"keep the heid"
i.e. Stay calm
My mother always said this to me before exams at school.
Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
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#72"Why do it right when you can do it twice?" I use it sarcastically when people want to hack things together so I don't think it counts as a motto.
I sometimes use: Why do today what can be put off until tomorrow?
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#73Early is on-time. On-time is late.
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#74“It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.” -― Nicolas Chamfort
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#75If at first it doesn't work, force it.
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#76Weeks of coding can save hours of planning
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#77I live life by the following words:
"If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room"
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#78Do it right, first fucking time.
Personally, I'd go with:
"Make it work, make it right, make it fast"
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#79What would you do if you were not afraid? From Dr. Spencer Johnson's book, “Who Moved My Cheese?” Often what is holding us back from doing something is fear. The fear might be important, but asking yourself what you would do if fear was not involved has helped me a lot over the years.
On a similar note, when anxious I ask myself, “What am I afraid of right now?”. It helps me to take more control over my anxiety.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
#80"aut inveniam viam aut faciam" "I will find a way or make one" Reputedly said by Hannibal when proposing taking his army (and elephants) across the alps.
He presumably didn't say it in Latin though ;-)