Motto Quotes

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  My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

  Hank Aaron

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

  Charles Lamb

  Wish, Contentment, Littles

  Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1838). “The letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. The poetical works”, p.89

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• Another Black Label motto. That's what I think life is. It's just another bridge to cross. You ask no questions. Whatever work it is you gotta do, you gotta go over it, under it, through it, around it, to do it.

  Zakk Wylde

  Life, Thinking, Bridges

  FaceBook post by Zakk Wylde from Mar 24, 2012

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• My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.

  Paul Walker

  Sports, My Motto

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• My motto - sans limites.

  Isadora Duncan

  Dance, Dream, Passion

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• Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

  Thomas Jefferson

  War, Liberty, Alliances

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”, p.425

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• Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

  Samuel Adams

  Being Strong, Hope, Freedom

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• Well, it might have been if I'd had success earlier in life, but having success that much later meant I was far more grounded when it came. The last few years of my life have just been surreal and after a lifetime of disappointment and heartache and rejection, I still don't believe this is all actually happening. I'm extremely grateful for my success - I just never expect it to last and my motto, if I have one, is just put your head down and do the job.

  Steve Carell

  Jobs, Disappointment, Grateful

  "Dan In Real Life - Steve Carell interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

  James Cash Penney

  Torches, Golden, Remember

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• I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Men, Rights, Hung

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• Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Taken, Thinking, Emergencies

  Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press

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• The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

  John J. Pershing

  Military, Marine, Rifles

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• My motto is: write about anything you bloody well like; just make sure you do it effectively. We've all had all the emotions, the rest is research and that leap which some can do and others cannot - it's not really something you can learn, otherwise all academics of literature would be wonderful fiction writers.

  Suhayl Saadi

  Writing, Would Be, Fiction

  "A new literary form is born: an interview with Suhayl Saadi". Interview With Sophie Erskine, www.3ammagazine.com.

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• One thing at a time, is my motto - and just play that thing for all it is worth, even if it's only tto pair and a jack.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Determination, Play

  Mark Twain (1889). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.15, Createspace Independent Pub

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• I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I try to use bacon and pork products whenever it can.

  Anne Burrell

  Oil, Trying, Pork

  "Chef Burrell shares restaurant secrets in TV show". Interview with Richard Leong, www.reuters.com. July 8, 2008.

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• Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.

  John M. McHugh

  Commitment, Expectations, Well Known

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• Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

  Manmohan Singh

  Government, Unity, India

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• I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don't remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code.

  Tommy Lasorda

  School, Army, Gun

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• My motto in life is, 'If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.'

  Danny Bonaduce

  Life Is, My Motto, Ifs

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• His second motto: Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy laws my services are bound.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Art, Nature, Law

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• My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery.

  Heidi Klum

  Hair, Accessories, Belts

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• Here's kind of my motto - if you're not happy at home, you're not happy anywhere else.

  Angie Harmon

  Home, Kind, Not Happy

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• A good motto to live by: "Always try not to get killed.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

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• Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Honesty

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• I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

  Sheng-yen

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Buddhist

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