others as you would have them treat you.
But also its opposite -
Treat others as they have treated you. With interest...
Klunk - Member
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Had to wipe red wine from my screen. 😆
speed is your friend
I have oft been heard muttering this mantra on particularly gnarly downhill sections
"speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my f......" *[i]jiggle, jiggle, smack, bleed[/i]* ".......aaaaaauuuuuuckkkkk, bollox!" 🙄
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Had to wipe red wine from my screen.
White wine in my case!
My two are:
Trust your instincts! And....
The truth will always prevail.
They've worked for me so far 😀
Fortune favours the brave. Normally followed by a very, very stupid action.
Shit happens when you party naked!
Oh and 'My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.'
Let life find me wanting
Do unto others, then split
Desperation makes fools of us all.
Shit or get off the pan
Honesty is the best policy
Be nice
"Mr Grenade is not my friend"
Nothing half arsed, it's full arsed or nothing!
It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.
Work to live, never the other way around.
Don't Panic
I am not ****in Google
Screw you guys, I'm going home
Not tonight, your not on the list
Show me responsibility and I'll show you a clean pair of heels.
Screamed as us by a drill instructor who with hind sight was/is a complete nutter.
Cant means wont, Wont means to go to jail.
Lead, Follow, Or get the **** out the way!
Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often.
Fac Et Spera
"The Hills Are Your Friend"
I'm adding..
"When life hands you lemons, just say "**** the lemons" and bail."
My old nan used to say "it'll come out in the wash".
Meaning the bad days will go away and you can enjoy yourself once more.
I'm happy with that 😀
That's it man, game over man, game over! What the **** are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?
I quite like: Let's get naked and play the bongos...
My old man once said "don't start a fight son, but if you are in one finish it!" he could be quite scary at times...