On speaking up

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.”

William Faulkner

Excerpt of speech presented at his daughter’s graduation (1951)

On truth and lies

"In the information war, the one who speaks the truth will always lose to the liar because the truth teller is limited to the truth and the liar has no such boundaries."
Robert Sheckley

QOTD - On liking yourself first

"Remove the 'I want you to like me' sticker from your forehead and place it on the mirror, where it belongs.”
Susan Jeffers

QOTD - On ships, harbors, and safe shelter

At rest
Port Stanley, ON
July 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram

"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for."
John A. Shedd

#portstanley #beach #ldnont #ontario #canada #greatlake #erie #sailing #sailinglife #sail #boat #sailingphotography #sky #water #waves #nature #nature #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded

Inspiration on an airport wall

Sorry, crowds
Hamilton, ON
December 2022
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Disraeli was right: blaze your own trail.

And while we’re at it, let’s just go ahead and ignore the naysayers. They don’t get to dictate the path we take.

#hamilton #international #airport #ontario #canada #yhm #throwback #road #trip #roadtrip #travel #travelphotography #travelgram #quote #quotation #flight #flying #aviation #avgeek #plane #planes #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded

On true leadership

“The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.”

Reed Hastings

CEO

Netflix

 

On brilliant jerks

"Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high."

Reed Hastings

CEO

Netflix

On lying

"We know they are lying,

they know they are lying,

they know we know they are lying,

we know they know we know they are lying,

but they are still lying."

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

 

On prevailing despite it all

“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies.

You may trod me in the very dirt.

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.”

Maya Angelou

Rushing toward danger

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"

Fred Rogers

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #urban #street #photography #york #traffic #walkabout #fire #firstresponder #qotd #Nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #photooftheday #instagood #nofilter #nofilterneeded #lifeinthemargins

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On making mistakes

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

Albert Einstein

 

On brilliant minds

"Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds."

Diane Ravitch

On being me

"I am a clown … and I collect moments."
Heinrich Böll

The Clown

1963

 

On facts and truth

"There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth."

Maya Angelou

 

On leaving stuff out

"The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone."

Oswald Chambers

 

On wealth vs. health

"The first wealth is health."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

On being your best self

"Only do what only you can do."

Edsger W. Dijkstra

On stupidity and patriotism

"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent."

Isaac Asimov

On majority rule and being right

"A lie doesn’t become truth,

wrong doesn’t become right,

and evil doesn’t become good,

just because it’s accepted by a majority."

Booker T. Washington

 

On the season of laughter

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."

Victor Hugo