What is your motto?

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, do 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 that 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

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