Quote for the Day! - Archive

Monday, Jan 30, 2023

“With the right attitude, self-imposed limitations vanish.”

Alexander the Great
King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
(356 BC - 323 BC)

Friday, Jan 27, 2023

“The crosses with which our path through life is strewn associate us with Jesus in the mystery of His crucifixion.”

Saint John Eudes
French priest and founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity & Congregation of Jesus and Mary.
(1601 - 1680)

Thursday, Jan 26, 2023

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

James Madison
One of the Founding Fathers and fourth president of the United States of America.
(1751 - 1836)

Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023

“Patience smooths away lots of difficulties.”

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

Tuesday, Jan 24, 2023

“Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it. Ignorance may deride it. Malice may distort it. But there it is.”

Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II & first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States of America.
(1874 - 1965)

Monday, Jan 23, 2023

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

Helen Keller
American author, political activist, and lecturer.
(1880 - 1968)

Friday, Jan 20, 2023

“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.”

Saint Teresa of Calcutta (aka Mother Teresa)
Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity.
(1910 - 1997)

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2023

“I believe that both democracy and religious freedom are at the heart of the good life. Philosophical discussion is indispensable for their survival, but democracy and religious freedom can only be defended by determined citizens who recognize the issues and have the political will to act.”

George Cardinal Pell AC
Australian priest, bishop, and author.
(1941 - 2023)

Monday, Jan 16, 2023

“Any Christian who blindly accepts the opinions of the majority and in fear and timidity follows a path of expediency and social approval is a mental and spiritual slave.”

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobel laureate, Baptist minister and civil rights leader.
(1929 - 1968)

Friday, Jan 13, 2023

“There is nothing to be dreaded in human ills except sin-not poverty, or disease, or insult, or ill treatment, or dishonor, or death, which people call the worst of evils. To those who love spiritual wisdom, these things are only the names of disasters, names that have no substance. No, the true disaster is to offend God, to do anything that displeases him.”

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

Thursday, Jan 12, 2023

“Well done is better than well said.”

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

Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”

Benjamin Disraeli
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
(1804 - 1881)

Tuesday, Jan 10, 2023

“We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.”

C.S. Lewis
British novelist, poet, essayist, and Atheist-to-Christian convert.
(1898 - 1963)

Monday, Jan 09, 2023

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

Samuel Langhorne Clemens
American author and humorist better known by his pen name Mark Twain.
(1835 - 1910)

Friday, Jan 06, 2023

“God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.”

Saint Josemaria Escrivá
Spanish priest & founder of Opus Dei.
(1902 - 1975)

Wednesday, Jan 04, 2023

“Let us ask the Lord to help us see through the superficial glitter of this season, and to discover behind it the Child in the stable in Bethlehem, so as to find true joy and true light.”

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1927 - 2022)

Tuesday, Jan 03, 2023

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes.”

G.K. Chesterton
Arguably the greatest thinker & writer of the 20th century. He defended "the common man", common sense, the poor, the family, beauty, Christianity & the Catholic Faith.
(1874 - 1936)