“Although a wise man might urge that one suffer fools gladly, this should not be construed as license for any fool to demand that one do so.” Frederick William Kantor
“Compound interest isn’t left wing or right wing. It just is, and it will wreck the finances of any government that ignores it.” John Ibbitson in Globe & Mail March 7 2011
“Paddle your own canoe”
Lord Baden-Powell
“Work like you don’t need money, Love like you’ve never been hurt, And dance like no one’s watching” from an obituary in the National Post in January 2004; it seems to be adapted from the lyrics to the country song “Come from the Heart” published in 1984
“Religion, as mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.”
John Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita Sua
“It is not sufficiently considered, that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.”
Samuel Johnson in The Rambler
“Altho’ thy teacher act not as he preaches,/ Yet ne’ertheless, if good, do what he teaches;/ Good counsel, failing men may give, for why,/ He that’s aground knows where the shoal doth lie.”
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac
“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.” “Wisdom from Granny and Gramps” in Gilbert Magazine June 2004.