{"id":5499,"date":"2014-11-05T11:40:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=5499"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:44:24","slug":"20-fav-tweets-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=5499","title":{"rendered":"20 FAV tweets (#quotes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Twitter-Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"Twitter-Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Twitter-Logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Twitter-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Twitter-Logo.png 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Here are 20 of our favourite quotes from the last few weeks, taken from our <a title=\"By George on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByGeorgeJournal\" target=\"_blank\">By George Journal Twitter stream<\/a>\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.&#8221; &#8211; Aristotle<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.&#8221; &#8211; Vincent Van Gogh<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.\u201d &#8211; Aristotle<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.&#8221; &#8211; Bukowski<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential.\u201d &#8211; Faith Jegede<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.&#8221; &#8211; Stephen Fry<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.&#8221; &#8211; Mark Twain<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHowever bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there&#8217;s life, there is hope.\u201d &#8211; Stephen Hawking<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Once you choose hope, anything&#8217;s possible.&#8221; &#8211; Christopher Reeve<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We meet no ordinary people in our lives.&#8221; &#8211; C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.\u201d &#8211; Johann Von Goethe<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere is a difference between knowing the path &amp; walking the path.\u201d &#8211; Morpheus<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.&#8221; &#8211; Latin Proverb<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSo long as you keep on trying, you&#8217;re a winner.\u201d &#8211; Alex Kassan<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.\u201d &#8211; Oscar Wilde<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLuck? I&#8217;ve never banked on it&#8230; Luck to me is something else: hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn&#8217;t.\u201d &#8211; Lucille Ball<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Be happy in the moment, that&#8217;s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.&#8221; &#8211; Mother Teresa<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.&#8221; &#8211; Buddha<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBefore enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.\u201d &#8211; Zen proverb<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.&#8221; &#8211; John Irving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join us on Twitter for daily provocation! Follow <a title=\"By George on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByGeorgeJournal\" target=\"_blank\">@ByGeorgeJournal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 20 of our favourite quotes from the last few weeks, taken from our By George Journal Twitter stream\u2026. &nbsp; &#8220;The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.&#8221; &#8211; Aristotle &#8220;Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things&#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":[18,23,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499"}],"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=5499"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5504,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499\/revisions\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}