In a hundred years, who's going to care?

We actually have two-

"work hard, play hard" and "family always come first". I think it lets my kids know the importance of hard work and the rewards that come that as well as living life to fullest.

A fly on the wall at dinner tonight would say our family motto is "Auntie Mabel...." (As in, "Auntie Mabel, Auntie Mabel get your elbows off the table.")

Touch not a cat but a glove.

Et tu, Brute?

People, not things.

Everybody plays or nobody plays.

Ours changes. We do movie quotes. Right now it's "I don't know Margo!"

It takes a village. (My sister's family lives with me. She says this when I mention who the mother of her children is.)

Everyone else has deer and squirrels in their backyard. We have donkeys and wombats. (We're gonna have to start a band called Donkeys and Wombats...)

Forge ahead. Ignore idiocy.

It was the Wright family motto and the way my dad lived his life.

A little putty, a little paint, makes it look like what it ain't.

Lol cimad that reminds me of my con man former family member, currently in prison

If you can't buy it cash, you can't afford it.

That keeps us out of a lot of trouble and encourages a great deal of creativity, patience and learning of new skills!

Fix the problem, not the blame. But remember, if Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

" Enthusiasm overcame common sense"

we have 2 : 'Don't worry till you MUST' and 'Often crazy, seldom lazy'

Years ago while raising two boys and even now......"its a home, not a shrine"

All for One and One for All. Our family motto of solidarity.

“To believe a thing impossible is to make it so.” and also "Make hay while the sun shines."

Sweaters are cheaper than oil.

everything we need, nothing we don't!

everything we need, nothing we don't. we don't change it as it is our principal for life ... keep it simple. (we have everyone one could possibly need for a very comfortable living x2 as we have two fully and well appointed homes. yes, downsizing to one would still be a challenge despite i am constantly editing. we believe in quality over quantity, experience over possession.)

"No Stinkin' Thinkin'" the late Zig Ziggler.

"Open, honest, simple". We celebrate our 30th anniversary in September, and this has been our creed from the beginning. Not one situation that it's not applied to.

"Does this haircut make my butt look fat?"- was a nasty little trap I once laid as a very young bride. "No way, beautiful", was his reply. "But it will be fun to see it grow out some, to bring out your wonderful cheekbones".

Huh. I asked...

Always tell the truth, so you don't have to remember what you said.

Also, my Dad always said, never assume anything.

Suck it up buttercup!

This last one reminds me of what my dad always said " always expect the unexpected".

Don't know as we have one family motto, but we've used some phrases and "momisms" that we've kicked around over the years.

When we moved into our house almost 4 years ago now, I was not finished packing when 30 people from our church came to help on moving day. It was awesome to feel such support and we were completely moved in about 4 hours! -- that was the good part of it. But I felt completely embarrassed by my lack of planning ahead and while preparing for moving day I just kept doing my best and saying "It is what it is." Once we were settled, surrounded by a chaos of disorganized boxes that people had hurriedly shoved stuff into and haphazardly scattered around the new house, I bought a plaque that said, "It is what it is -- but it will become what you make of it." It was pretty much the first thing that I hung up in our house and I still live by that.

But my favorite, the one I lived by when I was running a large support group for homeschool moms (75 families!) and wanted to see more people attend the meetings, was on a bumper sticker I saw in a parking lot: "GET INVOLVED! The world is run by those who SHOW UP!" I think this got under my daughter's skin because at age 18 she has just been invited to join the board of directors for our local community center. She goes tonight to the meeting to see if she will be voted in. She is showing promising leadership skills even at her young age!

And the one my kids most hate -- whenever they can't find something and then it's right under their noses, I say, "If it was a snake, it would have bit you!" I think I got that from my mom.

Another one my mom used to say, whenever we kids would go out and leave the door open, was "What's the matter? Were you brought up in a barn?!" Which became very funny when we went to church in a renovated dairy barn, and then lived in an apartment in that barn for 5 years.

And since my grown sons are still living with us, my motto this year is becoming, "My house, my rules." If they don't like it, it's long past time that they moved out!

"HOPE is not a strategy." This was a phrase often repeated by one of my beloved past administrators. I now repeat it to myself regularly.

Our family has several: Get over yourself! If there is anything virtuous, lovely or of good report, we seek after these things. And our momism, "Remember who you are"

All's well that ends well!

It can always be worse. Or, Work hard, party hard . Depends on the day. These cover most days.

I tell my 11 year old son every day, "Today is a good day, for a good day. It will be the day you make it."

Suck it up, Buttercup. :-)

Life is Uncertain Eat Dessert First!

one word for all of us via dad "Always act with INTEGRITY"

Must do is a great master.

LOOK FOR THE GOOD

"Love you more" and "Have fun storming the castle!" (from The Princess Bride)

We say "All for one, one for all", but also say " make due " and my mother said" fools learn from their own mistakes, wisemen from others" followed with asking which we wanted to be and my fathers was "If you can't get you no meat, get you some gravy"

alihaf, we say the castle one too, lol

"Later, what will you wish you would have done?" From my mother to me, on to our children, now on to their children. And so it goes...

"Step up to the plate"
Or "Good job, you stepped up to the plate." (Took a swing and took responsibility for the outcome)

My husband was a baseball coach for 34 years.

Why go all over town?

Our Motto:Life is an Adventure!!!

Helen Perlmutter , et al

Our Motto: Life is an Adventure!!!

Helen Perlmutter , et al

Speak up your mind even though your voice shakes.

So many! I loved my mother-in-law's response when I asked her what she was doing, "Just rearranging the clutter!"

"With a hammer, duct tape, and vice grips, you can fix or break anything!"

My husband and I would say to ourselves, "How would we ever have known how stupid we are if we hadn't had all these children to tell us?"

To the children I said, "I don't allow boredom. Life is too short to be bored," and I kept a load or two of laundry to sort, books to read, science toys, and art supplies nearby.

They got to choose outside time, books or projects but got laundry if they had an attitude! I think it helped them be creative young people.

My father always told us ,

"your sisters and your brothers are your best friends whether you like them or not" and it's turned out to be true.