Lets hear your awesome motivating slogans, in 24 characters or less!
June 16, 2010 1:21 PM Subscribe
Lets hear your awesome motivating slogans, 24 characters or less!
I need a slogan to add to my roadID. Ideally something motivating and applicable to a cyclist/runner/triathlete. I'm all out of creativity, lets hear your ideas. Degree of difficulty: I only have 17% of a tweet, or 24 characters.
I need a slogan to add to my roadID. Ideally something motivating and applicable to a cyclist/runner/triathlete. I'm all out of creativity, lets hear your ideas. Degree of difficulty: I only have 17% of a tweet, or 24 characters.
My motivational slogan is very simple and has always served me well.
"Fuck it."
(wherein the meaning is simply "Just do it and whatever happens happens")
posted by wabbittwax at 1:32 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
"Fuck it."
(wherein the meaning is simply "Just do it and whatever happens happens")
posted by wabbittwax at 1:32 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Harder Better Faster Stronger (this is a good one if you like Daft Punk--oh, wait, the spaces make it 27--you might have to pick three)
posted by box at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by box at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010
More & Faster (this is a good one if you like KMFDM)
posted by box at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
Don't think about . . . DO IT!!
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010
Keep Tri-ing
posted by Babblesort at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Babblesort at 1:33 PM on June 16, 2010
"it could be worse: rain"
posted by banannafish at 1:34 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by banannafish at 1:34 PM on June 16, 2010
You are a rock star.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 1:39 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Admiral Haddock at 1:39 PM on June 16, 2010
RIDE TO RUIN
posted by Think_Long at 1:39 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Think_Long at 1:39 PM on June 16, 2010
Dead is the only excuse
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 1:40 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 1:40 PM on June 16, 2010
Smile; it could be worse.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 1:41 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Hardcore Poser at 1:41 PM on June 16, 2010
Take a swing or take a seat.
27 characters with spaces. So close!
This is what my best friend said to me, to encourage me to propose to my now-wife. It worked.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:44 PM on June 16, 2010
27 characters with spaces. So close!
This is what my best friend said to me, to encourage me to propose to my now-wife. It worked.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:44 PM on June 16, 2010
I used my spot to add another phone number, in case my boyfriend is asleep.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 1:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 1:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Not to everyone's taste, but Woody Harrelson really sold "Nut Up or Shut Up".
posted by Solon and Thanks at 1:53 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Solon and Thanks at 1:53 PM on June 16, 2010
EVERY INCH IRREVOCABLE
i.e. every little bit you move forward, that's yours. You've done it and nothing will ever take that away from you.
posted by Shepherd at 1:53 PM on June 16, 2010
i.e. every little bit you move forward, that's yours. You've done it and nothing will ever take that away from you.
posted by Shepherd at 1:53 PM on June 16, 2010
GO FASTER, FINISH SOONER
posted by sallybrown at 1:55 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by sallybrown at 1:55 PM on June 16, 2010
Stay Paranoid As Fuck
posted by Damn That Television at 1:56 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Damn That Television at 1:56 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
You will die. So live.
posted by itstheclamsname at 1:57 PM on June 16, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by itstheclamsname at 1:57 PM on June 16, 2010 [6 favorites]
PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY is 26 with the spaces. Ditch the spaces.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 2:03 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 2:03 PM on June 16, 2010
No Regrets.
or
There is no try.
(originally "Do or do not; there is no try" from the little green dude in star wars)
posted by jstarlee at 2:08 PM on June 16, 2010
or
There is no try.
(originally "Do or do not; there is no try" from the little green dude in star wars)
posted by jstarlee at 2:08 PM on June 16, 2010
Shit or get off the pot.
posted by jonesor at 2:12 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by jonesor at 2:12 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
per aspera -- 'by hard ways'
Part of the Latin motto ad astra per aspera (to the stars by hard ways), most famously (to me) recently used by astronomer Harlow Shapley.
I might be tempted to use 'per aspera nation' just to make explicit the invocation of 'perspiration' by 'per aspera', which I consider its most delightful feature in this context.
