motto quotes

I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentleman, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a flip.

- Charlotte Bronte« 
  Jane Eyre ch.17.

   President Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

- Norman Cousins
  In the Daily Telegraph,17  Jul.

   Let 'Dig for Victory' be the motto of everyone with a garden and of every able-bodied man and woman capable of digging an allotment in their spare time.

- Sir Reginald Hugh Doram-Smith
  Radio broadcast, 3 Oct.

Think beforeyouspeak iscriticism'smotto; speak before you thinkcreation's.

- E(dward) M(organ) Forster
Two Cheers for Democracy,'Raison d'e"  tre of Criticism'.

When in doubt, shoutthat's the motto.

- Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Attributed, repeating advice that was given to him as a young actor.

   Pluto" t  souffrir que mourir, C'est la devise des hommes. It is better to suffer than to die. That is the motto of mankind.

-Jean de La Fontaine
  Fables, pt.1, no.16,'La mort et le bu"   cheron'.

'Be a good animal, true to your instincts,' was his motto.

- D(avid) H(erbert) Lawrence
The White Peacock, pt.2, ch.2.

but wotthehell archy wotthehell jamais triste archy jamais triste that is my motto.

- Don(ald Robert Perry) Marquis
  archy and mehitabel,'mehitabel sees paris'.

'Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice', should be a woman's motto henceforward.

- Elizabeth ne  e  Cady Stanton
  TheWoman's Bible, pt.2,'Comments on Mark'.

With this for motto,'Rather use than fame'.

-Tennyson
  Idylls of the King,'Merlin andVivien', l.478.