A Lot o' Mottos: What are your words to live by?

[Dr Doran]

Advice from my mother, "Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person."

How often I have failed to take this to heart.

 

[carter]

Never discuss who is/was or isn't/wasn't a poet with Doran.

(Speaking of a battle of wits with the unarmed. No, I'm not talking about Doran.)

 

[KenS]

Words to live by.

Say what you mean, mean what you say, always lead by example...
Sometimes it's tough to pull this off, but when I do it I know I am doing right.
And now I'll climb down off the soap box.
Ken.
Who also believes in the adage; It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt...

 

[Dr Doran]

Never discuss who is/was or isn't/wasn't a poet with Doran.

(Speaking of a battle of wits with the unarmed. No, I'm not talking about Doran.)

Carter, you know I am your #1 admirer.

 

[carter]

Originally posted by Doran
Carter, you know I am your #1 admirer.

Doran, I humbly approach the fountain of your knowledge. Some days I sit and listen. Others I pause for refreshment and then move on.

"It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness...and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil..."
James Smithson

Regarding a battle of wits, Walter Mondale said, "I'm reminded a little bit of what Will Rogers once said of Hoover. He said 'It's not what he doesn't know that bothers me, it's what he knows for sure just ain't so'."

Have a lovely day.

 

[Dr Doran]

Doran, I humbly approach the fountain of your knowledge. Some days I sit and listen. Others I pause for refreshment and then move on.

Carter, you are a marvelous writer and your post on childhood memories was one of the best things I have seen on the Lounge ever.

 

[carter]

Thanks. Now cut it out!

I have a deep-seated aversion to suffering compliments gracefully.

On second thought...that's not true. Thanks again for your kind words.

 

[Dr Doran]

Thanks. Now cut it out!

I have a deep-seated aversion to suffering compliments gracefully.

On second thought...that's not true. Thanks again for your kind words.

You are welcome.

 

[carebear]

Alright guys, break it up or get a room.

Hey, there's a new motto.

 

[towndrunk]

The symbol of the race ought to be a human being carrying an ax, for every human being has one concealed about him somewhere, and is always seeking the opportunity to grind it.
- Mark Twain, a Biography

People say I'm a good listener, I know because I was listening.
-towndrunk

 

[plain old dave]

Be sure you're right, then go ahead!

-attributed to David Crockett

 

[carebear]

Death comes at a crawl,
or he comes with a pounce,
but whether he's slow or spry.

It's not the fact that you're dead that counts,
but, rather, how did you die?

 

[carter]

Originally posted by carebear
Alright guys, break it up or get a room.

Hey, there's a new motto.

lol lol lol lol lol

We belong to a mutual adoration society.

Thanks for the care, bear.

 

[TailendCharlie]

It's All Good...

 

[celticmom]

Changed attitudes change everything.

It is what it is.

Trust but verify.

I dislike death, but there are things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger. - Mencius

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
-Sir Winston Churchill

 

[carter]

To understand is not to accept.
Not to (endeavor to) understand is unacceptable.

 

[MisterPaul]

Use it up
Wear it out
Make it do
Or do without

 

[thunderw21]

Warrior's Creed:
Wherever I go, everyone is a little bit safer because I am there.
Wherever I am, anyone in need has a friend.
Whenever I return home, everyone is happy I am there.
'It's a better life!'
---Robert L. Humphrey



"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it."
---Col. Jeff Cooper