"it’s more important to make a difference than to make a point."
Andrew Cohen in Ottawa Citizen October 11, 200511/10/05
“Here is a simple truth: humanity has been far better to me than I have been to humanity. All this through the gifts of God. And if I talk about this endlessly it is because God and the angels He has sent to protect me merit endless praise and glory.”
Benjamin J. Stein in The American Spectator June 2005
"When I was 17, I read a quote somewhere that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And when the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
Steve Jobs, June 12, 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, reprinted in National Post June 30, 2005
"history is little more than the Newgate calendar of nations"
Herbert Spencer, quoted by Will Durant The Story of Philosophy
"Every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible."
Nassau Senior in 1836, quoted by Stephen Leacock in "What is Left of Adam Smith?" in On the Front Line of Life
"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."
Harry S. Truman (displayed on the hoarding around a construction site in Philadelphia Sept. 12 2016
"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out."
Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, quoted by Jeff Hayden on www.inc.com
"Canada is free and freedom is its nationality"
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, quoted in Brian Lee Crowley Fearful Symmetry