Charlatan

I can't say that I have a mantra per se but I use this one frequently when trying to give advice:

Only Forward

I suppose it means a lot things (which is what is great about a really good saying -- that it can be interpreted to serve different situations) but to me it simply means as long as you are making progress you are good to go. Going backwards or sitting still is not advantageous when trying to get somewhere.

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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke

abaya

Paolo Friere kicks ass. I think that book should be required reading for all education majors (hell, for EVERY major).

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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran

Hain

"God is an iron. ... If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron." - Spider Robinson

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DDDDave

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

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I am just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe...

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Thoreau

"Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm" - Emerson

Hain

"The only thing more boring than life is death." - Sam Hain

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PonyPotato

Pulled this from one of my best friends...

"The future isn't something you enter.. it's something you create."

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"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark."
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Willravel

No one philosophizes like Shaw.

Ustwo

My father told me something which I will share, I think it applies to a lot of people.

'The problem with people who read all the time is they never DO anything.'

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Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host

Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

Plan9

People who don't read enough never know what they're missing out on in life with what they're currently doing.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

DDDDave

Another one from Bill Shakespeare,


To thine own self be true....

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I am just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe...

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Thoreau

"Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm" - Emerson

Baraka_Guru

I like this. Actually, this sounds a lot like Karl Marx.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Willravel

HAHAHA!

Shaindra

Who understands does not preach;
Who preaches does not understand.
- Tao Te Ching

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"Never regret something that once made you smile."

TotalMILF

"It could always be worse."

Remembering that there are people out there who are worse off than you really makes you thankful for the things that you do have

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"I'm sorry, all I heard was blah blah blah, I'm a dirty tramp."

girldetective

I have a couple of mantras i pull out occasionally. Lately it been just "roses", said with a very distinct soft mouth. But my favorite is "I'll make pancakes".

Sugarmouse

I am a huge fan of quotations. I annoy folk with them in fact. I like today.

'Nobody can make you feel inferior without yuor consent'
And,

'It is what we do that defines us, not what is deep inside'

I have a bunch more that pepper my life...but those two sprung to mind.

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LocutusOfOrc

"Quitters never win, Winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots"