What is your 'motto' in life?

My motto in life has been the same since I was in the 5th grade: Learn from your mistakes, and move on. Mrs. Sasso was my best teacher ever, and that motto has gotten me through some pretty tough mistakes relatively unscathed. Life is a series of mistakes, and it's all a learning experience.

My goal in life is to be happy until the day I perish and to live a simple life. So I always ask myself, am I happy? How can I achieve happiness in my life? It that then that I heard and I applied to my life. "Be happy with everything that you have. If it's good, treasure it even how little it may be. If it's bad, take it as a blessing in disguise. Everything is a blessing, it just takes different form". Pretty long but I live by those words and... it makes me happy.

I have a business card on my desk right beside of my monitor. It reads CANI! Constant And Never-Ending Improvement. It is a good rememberance of a very inspiring seminar that I went to years ago. That guy was a great motivational speaker and gave out this cards.

I had this in my head during those years when I was still in collge, "Everybody gets what they deserve.." You can either look at it negatively or positively. If you failed, you deserved it for not studying hard enough. If you pass some of your subjects, you onviously deserved it from being attentive and listening in class. If somebody takes the credit from the work you did, you derved it for not having the initiative to claim it yourself but, for those who did bad things to you, they'll deserve something bad as well as time moves along. I don't know if you can call it being stoic but, that's just what I think as a motto up to now.

first of all i would like to say thanks for reminding me about motto in life. Actually, you re so blessed because having motto and you live for it. My motto is see and taste that God is Good!

I love your motto. I have never heard that one before. For me I have to say "Life is short." I know it is cliche but it's true. So many people spend an eternity waiting for something to happen when instead they should take a more active approach and make it happen.

my "motto" is "Just do what you want to "! Do not care others' opinion !

education/life/maturity is a journey not a destination. Too many people that one day theu will achieve some sort of status. I don't. I think life is a journey, each day a new road apears and its up to me and only me to keep on moving down the right road for my life.

I typed a response and it seems to have disappeared. If two show up now, I'm sorry. I guess I've tried to remember this verse, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil 4:13. I discovered that verse when I was a teen and very shy and printed it out and put it in my pocket. It has been such a help to me. As an adult, I learned to speak in front of hundreds because I would put that verse in front of me on the podium. I've also tried to rejoice always. We don't have to rejoice and be happy BECAUSE of bad things in our lives, but we should rejoice IN them. I've learned that even the worst things in my life (and I've had many - almost homeless, an abusive relationship...) have resulted in some good or some valuable lesson.

My motto is .. "I am better today than yesterday" i got this from an episode in naruto.

"Patience Is a Virtue"

"ALTRUISM IS THE BEST QUALITY" that is my motto and a quotation I made on my own... for those who are not aware of what altruism means it is defined as genuine care for others... I've been practically living my whole life under such a quotation without realizing it until I was in fourth year high school... it was that one word my adviser used to describe me that was really instilled in my heart and in my mind... some may contradict and say that we must think of ourselves before we think of others but for me I'm always ready to sacrifice myself for the sake of others but only if it is for a good cause... it is something innate in me... others may see me as the tough guy around the block but for those who really know me they see that one quality that is very difficult to see... others may say that it is just a defense mechanism but for me... it is as genuine as it was defined... and I will continue to live by it until I die...