Quote for the Day! - Archive

Thursday, Apr 30, 2020

“Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go, and informed by fairly good judgment.”

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc aka Hilaire Belloc
Anglo-French writer, historian, orator, poet, sailor, soldier & political activist.
(1870 - 1953)

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2020

“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.”

Maimonides
Sephardic Jewish philosopher.
(1135 - 1204)

Tuesday, Apr 28, 2020

“It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.”

Charles Pierre Péguy
French poet, essayist and editor.
(1973 - 1914)

Monday, Apr 27, 2020

“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.
(121 AD - 180 AD)

Friday, Apr 24, 2020

“The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light.”

Saint John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, poet & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1542 - 1591)

Thursday, Apr 23, 2020

“Do you hate to be deceived? Then don't deceive others.”

Saint John Chrysostom
Bishop & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(349 AD - 407 AD)

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2020

“Keep silent or say something better than silence.”

Salvator Rosa
Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and poet.
(1615 - 1673)

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2020

“If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you.”

Saint Thomas of Villanova
Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine.
(1488 - 1555)

Monday, Apr 20, 2020

“For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray - that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy.”

Saint Faustina Kowalska
Polish Nun, Mystic, Visionary and the Apostle of Divine Mercy.
(1905 - 1938)

Friday, Apr 17, 2020

“There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.”

Saint Basil the Great
Saint Basil the Great Bishop, Confessor and & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(330AD - 379AD)

Thursday, Apr 16, 2020

“Do not trust those who have no faith in God and who do not obey His precepts.”

Saint John Bosco
Founder of the Salesian Society for the Christian education of the poor.
(1815 - 1888)

Wednesday, Apr 15, 2020

“We are Christians, and strangers on earth. Let none of us be frightened; our native land is not in this world.”

Saint Augustine
Sinner turned Saint & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(354AD - 430AD)

Tuesday, Apr 14, 2020

“The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrises.”

St. Clement of Alexandria
Theologian & Early Church Father.
(150AD - 215AD)

Monday, Apr 13, 2020

“Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst; and for which God will certainly most strictly reckon with us, when time shall be no more.”

William Penn
Quaker, real estate entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(1644 - 1718)

Friday, Apr 10, 2020

“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

John 12:13
Holy Bible
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition.

Wednesday, Apr 08, 2020

“Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say. Christian hope is based on this truth.”

Saint John Paul II
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1920 - 2005)

Tuesday, Apr 07, 2020

“At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. How bountifully He provides for all our wants-I would even say for our pleasures!”

Saint Théodore Guérin
French-American Sister and foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.
(1798 - 1856)

Monday, Apr 06, 2020

“The noblest art is that of making others happy.”

Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum
Politician, showman and businessman, founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
(1810 - 1891)

Friday, Apr 03, 2020

“Heaven is your real home. This is our testing ground, that's all. We were created by God to be with Him.”

Mother Angelica
Cloistered Franciscan nun and Founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN).
(1923 - 2016)

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”

Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author, poet and novelist.
(1850 - 1894)

Wednesday, Apr 01, 2020

“There is so little distance between heaven and earth that God always hears us. Nothing but a thin veil separates us from God.”

Saint Andre Bessette
Canadian lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross credited with thousands of miraculous healings associated with his pious devotion to Saint Joseph.
(1845 - 1937)