Comments on: 35 Family Mottos and How to Create the Perfect One for Your Family

By: Katelyn Fagan

Katelyn Fagan — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:54:24 +0000

In reply to Shaylen Fidel. "Be Better" is a perfect little motto! Love it! And I like the one you and your husband are working on crafting!

By: Shaylen Fidel

Shaylen Fidel — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:33:20 +0000

Growing up my family motto was always Be Better in reference to always working to improve yourself from the day before and work to become the best you can be. This often gave me the courage to do something hard that I knew would help me become a better person. I also love that it was so short and easy to use throughout the day. I recently got married and do not have children and my husband and I are working on creating a motto for the two of us. I really like “never fear, only believe” as a motto and we might end up using that.

By: Melina W

Melina W — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 02:21:10 +0000

Thank you for your post about family mottos. My husband and I are reading a book together called “The Secrets of Happy Families,” by Bruce Feiler. It is an excellent book! The chapter on creating a family motto has had us stuck for a few weeks, but after reading your post, I think we can make some headway.

Our vision is to make a graphic where the main motto is Be Your Best Self, and all around it will be other phrases that support this main idea, such as Never Stop Improving; Kindness Begins With Me; Have I Done Any Good in the World Today?; Honesty is the Best Policy; Dare to Do Right… etc. It is a work in progress! Thank you for sharing lots of great ideas. ?

By: Katelyn Fagan

Katelyn Fagan — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:05:24 +0000

In reply to Stefanie. Oh that is a great one!

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 04:34:12 +0000

Shortly after our family was sealed in August 2013, I read the quote by Joseph F. Smith “We are living for eternity, not merely for the moment.” I thought it was perfect & adopted it as our Family Motto.

By: Katelyn Fagan

Katelyn Fagan — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:19:46 +0000

In reply to Betsy Lou.

It’s wonderful to hear that you broke free from your upbringing and did better for your children. Of that you should be tremendously proud. It isn’t easy to do.

I love your new motto of “Enough is as good as a feast” because it really does apply to so many things!

By: Betsy Lou

Betsy Lou — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 21:13:07 +0000

I was raised in an abusive home. My motto when raising my children was “Our home will always be a safe place.” Now that my children are grown and I’ve aged and world priorities are changing, my replacement motto is “Enough is as good as a feast.” This helps me curb spending, eating, working too hard, etc. Interestingly, my eldest daughter married a man who grew up in a very loving home and can’t fathom what it’s like to live in fear of one’s parents but has heard my stories. He has expressed to me that he will keep my motto and ensure that their home too, will always be a safe place. That made me cry.

By: Katelyn Fagan

Katelyn Fagan — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:58:57 +0000

In reply to ophelia. Love it! Those are fantastic values to possess... or work on possessing.

By: ophelia

ophelia — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:29:08 +0000

Patience, Kindness, Acceptance, Grace, and Humor

Each word represents the best quality a person in our family possesses AND the things the other 4 need to work on. So if you are “Patience” it acknowledges your gift while also giving you 4 more things to work on. 😉

By: Jenny @ Unremarkable Files

Jenny @ Unremarkable Files — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:59:30 +0000

I liked reading all of these real, actual mottos from families. We tried to create one once, but the closest we got was “Evanses like pie” and that wasn’t quite all that I wanted to say (although it is true.)