Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
“There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.” – Tommy Lasorda “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” – Babe Ruth “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth “Never allow the fear of striking out…
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby “They give you a round bat, and they throw you a round ball, and then they tell you to hit it square.” – Willie…
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard “We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.” – Albert Einstein “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Von Goethe “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” –…
If you’re actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams A leader is a dealer in hope. – Napoleon Bonaparte Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. – Norman…
“[Canadians] … we are content to elect a prime minister with the appointment powers of an autocrat for the duration of his term. It is a curious anomaly of an otherwise sensible people in accepting such an archaic governance system. Louis himself couldn’t have asked for anything more.” – Richard Finlay “Political parties in Canada…
“Here’s a little tip for politicians everywhere: If you find yourselves with more time than issues on your hands, go home.” – Lorne Gunter “Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters’ own money.” – Richard Needham “Canada is divided by great mountains, great…
“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.” – Thomas Sowell “Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.” – Honore de Balzac “The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.” – Eugene J. McCarthy “Bureaucracy is the death of all…
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger. A difficult time can be more readily endured if we…
Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy. People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude. Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying. Talent is a gift, but character is a choice. Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to…
Here are a dozen quotes from Thomas Sowell, one of America’s most prolific intellectuals – a conservative with libertarian leanings. The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best? If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you…
On this, MPs’ first day back in Ottawa, By George offers some classic observations on government from notable Canadians through the ages. “Canada: a land endowed by heaven with incalculable wealth… a people free and brave and strong with the strength that comes from the mountains and the prairies, the rivers and the sea.”…
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. – Winston Churchill Giving money…
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” “The time is always right to do what is right.” “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.” “Our lives begin to end…
In 1979 when the Joe Clark government fell on a non-confidence vote on respecting the budget, less than nine months in office: “Long enough to conceive, just not long enough to deliver.” On Question Period: “The usual lot of noise not signifying very much.” “Mr. Speaker, I am glad the honourable gentleman finally got around…
Here are post-Labour Day quotes to focus your thoughts on the Fall agenda. The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford The starting point of all achievement is desire. – Napolean Hill Take up one idea. Make that one…
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. – Colin Powell Overnight success stories take a long time. – Steve Jobs Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill There is no happiness except in the realization that…
It’s been said that “The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.” So, with the Canadian federal election about to be called in the coming days, we bring you 20 political quotes on elections. A politician thinks of the next election – a statesman,…
It is a luxury to be understood. — Ralph Waldo Emerson The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation. — Dale Carnegie Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words. — T.S. Matthews Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are…
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. – Jean-Paul Sarte This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what’s so. – Werner Erhard The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To…
By George wordsmiths absolutely love the observations of Ernest Hemingway. Here are a dozen of our favourite memes featuring Papa. Consider joining the By George Facebook page for daily posts of inspiration and motivation from the likes of Ernest Hemingway. Click here to “like”. To pass along Papa’s wisdom, right click on these images…