Motivational phrases & sayings

[Ming the Merciless]

They who work through their lunch break, will have an early death.

 

[Threevok]

Pay peanuts - Get monkeys

 

[Cirrus]

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Experience is the sum of all the mistakes you’ve survived

 

[Profpointy]

Which reminds me. If someone asks, "Do you like Kipling?" you might reply, "I don't know. I've never kippled!".

"do you like Dickens?"
"I don't know. I've never been to one"

 

[Profpointy]

One of my fellow managers used to joke with the guys "You're smiling. That's stealing from the company"

 

[a.twiddler]

Pay peanuts - Get monkeys

Or elephants. Apparently fond of peanuts too.

 

[Seevio]

When life gives you lemons, freeze them, then launch them at your enemies using some sort of trebuchet.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does

Remember this: Each rose is wormy,
And every lovely woman's germy.

Dylan Thomas I think

 

[Threevok]

Don't waste your time, raising your standards to the level of people who refuse to lower theirs to yours

 

[Drago]

The bigger they are, the harder they hit you.

 

[AndyRM]

TNSDNH

(Take no sh!t: do no harm)

Also, from the gospel of Hunter S. Thompson:

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

And finally,

.You can't step in the same river twice.

 

[rikki]

Today's favour is tomorrow's duty.

 

[EltonFrog]

Today's favour is tomorrow's duty.

ain’t that the truth.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Just check the translation first.

I once saw a women in a bar, with a Chinese symbols on the back of her neck. She claimed it said "Handle with care"

My much amused companion from Hong Kong later told me it actually said "Hand Wash Only"

Are you sure it wasn't professing the wearer's commitment to soup?