It's quite parodied, especially in Peanuts, but I think it's worth asking. Do you live your life by any maxim, saying, what have you, be it cliched, paragraphs long, etc?
Even though there aren't all-encompassing phrases, I'm curious. Cheers!
As lazy it sounds, mine is "Let things run their course; don't fight it, take advantage of it." Basically, carpe diem! Yeah!
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Your Philosophy In Life? Any words you live by?
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Posted 07 March 2007 - 07:22 PM
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Posted 07 March 2007 - 07:43 PM
I'm quite fond of "All things in moderation." However that one is old and cliched.
I prefer a bit of wisdom that I came up with myself:
"I can live healthy or die happy, I choose the latter."
I prefer a bit of wisdom that I came up with myself:
"I can live healthy or die happy, I choose the latter."
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Posted 08 March 2007 - 11:46 AM
I completely agree with PS's words.
The one I have use often is "If someone else can do it, you can do it too." Just change 'someone else' or 'you' with real names and you can use it all the time!
The one I have use often is "If someone else can do it, you can do it too." Just change 'someone else' or 'you' with real names and you can use it all the time!
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Posted 08 March 2007 - 04:25 PM
I kind of made my own saying. It's not a line I must live by, but it frequently helps me to put myself back in position.
"Enjoy, have fun. But also take time to listen."
Kind of means that you can do whatever you want, hang out with friends, party, do whatever, but do not ignore shouts for help.
"Enjoy, have fun. But also take time to listen."
Kind of means that you can do whatever you want, hang out with friends, party, do whatever, but do not ignore shouts for help.
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Posted 08 March 2007 - 08:59 PM
"Don't be too prideful, there is alwasy someone better then you: but don't give up, that is what life is all about. "
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My mother had called my anime art crap for years, but now she is finally realize I can be good at it! w00t! Beat that mommy! >3
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My mother had called my anime art crap for years, but now she is finally realize I can be good at it! w00t! Beat that mommy! >3
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 03:21 AM
One that I didn't come up entirely by myself with, is "Everything that happens, happens for good." Basically, no matter how bad the event is, something good will always come of it. I truly believe that, becasue in every situation I've been in, it's been easily applied. I havn't been in a situation before that didn't have at least something good come of it.
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 06:38 AM
Some well-known ones:
"Be humble in victory, and defeat."
"No pain, no gain."
"It is better to remain quiet and be thought the fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
"Why do tomorrow what you can do today?"
And a few of my own invention (on the spot really):
"Trust in only what you know is for certain."
"Complacency breeds failure."
I could go on, listing what I do and don't believe, what I try and live by, what I don't think people should live by, but I haven't the time to do so.
"Be humble in victory, and defeat."
"No pain, no gain."
"It is better to remain quiet and be thought the fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
"Why do tomorrow what you can do today?"
And a few of my own invention (on the spot really):
"Trust in only what you know is for certain."
"Complacency breeds failure."
I could go on, listing what I do and don't believe, what I try and live by, what I don't think people should live by, but I haven't the time to do so.
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 07:22 AM
Agatio, on Mar 9 2007, 12:38 PM, said:
"Complacency breeds failure."
Contempt Breeds Contamination (Trivium Song)
I don't really have a Philosophy, it'll change depending on my mood and situation, although I would say "Friends are Important".
How about "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"?
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:54 AM
I very much agree with of of the things that Wifle said.
Another one I made up, I said it in the Useless Ideas topic: "A nice lie is far worse than a bad truth." And I really mean it.
Another one I made up, I said it in the Useless Ideas topic: "A nice lie is far worse than a bad truth." And I really mean it.
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 04:22 PM
"Everyone buy me lollies"
That's a saying I use all the time. PRACTICALLY live by it. <:P
That's a saying I use all the time. PRACTICALLY live by it. <:P
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 10:33 PM
"Only the sane think they're crazy, and only the crazy think they're sane."
Given the people I know, that comes in really handy. One half thinks they're losing it, and the other half is just kind of...there.
Given the people I know, that comes in really handy. One half thinks they're losing it, and the other half is just kind of...there.
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 11:01 PM
My philosophy in life is formed around chivalric virtues. Defending when others can't, courage and confidence, justice, honesty, decency and honour, stuff like that.
"Real Living is living for others" - Bruce Lee
"Real Living is living for others" - Bruce Lee
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 04:37 PM
I generally go by something like this: "Live so that when you look back, you'll smile, but don't goof off too much."
I'm still working on it.
I'm still working on it.
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 07:46 PM
"In the depth of winter, I find an invincible summer."
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 03:39 PM
"Life is all a gamble, you can flip for good or bad."
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 06:13 PM
Life is like a hot bath. It feels nice whilst your in it, but the longer you stay, the more wrinkled you get.
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 08:23 PM
Haha, I've had this as my own personal motto for a long time:
I'm torn and I'm used
I'm battered and bruised
but I won't give up, I won't give in,
I'm fighting for love and destined to win.
:D I guess it's kinda old, now that I'm not fighting for love anymore. Huh, I should get a new motto then.
"If you see a light at the end of a tunnel, beware of a train."
Thats a good place to start...
I'm torn and I'm used
I'm battered and bruised
but I won't give up, I won't give in,
I'm fighting for love and destined to win.
:D I guess it's kinda old, now that I'm not fighting for love anymore. Huh, I should get a new motto then.
"If you see a light at the end of a tunnel, beware of a train."
Thats a good place to start...
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 09:31 PM
XDDDD Man, that's really a good place to start. If we expand on that, perhaps we can discuss how trains are a metaphor for something. Perhaps that train would be the harbringer of justice?
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