--- title: "11 Good Motto Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Good Motto quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Good Motto sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/brandon-mull-1617_death_say-no-to-death-pies-another-good-motto_2237014.png" --- > [Say no to death pies. Another good motto.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/say-no-to-death-pies-another-good-motto/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/brandon-mull-1617_death_say-no-to-death-pies-another-good-motto_2237014.png) > [A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-crane/a-good-motto-is-use-friendliness-but-do-not-use-your-friends/) [Frank Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-crane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/frank-crane-32929_friendliness_a-good-motto-is-use-friendliness-but-do_1257325.jpg) > [A good motto to live by: "Always try not to get killed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/a-good-motto-to-live-by-always-try-not-to-get-killed/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/george-carlin-155_funny_a-good-motto-to-live-by-always-try-not-t_443497.jpg) > [When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/when-you-want-a-thing-done-don-t-do-it-yourself-is-a-good-motto-for/) [Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/robert-baden-powell-6992_done_when-you-want-a-thing-done-don-t-do-it-y_2621686.png) > [“Don't worry about the bitches. That could be a good motto, because you come across people like that throughout your life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lawrence-actress/don-t-worry-about-the-bitches-that-could-be-a-good-motto-because-you/) [Jennifer Lawrence Actress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lawrence-actress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/jennifer-lawrence-actress-9128_life_don-t-worry-about-the-bitches-that-could_1327852.jpg) > [That way I look at it, I want to push myself to create things people could've never imagined. It's a good motto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriano-zumbo/that-way-i-look-at-it-i-want-to-push-myself-to-create-things-people/) [Adriano Zumbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriano-zumbo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/adriano-zumbo-5984_create_that-way-i-look-at-it-i-want-to-push-mys_1761908.jpg) > [Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-west/always-remember-honey-a-good-motto-is-take-all-you-can-get-and-give/) [Mae West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/mae-west-1200_giving_always-remember-honey-a-good-motto-is-ta_2400706.jpg) > [All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/all-for-each-and-each-for-all-is-a-good-motto-but-only-on-condition/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/theodore-roosevelt-218_burden_all-for-each-and-each-for-all-is-a-good_1283124.jpg) > [I recently adopted for my own a good motto I saw somewhere, on a barroom mirror or possibly a washroom wall: 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-bracken/i-recently-adopted-for-my-own-a-good-motto-i-saw-somewhere-on-a/) [Peg Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-bracken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/peg-bracken-12080_adopted_i-recently-adopted-for-my-own-a-good-mot_2659846.png) > [Drake. He liked dangerous pies." "Why did he join you?" "Who would eat pie that could take over your life? Why risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/drake-he-liked-dangerous-pies-why-did-he-join-you-who-would-eat-pie/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/brandon-mull-1617_dangerous_drake-he-liked-dangerous-pies-why-did-he_601149.png) > [My colleague Senator John Ensign of Nevada told me a story that epitomizes the selfishness of our culture: When I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/my-colleague-senator-john-ensign-of-nevada-told-me-a-story-that/) [Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/rick-santorum-1840_action_my-colleague-senator-john-ensign-of-neva_1815688.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-motto/#itemlist", "name": "Good Motto Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Say no to death pies. 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