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Sage sayings, maxims and quotable quotes
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” – Henry David Thoreau “Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more,…
I couldn’t refer to authors’ rules on effective writing without mentioning my favourite writer and his perspective on what makes great writing. Ernest Hemingway wrote a lot about writing. Here’s a few rules from the Master on what it takes to write well. Use short sentences and short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English – passion,…
Here’s a fabulous American writer – Kurt Vonnegut – on his art form of writing. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. Every character should want…
In a letter to D. W. Bowser, in 1880, Mark Twain described what he saw as quality writing: I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English – it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let…
American President Theodore Roosevelt was a great motivator with many inspirational insights into attaining a solid work ethic and a purposeful life. Here are ten of his most remarkable bons mots. “Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” “Keep your eyes on the stars and your…
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Well, well, look who is trending on social media today! Warmest wishes to our Queen Elizabeth, who is a glorious 90 years young. Here are 5 of our FAV memes reciting memorable quotes from Queen Elizabeth II. For those fans of this wonderful lady, here is a great collection of photos…
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win but think you can’t, It’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost. For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow’s will. It’s all in the…
One of our favourite tweeps is Novelicious – @noveliciouss – who is a writer of addictive novels. One of her favourite tweets is remarkable writing quotes. Here are 10 of her most recent provocative quotes on #writing. “The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.” – T.S. Elliot “For a writer every…
A prince who wishes to do great things must learn to practice deceit. Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. In the actions of men . . . from which there is no appeal, the end justifies the means….
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places…
@ByGeorgeJournal follows Amy Neumann on Twitter – Amy is a Director for Audience Targeting, Social Media, and Content Marketing for an American marketing firm, Northeast Ohio Media Group. Amy posted her “88 Favorite Social Good Quotes” recently and By George has selected our FAV 20 for a Sunday morning reflection. Here are 20 of our…
“How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?” – Seth Godin “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the park. Aim for the company of immortals.” – David…
So, you have pen in hand and are ready to inscribe a short note on your loved one’s card. But all you can think of is “Roses are red…”!?? Not to worry: the wordsmith-cupids here at By George have pulled together 20 of our favourite quotes on ‘Love’ so that you may whisper them on…
In bracing ourselves for the return of Parliament on Monday, By George Journal has offered up a dozen some remarkable quips. They are great zingers for your inevitable conversations next week… All government is an ugly necessity. – G. K. Chesterton That government is best which governs least. – Henry David Thoreau In a healthy…
An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. – Proverb The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. – Benjamin Disraeli I quote others only the better to express myself. – Michel de Montaigne I hate quotations, tell me what you know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson…
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. – Joseph Pulitzer Easy reading is damn hard writing. – Nathaniel Hawthorne Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it….
Here are but a few more memorable quotes to celebrate this great man’s life and accomplishments of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister. If I had influence over the minds of the people of Canada, any power over their intellect, I would leave them this legacy: ‘Whatever you do, adhere to the Union….
These glorious insults are from a previous era — before four-letter words serve as the core of one’s pointed comments. He had delusions of adequacy. – Walter Kerr He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. – Winston Churchill I have never killed a man, but I have read…
Here are 10 more quotes that may help ease investors’ angst in these times of troubling market swings. John Keynes: “As time goes on, I get more convinced that the right method in investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly…