Do you have a favourite motto or quote?

Question

ie John lennon, simon cowell etc

Answer 1

Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Answer 2

Well, of course, though it wasn't his from its origin, John Lennon impressed me enough to remember, "Life happens when you are making other plans," which became so prophetic as to his own loss of life.

I like "It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good," which leads me to believe that God always make something worthwhile of unhappy happenings, but I can only really quote my favorite from the originator, John Dunne, "No man is an island."

Answer 3

"Hard work makes good luck." --Thomas Jefferson

I think both John Lennon and Simon Cowell are good examples of what Jefferson meant.

Answer 4

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift.
-Pre
and
Life is what happens while your busy making other plans
-John Lennon

Answer 5

I have many favourite Quotes and Mottos. Although one of my favourite ones are;

" Too Many Followers, Not Many Individuals ".

and ..

" If Practice Makes Perfect, And Nobodies Perfect. WHY PRACTICE? "

PS Im only 12.

Answer 6

"We train for a thousand days, whether we live or die is determined in a instant"

It comes from a man named Miyamoto Musashi. Although its to do with fighting in battle its meaning is "how we perform in the present is determined by the amount of work done in the past"

Answer 7

Probably Winston Churchill's saying:

"This is not the beginning of the end; but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

He had such a strong character!

My other favourite saying is in Latin. "Si vis Pacem, para Bellum." It means, "If you want peace, prepare for war."

Another strong quote for when stuff gets difficult.

Answer 8

I have THREE favourite "MOTTOES", - TWO of which, I got, from my late FATHER, - in what HE described as "PIG LATIN" - the THIRD came from a United States Navy CHAPLAIN.

The two from DAD were/are:

1. "NIX ILLEGITEMAE - NIL CARBORUNDUM", - which Dad translated as "DON'T LET THE B******S GRIND YOU DOWN!" - and

2. "MAN WITH DEATHWATCH BEETLE IN WOODEN LEG, IS BETTER OFF, THAN MAN WITH TIN LEG, IN THUNDERSTORM.....!", which, - he CLAIMED, - was a quote from Chinese philosopher, CONFUSCIUS.

3. "PRAISE THE LORD, AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!", - an ACTUAL quote, from U.S. Navy Chaplain, Reverend HOWELL G. FORGEY! He uttered it, during the infamous Japanese ATTACK, on PEARL HARBOUR!

And, YES, - I CAN add one, from the late, GREAT, John Winston Lennon, - who told a REPORTER, that:- "WITHOUT ELVIS, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO 'BEATLES!',", - moments after being TOLD about the death OF Elvis, in August, 1977

Answer 9

if u look inside u will find out who u r beautiful, generous, kind n sweet.

never say u can't b4 u try ,try n c wat u can do cause if ur helped by others it's not u that do the work it's them

the key to life is knowledge

sucess comes through hardwork

a solid foundation is a good start

the sky is d limit!

the only place where sucess comes b4 work is in d dictionary

together we achieve more

Answer 10

I have three (but no idea where they come from!):

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away"

"To be old and wise, first you must be young and stupid"

"Some people are only alive because it's illegal to kill them"