Another pun with a similar burden is 'per-aspiration', combining the idea of climbing to the most extreme heights with the sweat it takes to get there.
posted by jamjam at 2:14 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
Part of the Latin motto ad astra per aspera (to the stars by hard ways), most famously (to me) recently used by astronomer Harlow Shapley.
I might be tempted to use 'per aspera nation' just to make explicit the invocation of 'perspiration' by 'per aspera', which I consider its most delightful feature in this context.
Another pun with a similar burden is 'per-aspiration', combining the idea of climbing to the most extreme heights with the sweat it takes to get there.
posted by jamjam at 2:14 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
Hit it.
posted by corey flood at 2:18 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by corey flood at 2:18 PM on June 16, 2010
Fuck the bosses; Entrepreneurs rule.
posted by BostonTerrier at 2:24 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by BostonTerrier at 2:24 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
DEATH TO FALSE METAL
posted by furiousthought at 2:42 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by furiousthought at 2:42 PM on June 16, 2010
¡Resistir es vencer!
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:42 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:42 PM on June 16, 2010
Run like a motherfucker!
Run like your ass is on fire!
posted by motown missile at 2:43 PM on June 16, 2010
Run like your ass is on fire!
posted by motown missile at 2:43 PM on June 16, 2010
NOT DEAD YET.
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 2:46 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 2:46 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
The one I actually wear when I run, on my road ID tag, is "It is never too late to be what you might have been," but I also like:
Shoot For the Moon
Glad to Run
Lucky to Run
Go Legs Go!
posted by bearwife at 2:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Shoot For the Moon
Glad to Run
Lucky to Run
Go Legs Go!
posted by bearwife at 2:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
23 characters:
Citior, altior, fortior
...the Olympic motto: “Faster, higher, stronger.”
posted by letourneau at 2:51 PM on June 16, 2010
Citior, altior, fortior
...the Olympic motto: “Faster, higher, stronger.”
posted by letourneau at 2:51 PM on June 16, 2010
Work or get fired?
posted by randomkeystrike at 2:54 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by randomkeystrike at 2:54 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
I just work here
posted by sciencegeek at 2:59 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by sciencegeek at 2:59 PM on June 16, 2010
Suck it up, princess
posted by Abbril at 3:02 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Abbril at 3:02 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
Go big or go home.
Cowboy (or Cowgirl) up.
If I think I've outthought a problem, my battle cry is "This is SMARTA!"
posted by workerant at 3:02 PM on June 16, 2010
Cowboy (or Cowgirl) up.
If I think I've outthought a problem, my battle cry is "This is SMARTA!"
posted by workerant at 3:02 PM on June 16, 2010
Don't die wondering
posted by NoRelationToLea at 3:05 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by NoRelationToLea at 3:05 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
"Now is the time!" has personal resonance for me, because I read a coroner file from Pittsburgh in the 1930s detailing the fact that these were someone's last words before he started a fight with someone and was promptly beaten to death.
Why I find that motivational, I'm not sure, but I do.
posted by elder18 at 3:05 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Why I find that motivational, I'm not sure, but I do.
posted by elder18 at 3:05 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
On on!
Hasher lingo. Per a Hasher's dictionary: "On On!" is said when you are following marks, so that others in the vicinity know you are on trail and can make their way to trail as well."
posted by madred at 3:08 PM on June 16, 2010
Hasher lingo. Per a Hasher's dictionary: "On On!" is said when you are following marks, so that others in the vicinity know you are on trail and can make their way to trail as well."
posted by madred at 3:08 PM on June 16, 2010
relentless forward motion
Goddamnit, that's 25! Garrrrrrr!
posted by kestrel251 at 3:09 PM on June 16, 2010
Goddamnit, that's 25! Garrrrrrr!
posted by kestrel251 at 3:09 PM on June 16, 2010
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
posted by TochterAusElysium at 3:17 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by TochterAusElysium at 3:17 PM on June 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
More good, less suck.
posted by Osrinith at 3:18 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Osrinith at 3:18 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
"Get action" from Theodore Roosevelt (father of the president).
posted by jgirl at 3:33 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by jgirl at 3:33 PM on June 16, 2010
Burritos for finishing! (mmm... cheap burritos!)
or
A little less conversat- (ion a little more action...)
or
Not dead yet...
or
2nd = 1st looser.
