Quote for the Day! - Archive

Friday, Nov 13, 2026

“Thus, brethren, God has loved you from eternity, and through pure love, he has selected you from among so many men whom he could have created in place of you; but he has left them in their nothingness, and has brought you into existence, and placed you in the world. For the love of you, he has made so many other beautiful creatures that they might serve you, and that they might remind you of the love which he has borne to you, and of the gratitude which you owe to him.”

Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Italian bishop, artist, poet, lawyer, philosopher, theologian, Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and One of the Thirty-Eight Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1696 - 1787)

Thursday, Nov 12, 2026

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

W.H. Murray
Scottish mountaineer.
(1913 - 1996)

Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026

“It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else...begin to march us steadily backward.”

Sir Patrick Stewart
English actor.
(1940 - 2026)

Monday, Nov 09, 2026

“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ...get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”

Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher.
(1907 - 1972)

Friday, Nov 06, 2026

“Whatever good we see in ourselves, let us ascribe it to God and not to ourselves.”

Saint Bede the Venerable
English Benedictine monk, scholar, author & One of the Thirty-Eight Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(673AD - 735AD)

Thursday, Nov 05, 2026

“At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked what type of government the delegates had created. Franklin famously replied...A republic, if you can keep it. ”

Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1706 - 1790)

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2026

“Don't spend your energies on things that generate worry, anxiety, and anguish. Only one thing is necessary: Lift up your spirit, and love God.”

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist & mystic.
(1887 - 1968)

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2026

“Live free or die. Death is not the greatest of evils. ”

General John Stark
American military officer.
(1728 - 1822)

Monday, Nov 02, 2026

“You should know that when a message you convey to another person is not understood by him, at least one of the following things is true: what you have said is not true, or you have conveyed it without kindness.”

Leo Tolstoy
Russian Count and writer nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize.
(1828 - 1910)