https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:09:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by/page/2#post-2272499 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 07:51:46 +0000 The Cat 2272499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them."--Jesus Christ (in Luke 6:31).</p> <p>"Commit your way to Jehovah: rely on him and he will act in your behalf".--Psalms 37:5. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by/page/2#post-2271519 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:16:10 +0000 Lisa W 2271519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>"Comparison is the thief of joy"</div><div><br /></div><div>Such a fun post and thread for me - I love slogans (mottos, et al) and this one is from my 2022 NY Resolutions.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by/page/2#post-2269764 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:24:50 +0000 Bijou 2269764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've really enjoyed reading these quotes. I don't have a personal motto, but take inspiration from different quotes from time to time. The ones that are resonating with me at the moment are:</p> <p>Life is full of endless possibilities; and<br />Don't let other people define who you are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269589 Sat, 02 Jul 2022 19:18:26 +0000 rachylou 2269589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RandJ — you know, along those lines, I’ve found Cher’s *Whatever* from the movie, Clueless, freeing in all sorts of ways.</p> <p>Your daughter is not alone in that anxiety. One of my boss’s daughters hasn’t returned to school in person because of it. She hangs with us at work now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269580 Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:52:44 +0000 RoseandJoan 2269580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter has really been struggling with anxiety and had been unable to engage in every day tasks since coming out of lockdown.</p> <p>Due to sheer determination on her part and some timely support she has started to say "screw it, I'll do it" and it has had such a positive impact that I have adopted it too. </p> <p>I have far too many barriers in my head and my daughter's moto is helping to gain perspective </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269419 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:50:53 +0000 Jules 2269419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This isn't a guiding principal so much as a way to keep pushing through the day when I am feeling overwhelmed or "depression exhausted"...&nbsp;</p> <p>"Just Keep Swimming" - Dory, Finding Nemo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269339 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:21:58 +0000 Carla 2269339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My longest held motto (I have a coffee mug and a pillow!) is: &nbsp;Keep Calm And Carry On! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269265 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:32:59 +0000 JAileen 2269265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I had one, it would probably be, “It could be worse.” &nbsp;Instead of focusing on the bad, there are usually good things to focus on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269248 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:34:28 +0000 Janet 2269248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lately mine has come from something I talk about in presentations I give on photographic seeing:</p> <p>Open heart, open mind, open eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269210 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 03:02:40 +0000 Aquamarine 2269210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lately this has been my motto: “Right now, it’s like this.” Similar to Jenn’s, helping me to stay grounded in the moment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269170 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:02:06 +0000 Anonymous 2269170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love that one UmmLila! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269146 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:38:38 +0000 MsMary 2269146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When we were first married my husband and I made a list of rules for life. They don't all hold up, but I think these do:</p> <p><div>Be kind</div><div>Use it or loose it</div><div>Have young friends</div><div>Look where you want to go (that's a bicycling thing -- as opposed to looking at the obstacles between you and where you want to go)</div><div>No chair noises (i.e. no sighing, moaning, groaning when getting in or out of a chair -- it makes you seem old!)</div><div>Assume good intentions</div><div>People are not improvement projects<br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269140 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:21:04 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2269140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Jenn's but this one is speaking to me lately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269079 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:18:52 +0000 MsMaven 2269079@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lots of wisdom here. Thank you to all who contributed. I'll get back later to each of you. Trying to catch up--just back from anniversary trip to Santa Barbara. 57th.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269060 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:07:24 +0000 Helena 2269060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenn, that is a perfect breath prayer/mantra. I shall be reciting this today! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2269010 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:02:51 +0000 Jenn 2269010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine recently has been, “right here, right now.” That is, don’t live by dwelling on the past (depression) or fearing the future (anxiety). Continually and repeatedly find the present and live where you are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268968 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:59:36 +0000 Carla 2268968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Angie’s one about expectations. &nbsp;I’ve tried to go through life with ‘reasonable’ or ‘realistic’ expectations - maybe even reduced expectations, and been delighted by outcomes far more often than I’ve been disappointed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268957 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:08:00 +0000 Cardiff girl 2268957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When times are hard ,remember all this will pass,or another way of saying the same thing,in a years time this will be just a memory.l think it helps to remember how small our daily concerns generally are in the great span of history.l find it helps to bring perspective if not comfort. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268943 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:27:29 +0000 Barbara Diane 2268943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not a motto but sometimes when I wake up crabby I remind myself that I’ve woken up on the right side of the grass. Leads to a smile, which is a better way to start the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268939 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:24:06 +0000 Carla 2268939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“People are more important than things.” &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268932 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:43:06 +0000 Laurie 2268932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love a lyric from a song whose title I can't remember - "time exists just on your wrist, so don't panic..."&nbsp;</p> <p>(Oh Suntiger....I know, I know, I know...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268916 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:36:16 +0000 LJP 2268916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoulders back, core engaged, chin tucked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268882 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:23:55 +0000 Helena 2268882@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suntiger, sending huge love xx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268874 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:21:41 +0000 Anonymous 2268874@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Nolite te bastardes corborondorum" (from the Handmaids Tale, which I just started reading). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268861 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:39:42 +0000 Bonnie 2268861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Be Kind, Learn Something New Every Day, Keep Moving, and Relax the Back!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268845 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:52:13 +0000 Helena 2268845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do, I have two actually. </p> <p>One is the "golden rule" as expressed so beautifully by so many of the worlds wisdom and spiritual traditions.</p> <p>And the second is the question "What would Love do?" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268832 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 22:28:31 +0000 cat2 2268832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I confess that the Survivor motto got me through umpteen years in a competitive work environment: Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. I will need to retool for retirement! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268823 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 19:06:58 +0000 April 2268823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm paraphrasing here, but close enough:</p> <p><b>If you have more than you need, don't build a higher fence, build a longer table.</p> <p></b>This one isn't a proverb, just something I've been saying to the younger women in my life right now: "Create the world *you* want to live in, and create the soul you want to live with."<br /><b></b><b></b><b></b><br />Finally, my old office in an elementary school had the following hung on my door: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."&nbsp; Plato (though attributed to many later folk who were probably quoting) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268822 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 19:04:02 +0000 Sloper 2268822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Attitude of gratitude" helps on particularly rough days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-have-a-motto-or-phrase-to-live-by#post-2268817 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:06:28 +0000 Anonymous 2268817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is cliched, but has been borne out again and again: &nbsp;<b>Don’t judge a book by its cover.</b> &nbsp;When I look below the surface, I am constantly amazed! </p>