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Friday, Oct 29, 2021“Holiness consists simply in doing God's will and being just what God wants us to be.”
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1873 - 1897)
Thursday, Oct 28, 2021“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1706 - 1790)
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer and scholar.
(106 BC - 43 BC)
Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021“The more corrupt the State, the more numerous the laws.”
Tacitus
Roman historian and politician.
(56 AD - 120 AD)
Monday, Oct 25, 2021“I think you can overcome any obstacle in this country. I was reared in a small town, dirt poor, blind, you name it. And yet, here I am today.”
Ray Charles
American Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, pianist and composer.
(1930 - 2004)
Friday, Oct 22, 2021“There is nothing small in the service of God.”
Saint Francis de Sales
French Friar, Bishop and One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1567 - 1622)
Thursday, Oct 21, 2021“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.”
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father & third President of the United States of America.
(1743 - 1826)
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
Harper Lee
American novelist & Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
(1926 - 2016)
Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021“Every system of totalitarianism, including and between the poles of brutal tyranny and soft-spoken omni-control, has these in common: first, the rejection of binding moral absolutes established by a transcendent Being; second, the minimizing of the absolute value of human life; and third, the elevation of the state, malignant and seemingly benign alike, as the final arbiter of good and evil.”
Michael D. O'Brien
Canadian author, artist and essayist.
(1948 - present)
Monday, Oct 18, 2021“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer and pianist.
(1770 - 1827)
Friday, Oct 15, 2021“What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For he is all-powerful, and he tells us: 'My yoke is easy, and my burden light.'”
Saint Boniface
English Archbishop, Missionary and Martyr.
(675 AD - 754 AD)
Thursday, Oct 14, 2021“I have come to the conclusion, that one useless man is called a disgrace, two are called a law firm and that three or more become a Congress.”
John Adams
Founding Father & second President of the United States.
(1735 - 1826)
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States of America.
(1917 - 1963)
Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021“Never could an increase of comfort or security be a sufficient good to be bought at the price of liberty.”
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc aka Hilaire Belloc
Anglo-French writer, historian, orator, poet, sailor, soldier & political activist.
(1870 - 1953)
Monday, Oct 11, 2021“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!”
Anne Frank
German-Dutch diarist & Holocaust victim.
(1929 - 1945)
Friday, Oct 08, 2021“You can do more with the grace of God than you think.”
Saint John Baptist de la Salle
French priest, educational reformer & founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
(1651 - 1719)
Thursday, Oct 07, 2021“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
George Washington
1st President of the United States of America.
(1732 - 1799)
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of the United States.
(1884 - 1962)
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
Alexis de Tocqueville
French political thinker and historian.
(1805 - 1959)
Monday, Oct 04, 2021“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
Lao Tzu
Chinese philosopher and writer.
(571 BC - 471 BC)
Friday, Oct 01, 2021“Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.”
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Italian bishop, artist, poet, lawyer, philosopher, theologian, Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1696 - 1787)