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:25 PM on June 16, 2010
or
A little less conversat- (ion a little more action...)
or
Not dead yet...
or
2nd = 1st looser.
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:25 PM on June 16, 2010
Think circles.
(This was my husband's advice to a fellow cyclist at a race years back. I always liked the image it evoked of making circles with your legs, and I suppose with your arms too for the swimming part of triathlons.)
posted by platinum at 4:31 PM on June 16, 2010
(This was my husband's advice to a fellow cyclist at a race years back. I always liked the image it evoked of making circles with your legs, and I suppose with your arms too for the swimming part of triathlons.)
posted by platinum at 4:31 PM on June 16, 2010
Firstly, RoadID looks pretty cool and a great gift idea.
In thinking of a slogan, my usual chant is to swear with each step, but I could easily switch it out for something like "Go! Go! Go!" or "Roll! Roll! Roll" or "Try! Try! Try".
Amusing ones for others could be:
Bonked Yet?
What new Gu do I chew?
Goal: Personal Best!
posted by rw at 4:38 PM on June 16, 2010
In thinking of a slogan, my usual chant is to swear with each step, but I could easily switch it out for something like "Go! Go! Go!" or "Roll! Roll! Roll" or "Try! Try! Try".
Amusing ones for others could be:
Bonked Yet?
What new Gu do I chew?
Goal: Personal Best!
posted by rw at 4:38 PM on June 16, 2010
Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you.
posted by Short Attention Sp at 4:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Short Attention Sp at 4:49 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Keep on truckin!
Gear down, big shifter.
Buck up, bucko!
fasten your seat belt
Get motivated, motivator
Better pack your lunch
posted by yoyoceramic at 5:31 PM on June 16, 2010
Gear down, big shifter.
Buck up, bucko!
fasten your seat belt
Get motivated, motivator
Better pack your lunch
posted by yoyoceramic at 5:31 PM on June 16, 2010
Something along the lines of, "One day I'll actually envy this (predicament)". Which has always turned out to be true (experience x time = wiser).
posted by marimeko at 5:45 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by marimeko at 5:45 PM on June 16, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for the awesome suggestions everyone - I wound up going with HTFU.
posted by neilkod at 6:28 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by neilkod at 6:28 PM on June 16, 2010
Dum spiro spero. While I breathe, I hope.
posted by metametababe at 6:31 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by metametababe at 6:31 PM on June 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
Summit or plummet.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:36 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:36 PM on June 16, 2010
Be good, or be good at it.
posted by lundman at 7:05 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by lundman at 7:05 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Illegitimis non carborundum
posted by lalochezia at 8:14 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by lalochezia at 8:14 PM on June 16, 2010
Res firma mitescere nescit
"A firm resolve does not know how to weaken"
Or, if Kevin Costner is to be believed: "Once you've got it up, keep it up."
posted by Wild_Eep at 9:26 PM on June 16, 2010
"A firm resolve does not know how to weaken"
Or, if Kevin Costner is to be believed: "Once you've got it up, keep it up."
posted by Wild_Eep at 9:26 PM on June 16, 2010
(1) Walk it off!
(2) Behave, or be hurt.
...and one that's too long for your needs, but I'll share it for the audience:
(3) If this doesn't work, make sure they name the crater after me.
posted by magstheaxe at 9:42 PM on June 16, 2010
(2) Behave, or be hurt.
...and one that's too long for your needs, but I'll share it for the audience:
(3) If this doesn't work, make sure they name the crater after me.
posted by magstheaxe at 9:42 PM on June 16, 2010
FallDown7Times, StandUp8
posted by LooseFilter at 11:17 PM on June 16, 2010
posted by LooseFilter at 11:17 PM on June 16, 2010
Kiss the monster on the nose. (24 chars, excluding spaces.)
posted by booth at 2:38 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by booth at 2:38 PM on June 17, 2010
Stack or Starve
posted by jasondigitized at 4:44 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by jasondigitized at 4:44 PM on June 17, 2010
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posted by Think_Long at 1:31 PM on June 16, 2010 [1 favorite]