Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
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…
Here are post-Labour Day quotes to focus your thoughts on the Fall agenda. The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford The starting point of all achievement is desire. – Napolean Hill Take up one idea. Make that one…
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. – Colin Powell Overnight success stories take a long time. – Steve Jobs Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill There is no happiness except in the realization that…
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. – Jean-Paul Sarte This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what’s so. – Werner Erhard The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To…
This week, By George counted down the top 10 posts to be highlighted in 2018 on the By George Facebook Page. Here are the top three selected from last year: #3 #2 The #1 By George Facebook post of 2018…
Here are 6 brilliant sayings by Sir Winston Churchill which have been made into attractive memes (ready for you to right-click-copy-and-paste into your presentation). . Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @ CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.
Here are ten of By George‘s favourite motivational memes featuring the legendary Muhammad Ali. (Right click and share!) Chris George, providing reliable PR & GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @ CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.
By George has compiled some of our favourite quotes from the life of Muhammad Ali – “The Greatest of All-time.” “I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.” “It’s the repetition of affirmations that…
Thankfully, Benjamin Franklin left behind volumes of writings, from which we have gained invaluable knowledge of his thoughts on life, work and success. Here are 10 gems on success that ring as true today as they did in Franklin’s era. Well done is better than well said. Never confuse motion with action. Diligence is the mother…
Here are wonderfully insightful quotes on work and life from American business tycoon Henry Ford. You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who…
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…
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…
Tom Brady did it again yesterday, leading his New England Patriots team to an amazing 4th quarter comeback Superbowl victory. Brady becomes the first QB with 5 NFL championship rings. So, to follow-up on this game-for-the-ages, By George compiled our 15 FAV observations of a truly great football quarterback – and a decent human being….
To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star This is my quest To follow that…
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’ve crossed the river. / If you don’t lie down no one can walk on you. / If you think things improve with age attend…
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. / Success is … more attitude than aptitude. / Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. / If you can laugh at it then you can live with it. / If you must cry over spilled milk then please try…
They certainly do not have the “weightiness” of those traditional aphorisms from ancient Greece and the Enlightenment Period, but there still is an element of truth twisted into modern-day maxims. However, here is an entertaining list of modern principles and maxims. The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime. / The road to…
Here are five great William James quotes to start the day: “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” “To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.” “Sow an action and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character…
Here are 25 of our favourite bons mots of William James. . A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. Could the young…
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel like there is something in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only…