While driving to work this morning, I had a semi-epiphany for a motto. I know what I want it to say, now i just need to know how I want it worded.
my life’s philosophy is really, as Earl Hickey would put it, "Good things happen when you do good things". I really feel if you try to do good, then good things in life will happen for you. If you acts like an ass, well it turns around and bites you.
Now there’s a million sayings for this, "You get what you give", "what goes around comes around", etc, but I was hoping to come up with csoemthing a little more original, as I don’t want my motto to be a cliché.
Any suggestions?
Reap The Good of Thy Goodness?
May I propose a Latin approach:
"benefaciendo aliquid bonum fiet"
Doing good something good will happen.
Linusboarder;45157 wrote:
I really feel if you try to do good, then good things in life will happen for you. If you acts like an ass, well it turns around and bites you.
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Any suggestions?
I suggest reading the Book of Job.
Joseph McMillan;45165 wrote:
I suggest reading the Book of Job.
Nice one, Joe!
But I do agree with Jochen, that rendering the motto in Latin, or another language of your choice, would help it seem less like a cliche (how do you do those cool little accents?).
JRB
It’s true. Latinizing things make them seem way more profound:
Pars cantandi, pars saltandi, et in bracum bellorum.
Which very loosely translates (or so I have been informed): A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.
The Romans had a word for seltzer?
Cheers, :D
I said it was a loose translation 
Bellorum, of course, actually translates "battle".
Patrick Williams;45167 wrote:
Pars cantandi, pars saltandi, et in bracum bellorum.
Which very loosely translates (or so I have been informed): A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.
Catchy… have you trademarked that or can i use it
Oh and Jon in your control panel on your comp is a window called
<ul class=“bbcode_list”>
<li>Click Regional and language options</li>
<li>Click the language tab</li>
<li>click "details"</li>
<li>Under "Installed services" highlight keyboard and click "Add"</li>
<li>Scroll the "Keyboard Layout/IME" to US-International</li>
<li>Then, still in the "details" box switch the default language layout to English-(United States) US-International</li>
</ul>
After rebooting this should give you an internationally compatible keyboard. How you use it is, if you want an accént you hit the accént mark and then the letter you want accénted. For example to get an ñ I hit ~n, and for é I hit ‘e. if you want an apostrophe folled by an e then you have to hit ‘[Space]e.
Patrick Williams;45167 wrote:
It’s true. Latinizing things make them seem way more profound.
How true. And let us not forget that classic of the 60s and 70s, Illegitimi non carborundum.
Or my other favorite, Spatium obsidemus.
The latter supposedly meaning "We take up space."
Here’s a selection of some others from http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html
Age. Fac ut gaudeam - Go ahead. Make my day!
Conlige suspectos semper habitos - Round up the usual suspects
Monstra mihi pecuniam! - Show me the money!
Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis - You do not know the power of the dark side
Quid agis, medice? - What’s up, Doc?
Stultus est sicut stultus facit - Stupid is as stupid does
Vescere bracis meis - Eat my shorts
And, last but not least,
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Please, be my guest. Also:
Eccam belle res pius ut iucundui.
It’s nice to be nice to the nice. (Literally, it is good to be kind to the pleasant.)
Linusboarder;45174 wrote:
Catchy… have you trademarked that or can i use it
Linusboarder;45174 wrote:
Catchy… have you trademarked that or can i use it
Oh and Jon in your control panel on your comp is a window called
<ul class=“bbcode_list”>
<li>Click Regional and language options</li>
<li>Click the language tab</li>
<li>click "details"</li>
<li>Under "Installed services" highlight keyboard and click "Add"</li>
<li>Scroll the "Keyboard Layout/IME" to US-International</li>
<li>Then, still in the "details" box switch the default language layout to English-(United States) US-International</li>
</ul>
After rebooting this should give you an internationally compatible keyboard. How you use it is, if you want an accént you hit the accént mark and then the letter you want accénted. For example to get an ñ I hit ~n, and for é I hit ‘e. if you want an apostrophe folled by an e then you have to hit ‘[Space]e.
Oy! Thanks at you!
My personal favorite:
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati - When all else fails, play dead
From the Red Green show.
Linusboarder;45174 wrote:
Oh and Jon in your control panel on your comp is a window called
<ul class=“bbcode_list”>
<li>Click Regional and language options</li>
<li>Click the language tab</li>
<li>click "details"</li>
<li>Under "Installed services" highlight keyboard and click "Add"</li>
<li>Scroll the "Keyboard Layout/IME" to US-International</li>
<li>Then, still in the "details" box switch the default language layout to English-(United States) US-International</li>
</ul>
After rebooting this should give you an internationally compatible keyboard. How you use it is, if you want an accént you hit the accént mark and then the letter you want accénted. For example to get an ñ I hit ~n, and for é I hit ‘e. if you want an apostrophe folled by an e then you have to hit ‘[Space]e.
That is not how I get the accents and specialised letters. I have a language bar on my tool bar (programed for ten languages) that allows me to switch between language layouts on the keyboard. I use it in conjunction with the on screen key board so I know where the latter are. Some accented letters I have memorised such as an ‘e’ with an accent aigue ‘é’ which on the French keyboard arrangement corresponds to the US ‘2’.
And where does one find this language bar? And does it support pinyin?
David Pritchard;45188 wrote:
That is not how I get the accents and specialised letters. I have a language bar on my tool bar (programed for ten languages) that allows me to switch between language layouts on the keyboard. I use it in conjunction with the on screen key board so I know where the latter are. Some accented letters I have memorised such as an ‘e’ with an accent aigue ‘é’ which on the French keyboard arrangement corresponds to the US ‘2’.
Yes i actually have it setup that way too, but i prefer just using international, since i type in different tongues less often.
I Microsoft word you can also use aly+ a number on the number pad and get all sorts of goofy symbols and accented letters