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Sage sayings, maxims and quotable quotes
Everybody marvels at Yogi Berra’s quotes. He is an unflappable treasure of the game… “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” “If the people don’t wanna come out to the ballpark,…
“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…
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“[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…
Politics offers yesterday’s answers to today’s problems. – Marshall McLuhan Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it’s doing in the Maritimes. – Tommy Douglas The disconnect between Canadians and those who govern on their behalf is deep, wide, and growing….
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…
Liberty don’t work near as good in practice as it does in speeches. Nobody wants his cause near as bad as he wants to talk about his cause. Common sense is not an issue in politics; it’s an affliction. If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then…
“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…
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Right click on these images and copy/save – and share widely. Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @ CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.