Thursday, February 12, 2026

George Ty –  Founder of Metropolitan Bank and Trust

“For me, business is not just about reaching the pinnacle of success. It is about helping other people achieve their dreams. This is my ikigai, and I was fortunate to have found it early in my life.”

Lauren Child – “I have regrets, definitely. They are little life ­lessons—reminders that if there is a next time, be braver.”

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Mark Cuban – “When your back is against the wall, you’ve only got one direction to go.” 

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Aldous Huxley – “Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.”

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Quentin Crisp – “Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It’s cheaper.”

English raconteur, illustrator, actress

Pauline Esther Phillips – “The best index to a person’s character is…”

"... (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” Writing as...

J. M. Barrie – “Not in doing what you like but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness.” 

J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright

Peter F. Drucker – “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” 

Austrian-American consultant, educator, author

Andy Warhol – “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

American artist, filmmaker

W. Somerset Maugham – “It is a funny thing about life…”

"... if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” English writer

Garrison Keillor – “When in doubt, look intelligent.”

American author, singer, humourist, voice actor, radio personality

Leslie Nielsen – “Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you’re finished.”

Canadian-American actor and comedian

Kurt Vonnegut – “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”

American author

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