Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
I can honestly say I've always strived to achieve my old school motto "Fill the unforgiving minute"

It's from a poem by Rudyard Kipling called "If". The whole poem is a great piece of advice.
Deserves it's own thread.

I'll admit to some misgivings in my life, but I'll not admit to any real regret. Maybe that's a weakness.
When I joined my first ship in the Merchant Navy as a cadet, the Captain handed that to me a few days in and told me to memorise it and would have to recite it from memory several days later, he kept his word. I still haven't forgotten it.