Quote for the Day! - Archive

Tuesday, Nov 30, 2021

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Lord Acton
English historian, politician and writer.
(1834 - 1902)

Monday, Nov 29, 2021

“There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”

Norman Vincent Peale
American minister and author.
(1898 - 1993)

Wednesday, Nov 24, 2021

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

L. M. Montgomery, OBE
Canadian author.
(1874 - 1942)

Tuesday, Nov 23, 2021

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. ”

William Butler Yeats
Irish Nobel laureate and poet.
(1865 - 1939)

Monday, Nov 22, 2021

“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”

William Arthur Ward
American writer and educator.
(1921 - 1994)

Friday, Nov 19, 2021

“O my God, fill my soul with holy joy, courage and strength to serve You. Enkindle Your love in me and then walk with me along the next stretch of road before me.”

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, OCD (Edith Stein)
German Jewish philosopher, Discalced Carmelite nun and martyr.
(1891 - 1942)

Thursday, Nov 18, 2021

“There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, ...than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.”

James Madison
One of the Founding Fathers and fourth president of the United States of America.
(1851 - 1836)

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”

Ernest Hemingway
American Nobel Laureate & Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, short-story writer, journalist and sportsman.
(1899 - 1961)

Tuesday, Nov 16, 2021

“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”

Albert Einstein
German-born Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist and developer of the general theory of relativity.
(1879 - 1955)

Monday, Nov 15, 2021

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”

Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman.
(1847 - 1931)

Friday, Nov 12, 2021

“Grace is a gift and like the freedom that we enjoy in this country, that grace was paid for with somebody else's blood.”

Chris Pratt
American actor.
(1979 - present)

Thursday, Nov 11, 2021

“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.”

Samuel Adams
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1722 - 1803)

Wednesday, Nov 10, 2021

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

Anne Frank
German-Dutch diarist & Holocaust victim.
(1929 - 1945)

Tuesday, Nov 09, 2021

“We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal.'”

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

Monday, Nov 08, 2021

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

Charles Dickens
English writer and social critic.
(1812 - 1870)

Friday, Nov 05, 2021

“It is part of the discipline of God to make His loved ones perfect through trial and suffering. Only by carrying the Cross can one reach the Resurrection.”

Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
American Catholic bishop known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio.
(1895 - 1979)

Thursday, Nov 04, 2021

“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.”

Alexander Hamilton
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1755 - 1804)

Wednesday, Nov 03, 2021

“Always take the high road, it's far less crowded.”

Charlie Munger
American billionaire investor, businessman and philanthropist.
(1924 - present)

Tuesday, Nov 02, 2021

“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”

John Stuart Mill
English philosopher, political economist and Member of Parliament.
(1806 - 1873)

Monday, Nov 01, 2021

“You change your life by changing your heart.”

Saint Benedict of Nursia
Founder of Western Christian monasticism.
(480AD - 547AD)