Mottos as Cliches Lesson #3

 Mottos as Cliches

-a motto is a statement often designed for motivation, unity, direction, goals and many more.  It can be called a maxim, proverb, adage, slogan and a mantra and derivations of spiritual connections.


create interpretations and/or messages of the mottos below:

1. Be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken.

ie: To thy self be true.  You are one in a million.


2. Tomorrow is another day.


3. If you are going through hell, keep going.


4. Rome wasn't built in a day. 

ie: patience is a virtue- all good things come to those who wait.

don't rush...


5. It is okay to live a life that others don't understand.


6. When you can't find the sunshine, be the sunshine.


7. Carpe Diem - Seize the Day


8. Do or do not. There is no try (Yoda)

ie: trying is lying- try to get out of your seat


9. Enough is as good as a feast.


10. What you think of me is none of my business. (Terry Cole Whittaker)


11. Don't set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.

- you can't give from an empty cup- with children on a plane, place your mask on first...


12.  We accept the love we think we deserve. (Stephen Chbosky)


13, Pray and move your feet.


14. Everything has feathers.



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