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Question: What principle or saying do you live by!?
for me its: "i will walk my own path, go my own way, I will find success by myself and thus show the world that I am excellent as I am and I will never conform to the likeness of another man" - meWww@QuestionHome@Com


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the words of God in the Bible!.!.!.
this one i especially like:
forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, i press on to the goal, for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus!.
philippians 3:13,14

something like that!.!. !.that's mostly from memory!.!.!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Indulge in maxims with a grain of salt, thereby diluting any harmful side-effects!.

Know thyself, everything else is speculative!.

"Murphy was an optimist!."~Robert A!. Heinlein

"To thine ownself be true"~Shakespeare

"There is nothing more magical than this instance!. To be alive, what happiness!." ~Alejandro Jodorowsky

"It is certain in any case that life is quite disarmed by the gift to live entirely in the present, to treasure with such eager care every flower by the wayside and the light that plays on every passing moment!."~Herman Hesse

"Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature!." ~Shakespeare

Here we are & now is gone before we know it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Lo taamod al dam reaka(hebrew-Eli Wiesel)Translation: Thou shall not stand idly by!.

This was originally used in reference to genocide, but I apply it to every day circumstances!. To me it says don't waste your life, get up and make things happen, and of course oppose genocide!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the value of it is nothing else but the sense that you choose" -Sartre
and
"hell is other people" -SartreWww@QuestionHome@Com

My personal motto is: "You show me a tropical fruit, and I'll show you a cokcsucker from Guatemala!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

The way to good is the path of reason!.
The way to evil is to abandon reason!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"The truth lies neither in thesis nor antithesis but an emerging synthesis of the two" - Hegel -Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever!." - Mohandas K!. GandhiWww@QuestionHome@Com

When God closes a door, he always opens a window!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

no day but today-rent!.
cheezy i know, but significant

carpe diem-seize the day, is a good one tooWww@QuestionHome@Com

it is !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.do unto others before they do unto youWww@QuestionHome@Com

"Give life the best that you have to offer without it getting the best of you!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Shoot for the moon!. Even if you miss you will land among the stars"Www@QuestionHome@Com

'If a thing can go wrong it will' (-Murphy)Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Live a life you never have to lie about!."Www@QuestionHome@Com