What motto do you live your life by?
Posted by Ruthiereacts@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 159 comments
Mine is; “it’s nice to be nice and it’s not nice to be horrible”
What’s yours?
Posted by Ruthiereacts@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 159 comments
Mine is; “it’s nice to be nice and it’s not nice to be horrible”
What’s yours?
Altruistic-Deal-8573@reddit
Don’t think, just do
JaBe68@reddit
I cried because I had no shoes until I met the man who had no feet
Aggressive_Acadia855@reddit
Ah shit happens!
steady921@reddit
Dont worry about it
SpaceWomble64@reddit
Carpe diem.
Don’t worry about what you can’t change.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
mdzmdz@reddit
Faint hearts never won fair maidens.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
💯
twoLegsJimmy@reddit
Five days a week I'll train three days a week, and that in one of those days, i'll train two days a week.
No-West-95@reddit
"If you're walking on thin ice, you might as well dance"
An example would be, if you're late for work and you're going to get a bollocking anyway, why bother rushing? Take your usual time getting ready, and grab the coffee on the way in. You're getting reprimanded anyway, so why be flustered, sweaty, and under caffeinated while it happens.
mdzmdz@reddit
Also "Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb".
BoxAfter7577@reddit
That’s terrible advice.
Honestly, if someone is late and they say ‘Oh sorry, I was caught in traffic’ then maybe I’ll be a little frustrated that I’ve wasted my time, but whatever you can’t control traffic.
If someone turns up with a coffee it’s fucking disrespectful. You’ve wasted someone else’s time so that you could go get a coffee? I’ve chewed people out at meetings for doing exactly that.
My tactic, if I was late was to call the team after I realised I was going to be late, but before I was actually late and say ‘Hey, I’m going to do a coffee run/bacon sandwich run what do people want?’ You turn up 15mins late with bacon sandwiches for everyone and nobody says anything.
No-West-95@reddit
I think we differ in opinion because of the types of jobs we do. I've always worked in a manufacturing factory setting, so it makes no difference whether you're 10 minutes late or an hour. After the first instance, it's being recorded formally. There's no leeway to do a coffee run or call into a cafe for other people like office workers could.
I should've been clearer regarding the grabbing a coffee remark, I meant get one, but drink it on the way to work, so when you arrive, you can clock in and get on your station.
BoxAfter7577@reddit
Probably. Everywhere I’ve worked is pretty flexible with start time/end times hybrid/remote.
To me, if you’re late it means that you’ve left other people waiting. If you’re just late starting I don’t really care as long as you get done what you need and to get done by the time you said it would get done.
Miketroglycerin@reddit
Why bother rushing? Perhaps because the amount of bollocking is directly linked to how late you are and the reason why.
No-West-95@reddit
I think this difference in opinion is down to the types of jobs we've had. I've always worked in a manufacturing factory setting, so it doesn't matter if you're 10 minutes late or an hour. The first time is a bollocking off whoever you report to, the second is a first formal warning, the third is a final formal warning, and the fourth will be dismissal.
Security_Man2k@reddit
It can't rain all the time.
Rush31@reddit
Never flush twice.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
But what if the cistern is naffed and only flushed half away?
mdzmdz@reddit
You flush once and don't look back.
(This is a Sean Lock bit)
Minimum_Reception_22@reddit
“If you do it, then it’s done.” Helped me get over a serious procrastination habit.
mdzmdz@reddit
How's the tautology addiction going?
MysteriousTelephone@reddit
“No amount of money ever bought a second of time.”
mdzmdz@reddit
Taken literally maybe but not having to spend time acquiring money or spending it to cut the time spent in ways you'd rather not are certainly things.
Khorv@reddit
I spend about 1/3 of my life trying to aquire money.
I think money easily 'buys' time.
Distinct_Sir_9086@reddit
It can’t buy it back though
mdzmdz@reddit
To thine own self be True.
