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I was just wondering if anyone had their own personal motto. Mine is "When logic fails, force prevails." So I was just wondering if anyone had their own personal motto??????

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Trucks built America, and America built trucks.

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One that I acquired during my driving career..... and now tend to carry with me through life: "Don't just drive because you love it; drive for the pure victory!"

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take what you have
and make the best of it.

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mine reads: GOOD ENOUGH IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH CUZ GOOD IS GOOD ENOUGH...It is really deep, I think I made it up at like, one in the morning, while finishing our robot construction :yikes:

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Mine is my signiture. :D

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"Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is a mystery; so all we have to live is the Present and it's just that...a present."

Basically...live each day as though it's your last because we all know we're going to die someday but none of us knows when so make sure everyday counts.

Although...when it comes to homework...why do what I can today if I can do it tomorrow because if I die, I doubt my teacher's going to ask "Well...did she atleast finish her homework before she died?" at my funeral

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This was on one team's shirts, and I can't remember which team, but I love it:

"It's only temporary!....unless it works..."

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i live by this motto everyday
this must expalin the

8 speeding tickets
3 wreckless driving tickets
twice suspended licsense
and been detained in a cop car twice

"drive it like you stole it"

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Oh my...Um...I would not encourage students to live by that motto at all and neither should you. I would hate to see anyone's death because they followed that one and if your track record wasn't enough to scare them from it...mmm...I dunno what would.

Wear a seat belt atleast!

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"Just Relax"

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If you drive it like you stole it, you're not supposed to get caught! :P

"Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like that one. It's a good one and fitting for me.

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I have a few mottos

" minor detail"
"Shear determination overpowers barriers"
and
" If all else fails find a bigger hammer"

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well if you believe it i have not got into a accident *knock on wood*

and there are so many cops down here that you will eventually get caught

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I have several that I've picked up along the way:

"YOU AIN'T CHEATIN', YOU AIN'T TRYIN'"

When all else fails, Manipulate the data.

If you don't like my driving, get off the sidewalk.

It is as bad as you think and they are out to get you.

Organized people are just to lazy to look for things.

and the one I got from robotics:

I'm Management.

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One I saw at the Detroit Regional today that I liked...

"You have two choices in life: Get over it...or don't."

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"Procrastinate later" and Never play leapfrog with a unicorn

--Phyz

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I had to post this one...not mine but a friends...

"You have to kiss alot of frogs before you find your prince"

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Playing leapfrog with a unicorn would heart a lot :ahh:

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My motto is what part of what originally inspired me to go into engineering: "There is always a better way."

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"if you're 555 i'm 666" (sorry had to add that in)

"Sleep Is For The Weak"

i have another one... if you want to know what it is... listen to Slipknot - Surfacing and listen to the chorus (explit words involved)

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The cover of the book does not always represent the pages in between.


Heidi

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Always remember, sometimes I'll choose not to be what you want me to be.

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(compliments of Maynard) "Life is full of that which is unknown, but the unknown should not be feared, but embraced as a chance to learn something new."

Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.

If life knocks you down, get up untill you can no longer stand.

Death before dishonor

etc.......

I could go on all night.

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I often quote a pioneer of tandon rotor helicopters

Frank Pieseki: "First make it work, Then worry about what it looks like"

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i like nicks signature

Professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the Arc. Never be afraid to try something new.

that quote is really inspiring

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Am I the only one who gets this reference?

Oh, but obviously, we all live under the motto of "Gracious Professionalism".

Personally, mine is the last line of my signiture: "Keep flying..."

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'If I can't see through it, I won't drink it.'

'Just blame it on PR.'

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My moto:

"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you"

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If you talk, I will listen.
If you show me, I will see.
If you let me experience, I will learn.

Wetzel

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as far as my drivetrain designs go...

"finesse is for the weak"

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Here's a few of my favs:

1. "Uh, it came out of PR budget... just consider it an investment in yourself..."

2. This one isn't mine- it came from Chief Delphi- there's no way that i could be this creative- "The odds are good that the goods are odd"

3. "Law of conservation of confusion : The total amount of confusion in this world remains constant. It just gets shifted around."- also not one of mine... but i like it

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another good one...

"When we look for God in all things, we find him by our side" (by some Jesuit priest)

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"Those who live by the sword are shot by those who live by the gun..."

a simple motto i made up some time ago, might be unkowningly stolen from somebody, but oh well... its basically just telling you to accept things and live life the way you want to. also technological superiority is a good thing....

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If you read my sig, you'll find it. Actually, I found this quote in one of my books known as Dune: House Harkonnen. It's a pretty good book.

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I have one on my siggy currently that I like and another one would be, "better safe than sorry"

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My Personal Motto is a quote from Edgar Allan Poe:

"Those who dream by day,
Are cognizant of many things,
Which escape those who dream by night."

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"Do not become irreplaceable...become irreplaceable and you shall never be promoted."

"Those who gossip to you, gossip about you."

"If you want to take a peek at someone's true character, look not at how they treat their superiors. Rather, observe how they treat those 'inferior' to themselves."

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"This is dedicated to the kids" - Linkin Park's 1999 Demo of "Dedicated"
[This one really works well w/ FIRST though...]

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." -Abraham Lincoln

(All but the Linkin Park quotes is from GameDev.net)

Every quote found at the link above I really love.

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Straight from Warcraft 2!!!

"Never Pet a Burning Dog."

It applies on so many levels.

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My favorite quote comes from who else, but Mr. Sean Connery...

"Do your best? Losers always go home and whine about doing their best, winners go home and ______ the prom queen..."

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Here's a couple more:

(Both are from an Enigma CD someone let me borrow)

"Don't submit to stupid rules."

"Be yourself"

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"The further we advance, the more difficult and the more important becomes our part in the symphony of life; and the more concious we are of this responsibility, the more efficient we become in accomplishing our task."

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"You can do anything you set your mind to..." - Eminem; Lyrics from song "Lose Yourself"

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"I love opportunites. I love the wooshing noise they make as they pass by."

-Douglas Adams

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"Be cool, stay in school!" - I've got no idea

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:Page 4 Ownage: :p

Both of them are in my Sig...


:D

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some of my favorites:
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." -Gen. Patton

"A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future." -Gen. Patton

"You must do your Da#*est and win." -Gen. Patton

Ok, aside from quotes by General Patton, I would have to say the quote which has affected me the most is one that my robotics coach, Mrs. Hughes said. She said, "Attitude is a choice." That has stuck with me and has guided my life even outside of robotics.

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"All right, its not working.... get the hammer."

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We work are butts off for 6 weeks to get here. Enjoy the party!

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"If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price." (forget who said it)

"Let no one come to you without leaving better and happier." ~Mother Teresa

"Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got" ~Art Buchwald

aaaand...
"To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life." ~Malcome Forbes

if ya want more, I do a daily quote thing at www.livejournal.com/users/viertela

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If it ain't broke, then don't break it.

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A few of my faves:
"I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived." -Willa Cather

"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly." (don't know who said that one...)

"Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world."-Jean Paul Richter

And finally, my favorite, which my school wouldn't let me use as a senior quote :( :
"Death row is a state of mind."-Doris Ann Foster

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Here's mine...

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You have no chance to survive make your time. :cool:

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"I'm not insane, just dangerously different."