Thoughts on A New CanadianYear ~

"Despite the tough times, compared with just about any other land on earth, Canada still is blessed with the mandate of heaven."

~ Peter C. Newman, Canadian author, columnist.

"What many Canadians do not seem to realize is that in most countries of this world people would say about Canada: 'Boy, I wish we had their problems and not ours!'"

~ Arkadi Tcherkassov, Russian commentator, 'Our Man in Moscow.' Grainews, July 1992.

'You've got to keep moving.  What you're most proud of today is quite likely to be scrapped five years hence."

~ Edgar G. Burton, merchandiser, interviewed by R.E.Knowles , The Toronto Star, 22 Jan. 1937.

"Luck is an opportunity seized."

~ Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, quoted by Peter C. Newman, 'The Table Talk of Roy Thomson,"  Maclean's, Dec. 1971.

~Famous Lasting Words/Great Canadian Quotations.  John Robert Colombo, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 2000.