Friday, Feb 28, 2020“Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”
Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist.
(1875 - 1955)
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th U.S. President & Five-Star General.
(1890 - 1969)
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020“You will find humility in the knowledge of yourself when you see that even your own existence comes not from yourself but from me [Jesus], for I loved you before you came into being.”
Saint Catherine of Siena
Mystic, activist, author & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1347 - 1380)
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”
Frederick Douglass
American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman.
(1818 - 1895)
Monday, Feb 24, 2020“Use your skills, your knowledge, your instincts to serve - to go change the world in the way that only you can.”
Robert F. Smith
American billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist.
(1962 - present)
Friday, Feb 21, 2020“Free us Lord, from those who hate us without cause. Give peace and harmony to us and to all the inhabitants of the Earth, as you gave them to our fathers who called on you with trust and faith.”
Pope Saint Clement I
Bishop of Rome and first Apostolic Father of the Church.
(35 AD - 99 AD)
Thursday, Feb 20, 2020“Change is only a good thing if you change in a good way.”
Malcolm X
American human rights activist.
(1925 - 1965)
Wednesday, Feb 19, 2020“America is the greatest country in the world.”
Muhammad Ali
American professional boxer, activist and philanthropist.
(1942 - 2016)
Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.”
Arthur Ashe
World No. 1 Ranked professional tennis player and the only black man to ever win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.
(1943 - 1993)
Monday, Feb 17, 2020“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.”
George Washington
1st President of the United States.
(1732 - 1799)
Friday, Feb 14, 2020“The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth, life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet, sinews of concord, earthly immortality, eternity of pleasures.”
John Ford
American film director.
(1894 - 1973)
Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
Roman poet.
(65 BC - 8 BC)
Monday, Feb 10, 2020“Affliction lasts but a short time, while peace is forever, by the grace of God the Word.”
Saint Moses the Ethiopian
Ascetic monk and priest (one of the Desert Fathers).
(330AD - 405AD)
Friday, Feb 07, 2020“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains all that it strives for. He who has God finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.”
St. Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1515 - 1582)
Thursday, Feb 06, 2020“I command you: be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord, your God, is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
Holy Bible
New American Bible Revised Edition
Wednesday, Feb 05, 2020“Cast all your worries upon Him because He cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7
Holy Bible
New American Bible Revised Edition
Tuesday, Feb 04, 2020“And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.”
1 Peter 5:10
Holy Bible
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Monday, Feb 03, 2020“Have faith. Everything will be all right. Faith, faith!”
Saint Leopold Mandić
Croatian Capuchin friar and priest.
(1866 - 1942)