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I can think of three Latin mottos that probably rank as my top 3 favourite mottos. They don't really roll off the tongue, and they aren't witty like so many in this thread, but in times of hardship or doubt I find that they quietly instill in me a very British resolve. They would be:
Per Ardua ad Astra - 'Through difficulty, to the stars'
Si vis Pacem, Preparum Bellum - 'If you desire Peace, prepare for War'
Quo Fata Vocant - 'Whither the Fates Call'
The first two are the mottos of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy respectively, but I've always felt that when all the odds seem stacked against you, simply reciting these sayings galvanise you to push forward and see things to the end regardless of the hardship. The last is the motto of the 5th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and is probably the one that resounds the most with me. It's similar in meaning to 'Who Dares Wins' of the SAS - the fact that the opportunity to make something of yourself and your actions is there, you just have to go out there and seize it.
I often find myself pulling out the old "Stop crying and put on the cheerleader uniform."
More seriously: "The ink of the scholar is worth more than the blood of the martyr." and its various translations, attributed to Prophet Muhammad iirc.
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
In a world without gold, we'd be heroes - Blackbeard in AC4
ChrisWWII wrote:"Yea verily, though I pass through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil for I am driving a house sized mass of FETH YOU!"
themocaw wrote:I view slaanesh as a giant ball of boobs and genitalia of both sexes.
Edmondblack: There's something about some str10, AP2 blast weaponry which says "i love you" in that very special way.
“I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first."
-Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game)
"Optimists see the glass as half full; Pessimists see the glass as half empty; Realists see that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head. - Maxim 12 - The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never care for anything else thereafter"
Ernest Hemingway
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts."
"If you were half as smart as you think you are, you would be twice as smart." No idea what that is from though, It's older than me by at least three years though.
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
kronk wrote: Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
sebster wrote: Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote: Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
If we're doing Churchill quotes, there are some crackers.
"Winston, you are drunk."
"Yes, and you are ugly, and in the morning, I shall be sober."
"If I were your wife I'd poison your coffee."
"If I were your husband I'd drink it."
And one from Lord Kitchener on Churchill's Partner-in-politics, David Lloyd-George
"I hate politicians. You tell them something's top secret and they go home and tell their wives... apart from Lloyd George, who would go home and tell someone else's."
Paradigm wrote: 'An optimist looks for the light at the end of the tunnel, a pragmatist brings a torch.'
An optimist sees a light at the end of a tunnel A pessimist realises it's attached to a train A realist sits there wondering why there are two people standing on the train tracks A surrealist licks his shoes
Also, teach a man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life Teach a fish to man, and he'll never feel like he truly belongs
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And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
