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Sage sayings, maxims and quotable quotes
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s seventh PM Canada has been modest in its history, although its history, in my estimation, is only commencing. It is commencing in this century. The nineteenth century was the century of the United States. I think we can claim that Canada will fill the twentieth century. Confederation is a compact, made…
. . . one people, great in territory, great in resources, great in enterprise, great in credit, great in capital. [a 1860 speech summed up his lifelong political creed and political goals] – Sir John A Macdonald If I had influence over the minds of the people of Canada, any power over their intellect, I…
Sir John A. Macdonald is Canada’s first Prime Minister and a grand and colourful character whose accomplishments helped forged a nation from sea to sea. Over the course of the next three weeks, we will focus on providing quotes from our country’s Prime Ministers. We begin with the quotes and quips of perhaps our…
Don’t compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday. Power is competence. If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future. It’s better to do something badly than to not do it at all. Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one…
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we all should know a few suitable toasts…. Here is a famous Irish saying to start: “May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet…
Character matters; leadership descends from character. The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that. There’s nobody who cares more about you than you, and there’s nobody better equipped to take care of you than you. The American dream…
Here are a dozen favourite quotes from the incomparable, unflappable, peerless Howard Cosell. Bons Mots What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right. Stand for something. Don’t quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty. Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple. One man purposefully…
Through this week, the By George Journal provided the lists of “top-ten love quotes” from many other sources. To add to that rush of romance to-be-felt through the next few days, our cupid wordsmiths are humbly presenting this top-ten list for your consideration and pleasure. Happy St. Valentine’s Day to all! Love does not consist in gazing at…
Let go of people who aren’t ready to love you yet! This is the hardest thing you’ll have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing: stop giving your love to those who aren’t ready to love you yet. Stop hard conversations with people who don’t want to change. Stop…
Love is the poetry of the senses. – Honoré de Balzac When love is not madness, it is not love. – Pedro Calderon de la Barca Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. – Jean Anouilh Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that. – Michael…
Here are a dozen quips on the subject of love that are sure to liven up your conversations and toasts throughout this weekend. Enjoy! “Love reasons without reason”. – William Shakespeare “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is…
Today, American country music icon Dolly Parton turns 75 years young. To honour her birthday, USA Today celebrated with some very special quotes from the lady herself… On having big dreams growing up in a small town: “I imagined it, I dreamed it, I worked for it, and God was good enough to let me…
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time: That the ten most dangerous words in the English language are, ‘Hi, I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.’ We in…
Each year, the By George Journal selects its top social media posts from its Facebook and Twitter activity. These are posts that we have heard back are striking and/or popular. In reverse order, here are the By George Top-10 Posts of 2020. Number 10 Number 9 Number 8 Number 7 Number 6 Number 5 Number…
“New Year’s Day–Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink, and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have…
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W.T. Ellis Our elf-wordsmiths at By George enjoy contemplating words that best frame the spirit of a moment or an event. We have our favourite words for just about every occasion… including Christmas. So today, we are offering our favourite inscriptions, verse…
There’s no one thing that is true. They’re all true. What is moral is what you feel good after. Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Man is not made for defeat. Nobody knows what’s in him until he tries to pull it out. If there’s nothing or very little, the shock…
Here are a dozen of By George Journal’s favourite insights of the erudite Thomas Sowell, learned American economist and social theorist. You can share these images by right-clicking on the image and saving – then reposting on the social media platform(s) of your choice. Enjoy! Chris George is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president…
in the cupboard sits my bottle like a dwarf waiting to scratch out my prayers. I drink and cough like some idiot at a symphony, sunlight and maddened birds are everywhere, the phone rings gamboling its sound against the odds of the crooked sea; I drink deeply and evenly now, I drink to paradise and…
Here are three remarkable poems that capture the solemn and significant essence of Remembrance Day. These poems express sentiments for the ages. For the Fallen – Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen…