Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Sage sayings, maxims and quotable quotes
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else. – Tom Clancy It’s important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want. – Harry Browne Give…
If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough! Here’s health to your enemies’ enemies! May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live. May the wind always be at your back. May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re…
A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’ She fooled them all. “How heavy is this glass of water?” she inquired with a smile. Answers…
I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth, so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldn’t. Nobody can write the absolute truth. – Henry Miller A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. – Isaac Bashevis…
Our cupid wordsmiths at By George Journal humbly present their “Top-Ten Love Quotes” to quench your appetite for “bon-bons mots” on St. Valentine’s Day (our apologies for the pun). “Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint Exupery “Love is a…
“Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” “Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people” “Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance” “Clarity is the key to effective leadership. What are your goals?” “The best leaders…
As cited in Wikiquotes, Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was a Los Angeles, California poet and novelist sometimes mistakenly associated with Beat Generation writers because of alleged similarities of style and attitude. Bukowski’s writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles. He wrote more than fifty books and countless…
In response to our friend Dick Inwood, here is a much longer list of humourous quips dredged up from a past By George Journal post dating back to February 2010. Public office is the last refuge of the incompetent. – Boies Penrose We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity…
Marcus Tullius Cicero (English byname Tully) was born in 106 BC in where is now Arpino, Italy. He was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer who vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic. His writings include books of rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, and…
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.” – Charles Chaplin “Being human is given. But keeping our humanity is a choice.” – Anonymous “All labor that uplifts humanity…
In his memoir It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, Colin Powell provided a valuable list of life lessons accompanied by a collection of personal anecdotes. For this great man, there are 13 Rules to how to live life. Rule 1. It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the…
More insight from Napoleon Bonaparte: He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. Men take only their needs into consideration, never…
Here are By George’s favourite 10 quotes of Napoleon Bonaparte on the subject of governing and effective leadership: The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. A leader is a dealer in hope. The heart of a statesman should be in his head. Nothing is more difficult, and therefore…
Many will know that By George Journal regularly tweet quotes to inspire, motivate and provoke. Here are some of our latest “favourite” bons mots! “Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.” – Mark Twain “Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” – Leonard Cohen “The value of…
This week, By George counted down the top 10 posts to be highlighted in 2017 on the By George Facebook Page. Here are the top three selected from last year: #3 #2 #1 Access the album with all top 10 By George Facebook posts – HERE. Like what you see? Well, join us on Facebook…
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. – Winston Churchill Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. – Dwight D. Eisenhower Politics is the art of controlling your environment. – Hunter Thompson Good government is good politics. – Richard J. Daley Power is dangerous…
Easy reading is damn hard writing. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite. – Edward Albee The sovereign rule: don’t say it, write it. — James Michener I think all writing is a…
For our American cousins down south, here are some of By George’s favourite quotes to honour America’s Independence Day. America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens….
The rise of democracy was the most important accomplishment of the 20th Century. Societal wellbeing depends on the ability of citizens to participate in political discussions and influence public policy. – Amartya Sen We do not imitate, but are a model to others. – Pericles No nation is fit to set in judgment upon any…