Share Your Mantra

Here’s a few pithy statements I’ve picked up along the way and that I’ve tried to live by:

From my super-rich, life guru uncle:

Desire everything; need nothing; appreciate what you get.

From my good friend, a veteran single man:

Are you taking your penis? If yes, then take a condom.

From a gym buddy:

Don’t trust nobody (sic).

From my mom:

Most people are jackasses.

From my psychologist uncle:

Some good barbeque will cure most of what bothers you.

What “words to live by” have you picked up along the way?

By the way, I used to shake my head at my mom, and at the gym buddy. Eternal optimist and all. Lately, I’ve realized that they are dead-on.

One of many pearls coined by my father:

Life is nothing but the waiting room of death, son…The sooner you accept this, the easier your life will become.

My own mantra- probably influenced by the above:

At least I’m not dead!

This week’s mantra with two kids home for summer and 2 with a nasty stomach bug that the rest of us will probably catch…

This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.

“What d’you expect from a pig but a grunt?”

“Fuck the begrudgers”

Have always stood me in good stead.

Mum: “Dont worry , just do your best”

Winston Churchill: “When you are going through hell, keep going”

An ex boss : “To reduce nervousness when presenting to senior managment, just picture them in the nude.”

Mario Andretti: “If everything is under control, you are going too slow”

Great thread, Tomas.

Me: It’s all good.

My mantra:

Ommmmmmm

I paid good money for my mantra and they said if I told anyone what it is, it wouldn’t work anymore.

Can’t be arsed

The light at the end of the tunnel is the flame of an onrushing dragon.

wise man quotes… fools repeat them.

“Fear is the mind killer. It is the little death that brings total oblivion.”

“Use Other People’s Money to mitigate loses.”

“Life is a bitch and then you die.”

“Same Shit different day.”

in the words of the late great stevie ray…“i may be white…but i ain’t stupid…”

to paraphrase the eagles: “life in the farce lane”

van da man: “no guru, no method, no teacher”

and also: “it ain’t why, why, why…it just is”

and not to forget the very profound:“the love that loves to love the love”

Perdurabo

You don’t have to blow out my candle to make yours burn brighter

All the darkness in the world cannot blow out the light of one little candle

And my signatures:

I’d rather do something whole-heartedly than half-assed - me

A zero has no value. All it does is sit there and hold a place. Don’t be a zero. - my former high school principal

“If you insist on thinking out of the box, make sure you can get back in.”

(from) EB

Yes!

And old one–Actions speak louder than words.

And a new one–If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

Ergo, if you just sit and bitch, you’re part of the problem.

Therefore, Don’t just sit there and bitch, Do somethin!’

(Footnote: If you’re not going to do anything, don’t bitch!)

An old one–Actions speak louder than words.

And a new one–If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

Ergo, if you just sit and bitch, you’re part of the problem.

Therefore, Don’t just sit there and bitch, Do somethin!’

(Footnote: If you’re not going to do anything, don’t bitch!)