Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
A Day in the Life of Man is a source of personal energy – a perfect gift for family, friends and co-workers For Chris George, remarkable quotes and verse help to put life into perspective – the magic and mysteries of our world and of man are translated through poignant thought. So, it…
Here are ten great motivational quotes we saw yesterday on our Twitter feed – @ByGeorgeJournal. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. – Robert Kennedy The dictionary is the only place where success comes before…
A few of our favourite bons mots at By George…. Strive for excellence, not perfection. – Jackson Brown Jr. We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility. – Albert Einstein Live this day as if it were your last. The past is gone. The future is not guaranteed. –…
Nice, Istanbul, Madrid, Paris, Brussels… As our world attempts to absorb one horrific tragedy after another, By George offers these quotes of reflection – bons mots of hope, promise and caring. Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. – Emory Austin What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings…
Brian Vaszily, founder and editor in chief of IntenseExperiences.com, has provided us with his 25 greatest motivational quotes. Here they are (counted down to Vaszily’s #1 selection): 25) Many of the things you can count, don’t count. Many of the things you can’t count, really count. – Albert Einstein 24) Everything that irritates us about…
We’ve almost completed our first day back. Here are another dozen quotes on work and effort that we found rather amusing today. (ed. – Thank you to all those who contacted us with words of encouragement on this day). Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. – Heywood Hale Broun Ya gots to work with what you gots to…
Our 2016 Nova Scotia summer vacation has ended and now back to work…. So, what better way to ease into our first day back than to comb through bons mots on “work”. Here are a dozen favourites: The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. – Arnold Toynbee Far and away the best…
It’s Friday. So, here are a dozen whacky quotes to get you through your end-of-the-week challenges! A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. – Steve Martin Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today’s tasks. – Holly Black Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of…
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…
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. – Plato The problem with political jokes is they get elected. – Henry Cate, VII We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop I have come to the conclusion…
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” – Henry David Thoreau “Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more,…
Well, well, look who is trending on social media today! Warmest wishes to our Queen Elizabeth, who is a glorious 90 years young. Here are 5 of our FAV memes reciting memorable quotes from Queen Elizabeth II. For those fans of this wonderful lady, here is a great collection of photos…
One of our favourite tweeps is Novelicious – @noveliciouss – who is a writer of addictive novels. One of her favourite tweets is remarkable writing quotes. Here are 10 of her most recent provocative quotes on #writing. “The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.” – T.S. Elliot “For a writer every…
A prince who wishes to do great things must learn to practice deceit. Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. In the actions of men . . . from which there is no appeal, the end justifies the means….
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places…
@ByGeorgeJournal follows Amy Neumann on Twitter – Amy is a Director for Audience Targeting, Social Media, and Content Marketing for an American marketing firm, Northeast Ohio Media Group. Amy posted her “88 Favorite Social Good Quotes” recently and By George has selected our FAV 20 for a Sunday morning reflection. Here are 20 of our…
“How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?” – Seth Godin “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the park. Aim for the company of immortals.” – David…
So, you have pen in hand and are ready to inscribe a short note on your loved one’s card. But all you can think of is “Roses are red…”!?? Not to worry: the wordsmith-cupids here at By George have pulled together 20 of our favourite quotes on ‘Love’ so that you may whisper them on…
An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. – Proverb The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. – Benjamin Disraeli I quote others only the better to express myself. – Michel de Montaigne I hate quotations, tell me what you know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson…
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. – Joseph Pulitzer Easy reading is damn hard writing. – Nathaniel Hawthorne Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it….