{"id":2478,"date":"2016-11-09T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T13:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2016-11-07T07:04:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T12:04:44","slug":"modern-day-maxims-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Modern-Day Maxims (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Count your age by friends, count your life by smiles. \/ You have to wake up in order for your dreams to come true. \/ Never insult a crocodile until you&#8217;ve crossed the river. \/ If you don&#8217;t lie down no one can walk on you. \/ If you think things improve with age attend a class reunion. \/ A good scare is sometimes worth more to a man than good advice. \/ Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes. \/ We have two ears and one mouth, Think twice, speak once! \/ You&#8217;re never fully dressed until you wear a smile. \/ It&#8217;s what you learn after you know it all that counts. \/ The greatest mistake you can make is to be afraid of making one. \/ Happiness is the journey not the destination. \/ People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. \/ Look at life through the windshield not the rear view mirror. \/ To succeed do the best you can, where you are, with what you have. \/ Don&#8217;t let your voice mail be &#8220;voice jail&#8221; to your callers. \/ A man without humour is like a car without shock absorbers. \/ Wisdom is what&#8217;s left over after we smarten up. \/ Many people quit looking for work when they finally get a job. \/ About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age. \/ Don&#8217;t wait for your ship to come in &#8211; swim out to it. \/ Talk less &#8211; Say more. \/ Autograph your work with quality. \/ You can only control two things your attitude and your activity. \/ Remember, there&#8217;s nothing more constant than change. \/ If you tell the truth sooner or later somebody&#8217;s going to find out. \/ Experience is the one thing you can&#8217;t get on easy payments. \/ All play and no work, does not work. \/ A goal is a dream with a deadline. \/ Dream of worthy accomplishments and stay awake to achieve them. \/ The only place success comes before work is the dictionary. \/ You can be happy without needing others to agree with you. \/ You are not late until you get there. \/ Glory comes from daring to begin. \/ Have a back bone not a wish bone. \/ Give your troubles to God, He will be up all night anyway. \/ The greater part of progress is the desire to progress. \/ Happiness is the place between too little and too much. \/ Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. \/ Destiny is not a matter of chance it&#8217;s a matter of choice. \/ Your children need your presence more than your presents. \/ Each of us has two ends a sitting end and a thinking end, Success depends on which we use. \/ Many spend half the time wishing for things they could have if they didn&#8217;t spend half the time wishing. \/ For every person who climbs the ladder of success there are a dozen waiting for the elevator. \/ God works with you, not for you. \/ If your dreams turn to dust vacuum. \/ Do it now, you become successful the very moment you start. \/ People may doubt what you say but they will believe what you do. \/ Success -Don&#8217;t do what you like, Like what you do. \/ Happiness is a choice not a response.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR &amp; GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Count your age by friends, count your life by smiles. \/ You have to wake up in order for your dreams to come true. \/ Never insult a crocodile until you&#8217;ve crossed the river. \/ If you don&#8217;t lie down no one can walk on you. \/ If you think things improve with age attend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[18,38,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8724,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/8724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}