Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Here are a dozen remarkable quotes from our last 20 days of own FAV Tweets: “The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.” – Marilyn Monroe “Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That…
Here are a dozen insightful quotes on Canadian politics, recently observed by Canadian political pundits and media. “When you allow people to choose between the corrupt and the stupid, they will go for the corrupt.” – Arthur Finkelstein “Like an episode of Seinfeld, Canadian politics has become a show about nothing.” – Alex Himelfarb “Brokerage…
“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.” – Ron Paul “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” – Ronald Reagan “Government can’t give…
“The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.” – Edit Södergran “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein “Go where the silence is and say something.” – Amy Goodman “Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do…
A dozen quotes to inspire leaders: “Leadership is an action, not a position.” – Donald McGannon “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis “Leadership is a potent…
Here are 25 great thoughts. In fact, these 25 are our latest FAVs #quotes to #inspire & #motivate taken from the @ByGeorgeJournal Twitter feed. “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” – Linus Pauling “We need not destroy the past. It is gone.” – John Cage “Review your…
For many libertarian-minded people, Ronald Reagan’s observations on government probably comes closest to their perceptions of “government.” Former U.S. President Reagan stated: “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is a misnomer for liberals… The basis of conservatism is a desire…
In the last few weeks, By George has been tweeting some remarkable insight of life and the quality of life. Here are 25 #life #insight #quotes from our @ByGeorgeJournal Twitter stream: “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” –…
Here are 20 remarkable quotes from those who we follow on Twitter. You will have seen these gems in the last few weeks if you follow us – @ByGeorgeJournal . “Character is higher than intellect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give his game of life everything…
All government, of course, is against liberty. Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. For every complex problem there…
The greatest motivators have provided us with sage advice when it comes to succeeding with the task at hand. Here are some bons mots from three of “the greatest” – Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins and John Maxwell. “Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” – Brian Tracy “The ability to discipline yourself to delay…
“When ideas fail, words come in very handy.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “It is a world of words that creates a world of things.” – J.M. Coetzee “Words are soldiers of fortune / Hired by different ideas.” – Maxwell Bodenheim “Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled…
This is a wonderful quote that most will recognize… however, it’s not from who you think it is. Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. – Unknown * * This…
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs Attitudes are more important than facts. – Dr. Karl Menninger The heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good. – R.I.P. Gabriel Garcia Márquez To live is to…
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. – Omar Bradley I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. – Reuben Blades One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition. – Alvin Toffler Mankind is resilient: the…
Here is an insightful accounting of the last wishes of Alexander the Great. On his death bed, the great Macedonian leader summoned his generals and told them his last three ultimate wishes. These wishes were that: the best doctors should carry his coffin; the wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones) should be scattered…
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition. — Alvin Toffler You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it. — Art Buchwald As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind…
@ByGeorgeJournal tweets often on art and the artist’s pursuit. Here are 10 of our favourite #art tweets from the last few weeks. For my part I know nothing w any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” -Vincent van Gogh Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the…
@ByGeorgeJournal produces a stream of motivational and inspirational quotes on our Twitter feed to help our followers get through the work day. Here is an example of our regular tweets. 10 quotes to motivate: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world…
“We’re going to build socialism here. For a country with such a small population there is no alternative.” “The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers.” “Since neither individuals themselves, nor the economic system…