Friday, May 22, 2026“During painful times, when you feel a terrible void, think how God is enlarging the capacity of your soul so that it can receive him - making it, as it were, infinite as he is infinite. Look upon each pain as a love token coming to you directly from God in order to unite you to him.”
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD
French Discalced Carmelite, mystic, and spiritual writer.
(1880 - 1906)
Thursday, May 21, 2026“It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.”
Patrick Henry
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1736 - 1799)
Wednesday, May 20, 2026“Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.”
Henry Ford
American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.
(1863 - 1947)
Tuesday, May 19, 2026“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.”
Thomas Sowell
American economist & National Humanities Medal recipient.
(1930 - present)
Monday, May 18, 2026“It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.”
Henry Ward Beecher
American clergyman and social reformer.
(1813 - 1887)
Friday, May 15, 2026“We obey God's Law, not to be loved but because we are loved in Christ.”
Jerry Bridges
American evangelical Christian author and speaker.
(1929 - 2016)
Thursday, May 14, 2026“It is infinitely better to have a few good men, than many indifferent ones.”
George Washington
1st President of the United States of America.
(1732 - 1799)
Wednesday, May 13, 2026“Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.”
William Shakespeare
English poet and playwright.
(1564 - 1616)
Tuesday, May 12, 2026“The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character - with the perennial problem of the inner order of the soul, the restoration of the ethical understanding, and the religious sanction upon which any life worth living is founded. This is conservatism at its highest. ”
Russell Amos Kirk
American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, lecturer, author, and novelist.
(1918 - 1994)
Monday, May 11, 2026“Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.”
John Ruskin
English social thinker and philanthropist.
(1819 - 1900)
Friday, May 08, 2026“The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.”
Saint Anthony of Padua
Franciscan Friar & One of the Thirty-Eight Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1195 - 1231)
Thursday, May 07, 2026“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as the abuses of power.”
James Madison
One of the Founding Fathers and fourth president of the United States of America.
(1751 - 1836)
Wednesday, May 06, 2026“I attribute my success to this-I never gave or took any excuse.”
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
(1820 - 1910)
Tuesday, May 05, 2026“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
Samuel Johnson
English writer and polymath who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.
(1709 - 1784)
Monday, May 04, 2026“I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.”
Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar
Legendary author, salesman, business consultant and motivational speaker who invested his life helping others get everything they wanted out of life.
(1926 - 2012)
Friday, May 01, 2026“How can we live in harmony? First, we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Dominican Friar, Priest & One of the Thirty-Eight Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1225 - 1274)