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Motto Quotes

My motto is “Be Prepared.” I am told this is also the motto of the Boy Scouts, but, if so, this only proves that they were acting according to my motto earlier than I. David Mamet
Hegel seems to me to be always wanting to say that things which look different are really the same. Whereas my interest is in showing that things which look the same are really different. I was thinking of using as a motto for my book a quotation from King Lear: 'I’ll teach you differences'. ... 'You’d be surprised' wouldn’t be a bad motto either. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. Chris Cleave
Honore de Balzac quote: "The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve..."
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. Honore de Balzac
Immanuel Kant quote: "Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of..."
Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. Immanuel Kant
Langston Hughes quote: "I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My..."
I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is. Dig and be dug. In return. Langston Hughes
I dare say our is likely to be a rather long engagement, but our motto is "Wait and hope!" We always say that. "Wait and hope!" we always say. Charles Dickens
Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles. Sri Chinmoy
So I say, “Live and let live.” That’s my motto. “Live and let live.” And anyone who can’t go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It’s a simple philosophy, but it’s always worked in our family. George Carlin
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I HEARTILY ACCEPT THE motto, --"That government is best which..."
I HEARTILY ACCEPT THE motto, --"That government is best which governs least;" and I should like to see it acted up to Henry David Thoreau
If it were not for the depressing heat and the urgency of the work, one could sit down and laugh to tears at the absurdity of the thing, and under the circumstances it is a little wearing. But our motto is the old west coast proverb, Softly, softly, catchee monkey; in other words, don't flurry; patience gains the day. Robert Baden-Powell
Every day, the New York Times carries a motto in a box on its front page. "All the News That's Fit to Print," it says. It's been saying it for decades, day in and day out. I imagine most readers of the canonical sheet have long ceased to notice this bannered and flaunted symbol of its mental furniture. I myself check every day to make sure that the bright, smug, pompous, idiotic claim is still there. Christopher Hitchens
Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him! Christopher Morley
Acts 16:9 is the meddler's motto, simultaneously selfless and self-serving, generous but stuck-up. Into every generation of Americans is born a new crop of buttinskys sniffing out the latest Macedonia that may or may not want their help. Sarah Vowell
Idries Shah quote: "A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me..."
A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well. Idries Shah

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