LickClitsSuckNips@reddit
Mine is,
"Put some cheese on it, it'll taste better"
mdzmdz@reddit
Even during the physical act of love?
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
😋😋😋😋
LickClitsSuckNips@reddit
Feels like bags of sand
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
Very true! Cheese makes everything better!
EntryCapital6728@reddit
the phrase I say to most people these days is "Couldnt give two shits"
shows my level of care to problems
sharps2020@reddit
'alive out of spite'
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
🤣
ACEfaceFATwaist@reddit
“Big ones first”
OverTheCandlestik@reddit
If at first you don’t succeed try try then give up
(and probably set someone who knows what they’re doing to do it)
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
🤣 👍🏻
ShinobuKochoSama@reddit
Things can always get worse
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
🤣
yearsofpractice@reddit
Thoughts are not facts
mdzmdz@reddit
Live Fats Die Yo GNU.
mdzmdz@reddit
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
mdzmdz@reddit
It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Vedra99@reddit
My friend’s motto was it’s nice to be nice. He was a horrible bastard. But my birds is Punctuality is the politeness of princes. Always fucking late 😂
Equal-Competition930@reddit
When life give you lemons make lemonade.
SomethingCalf@reddit
Not so much a motto but lyrics that stuck with me for over 20 years:
“I live how I want to live Buy what I want to buy Do what I want to do Try what I want to try”
No-Feature1072@reddit
You dont have to do the right thing. You do the thing right
icemonsoon@reddit
Money cant buy happiness, but it can buy a more enjoyable form of misery
SkeletorOnLSD@reddit
I'm a biker. "Better to be hot in my gear, than cold on a slab"
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 this is my fav one so far, not only is it completely true it’s hard hitting, amazing motto thank you for sharing!
SkeletorOnLSD@reddit
This weather has brought the shorts and vest riders out again. Makes me cringe every year.
the_ice_rasta@reddit
“Hey-ho”
AndromedaFire@reddit
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
Please stick to the rivers and the packs that you’re used to.
zonaa20991@reddit
If you can’t be a good example, be a horrible warning
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
💯
Away_Swim1967@reddit
Don't be a cunt. Seems to work for me.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
🤣🤣
Ok-Palpitation-5380@reddit
Don’t let your bollocks dangle in the dust
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
😂😂😂😂
amaluna@reddit
If it can happen to someone else it can happen to you.
Both good and bad.
West_Yorkshire@reddit
"fuck it"
Narrow_Ad1119@reddit
I came here to say this.
Screwballbraine@reddit
"We'll do better next time." Mostly.
Ugglug@reddit
So good things and good things will happen.
I’ve been living my life the “Earl Hicky” method for a few years and it’s working out. No big scratch card win but managed to dig myself out of a pretty deep, dark and dangerous hole.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
Loved that show! Was so upset when they cancelled it, glad it influenced you but also take credit for yourself because you were the one that implemented the positive change 🙂👍🏻
Ugglug@reddit
Thank you! I was never a thief or a skelly bastard but also wasn’t compassionate, very kind or empathetic. After pretending to be those things and some stuff started going right I doubled down. About 8 years later I’ve gone from jobless, very unwell with little to no social circle to having a somewhat normal life. Half decent job, amazing kind and caring partner and a good group of friends.
With that said, I’m not making a list of things to apologise for. I’ll get my head caved in with some of them.
shannikkins@reddit
It is what it is
stoufferthecat@reddit
SOCKS
el_disko@reddit
Not quite, that’d be “es lo que es”
pip_goes_pop@reddit
Lots of people really hate this phrase, but it has actually helped me get through some stuff. It’s a reminder that you can’t change some things so instead of dwelling you have to move forward.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
👍🏻 I also say that a lot too 👍🏻
Cumulus-Crafts@reddit
This, too, shall pass
Additional-Bike-9688@reddit
By all means enjoy it, but enjoy it by being fucking disciplined.
Superb-Ad-8823@reddit
If things are going right my Dad used to say " something will turn up" and he was right as it always did.
Charlie_Yu@reddit
If you’re jealous to someone, you accepted that you’re inferior to them.
A primary school teacher told me this and it changed my life
Schallpattern@reddit
Boy Scout motto - Be Prepared.
DEADPOOL-2007@reddit
Do the things you have to do, do the things you want to do, piss about in between and try to enjoy all of it
notneb56@reddit
If you can't be good, be careful.
johnbarnes351@reddit
Never skip leg day x
Oolieboolie001@reddit
"each to their own as long as they are not hurting anyone." Was for the longest time what I lived by and then someone wrote a book and I had to change it to "each to their own as long as no one gets hurt, without a signed consent form and a pre-arranged safe word"
ra246@reddit
Good communication never made a situation worse
MadWifeUK@reddit
Not my field, not my cows, not my bullshit.
It helps me with not letting the many, many failings of governments and companies worm their way into my head and stops my brain convincing me that I need to figure it all out myself and fix it all.
MetalRocksMe_@reddit
If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
hughesyg@reddit
D.A.D - Did Anybody Die? No, then chill out.
Facts not Opinions
CurlyWhirlyDirly@reddit
I would like to spend an evening with Nicholas Parsons because never, ever, ever bloody anything ever.
Busy_Mortgage4556@reddit
And that was your winning answer?
CurlyWhirlyDirly@reddit
That's the one Nicky, I've lived my life by that rule.
Time-Mode-9@reddit
Don't be a dick.
Change what you can and accept what you can't.
ShufflingToGlory@reddit
Kind words, kind thoughts, kind actions.
Don't always live up to it but it's a useful reminder to treat the people around you with respect.
discustedkiller@reddit
For Frodo
SkittleMonk3y@reddit
If its meant to be, it'll be😁
ordinarybloke1963@reddit
be excellent to each other
Pink-socks@reddit
See good in bad
CeeApostropheD@reddit
"It's better to be effective than it is to be right"
I stole it from Stephen Fry, and yes it is effective to be effective.
DifficultySalt4231@reddit
At the end of the day, it's night.
yolo_snail@reddit
Meats and cheeses always pleases
Tim22Mt@reddit
Whatever happens, happens. It is what it is.
luker1771@reddit
Just enough is not enough
No-Lawfulness-2297@reddit
If it makes you happy, it doesnt have to make sense to anybody else. Helps me a lot when people try to make you feel weird or ashamed for super niche things helping you get through the days c:
Soppydogg@reddit
Do unto others before they do unto you
shugavery96@reddit
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose" - Dolly Parton.
sunheadeddeity@reddit
"Oh for fuck's sake..."
MillyMcMophead@reddit
This, definitely.
Active-Hotel1719@reddit
What’s the worst that can happen
Valuable-Disaster567@reddit
If you don’t like something. Change it.
Vedra99@reddit
Fortune favours the brave
slartybartfast6@reddit
Be useful.
WarriorDerp@reddit
"Just get it fucking done"
Works on everything. Depression, anxiety, shyness, embarrassment, quitting smoking, doing shit you don't want to do, getting to where you want to be.
All it takes is leg work. There's a way you want to go in any way of life. Just get it fucking done.
To clarify, big stuff takes a bit longer, so get it done in stages. But get those stages done.
Scarred_fish@reddit
"There is nothing that can't be ignored, if you really put your mind to it."
811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit
"Always take the first bus"
You might get opportunities in life come along, and there might be the potential for some better ones down the line - but you can't guarantee it, so go with what you're given first, and don't have regrets about other possibilities.
Inspired by when I use to commute by bus, and there were multiple routes home with different frequencies and journey lengths. It's always better to be on a bus on the way home, than sat in a smelly bus station - even if the route takes you a bit longer.
concretepigeon@reddit
Big beats are the best. Get high all the time.
adamneigeroc@reddit
Fuck it
EmergencyMud5411@reddit
Speak to the CEO the same way you speak to the cleaner.
Emotional-Success632@reddit
Live fast eat ass.
B179LT@reddit
“A change of mind is as good as a rest”
Flea-Surgeon@reddit
These days it's, "No matter how far down the road you are, you’re still the same distance from the gutter".
CraftyCat65@reddit
This too will pass.
Rude_Reception9649@reddit
“What’s meant for you won’t pass you by”
Bullshit_Brummie@reddit
Always do the right thing, even when no one is watching.
GuybrushFunkwood@reddit
“Give quiche a chance”
eca3617@reddit
Well, I say let's get out there and TWAT IT!
Bullshit_Brummie@reddit
I have a t-shirt with a similar message - Give Peas a Chance.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
🤣
pencilrain99@reddit
Give up hope dreams are for suckers
ConfidentialX@reddit
"Think Big" - Jack Walker.
He was right 'n all.
OldLondon@reddit
Don’t be a cunt
DelonghiAutismo@reddit
Don’t question authority
you_aint_seen_me-@reddit
Don't worry about what you can't control.
nimbusgb@reddit
Nothing for nothing and precious little for sixpence.
Buy good stuff, not cheap. It works out better in the long run.
If you are going to do business with someone, look at their shoes and the tyres on their car. Shoes without a polish is someone without a care of their personal appearance, flash car with cheap tyres, cares about appearances more than safety or the law.
Life is far too short, do it ..... whatever it is, there are no pockets in a shroud and dumb, toxic or bully types dont deserve your time or emotions.
Tell the people you love them. All the time. They will dissapear one day.
Dogs are better than people.
99.99% of the population are as dumb as rocks.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
Some good ones here,
The second one down, my almost mother in-law says is similar, “buy cheap buy twice”
UnremarkableCake@reddit
"Always do the right thing."
Even if the right thing incurs a personal cost.
yesbutnobutokay@reddit
Don't do today what can safely be put off until tomorrow.
DavieODaBanks@reddit
I used two.
1: Try not to be a dick 2: It's mostly all bullshit anyway
QuietBusy1129@reddit
God's Grace!
Namiweso@reddit
“Storms don’t last forever”
West_Yorkshire@reddit
Sometimes it's not about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
I had that as a wall decal 👍🏻
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
That’s a great one, I may have to borrow this here and there!
Namiweso@reddit
I was going through a rough time and my work mate told me it. Really helped!
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
It’s a powerful one I can see why it helped, I already know the first person I’m going to say this to 🙂
AdAffectionate2418@reddit
"if it wasn't for the last minute nothing would ever get done"
Funtimetilbedtime@reddit
I think this is my future t-shirt slogan.
Responsible_Wall6834@reddit
Live fast, die young? Not me: live fast, die old.
seven_green_toes@reddit
Change what you can't accept and accept what you can't change.
Old-Parfait8194@reddit
Any hole's a goal.
stebotch@reddit
“If you always do what you’ve always done then you’ll always get what you’ve always got”
Riskrunner7365@reddit
Be careful, cause there's always someone ready to step into your shoes.....and do your job better.....than you.....do it.
Mail-Malone@reddit
I’m here for a good time not a long time.
Henno212@reddit
‘Don’t let the past destroy you’
Mumbled_Jumbo@reddit
Don't sweat anything petty and don't pet anything sweaty.
cgknight1@reddit
Aim for the bushes.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
Sound advice 😂
oso-oco@reddit
'i dont live in yesterday'
forgetthenineties@reddit
"Don't waste time worrying about things you can't change."
"Never have expectations; everything is a bonus and you're never disappointed."
"Sometimes you've just got to say 'Hey, my bad' and everyone moves on."
_ElMapache_@reddit
In for a penny... In for a pound.
This usually revolves around some poor decision making.
Ruthiereacts@reddit (OP)
🤣
Busy_Election2801@reddit
"more is lost through indecision than wrong decision" - carmela soprano
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