Quote for the Day! - Archive

Wednesday, Dec 30, 2020

“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.”

Napoleon Bonaparte
French statesman and military leader.
(1769 - 1821)

Tuesday, Dec 29, 2020

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”

Saint Ambrose
Bishop and one of the four original Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(340 AD - 397 AD)

Monday, Dec 28, 2020

“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

Walt Disney
American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.
(1901 - 1966)

Thursday, Dec 24, 2020

“God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.”

Julian of Norwich
English mystic, anchorite and author of the first book written in English by a woman.
(1343 - 1416)

Wednesday, Dec 23, 2020

“Jesus Christ is for us God made man, and made a part of the history of humanity. Precisely for this reason, Christian hope for the world and its future extends to every human person.”

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

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020

“Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.”

Virgil
Roman poet.
(70BC - 19BC)

Monday, Dec 21, 2020

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States of America.
(1917 - 1963)

Friday, Dec 18, 2020

“It is God who governs the world, not we.”

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

Thursday, Dec 17, 2020

“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.”

T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
Nobel Prize winning publisher, playwright, literary and social critic & "arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century."
(1888 - 1965)

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020

“I am increasingly disturbed by the steady, obvious drift of our nation toward a centralization of power of the Federal Government...our country has been lured into the 'easy way', a path of federal expediency which, like a narcotic, may give us a false sense of well-being, but in the long run is dangerous to our future, our basic rights, our moral fiber and our individual freedom.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th U.S. President & Five-Star General.
(1890 - 1969)

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020

“The mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity...”

Mary Flannery O'Connor
American writer and essayist.
(1925 - 1964)

Monday, Dec 14, 2020

“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”

Democritus
Ancient Greek philosopher.
(460 BC - 370 BC)

Friday, Dec 11, 2020

“Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.”

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

Thursday, Dec 10, 2020

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

Heraclitus of Ephesus
Greek Ionian philosopher.
(535 BC - 475 BC)

Wednesday, Dec 09, 2020

“It is the easiest thing in the world to obey God when He commands us to do what we like, and to trust Him when the path is all sunshine. The real victory of faith is to trust God in the dark, and through the dark.”

Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
American minister and religious writer.
(1822 - 1909)

Tuesday, Dec 08, 2020

“It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.”

Thomas Carlyle
Scottish philosopher, writer, historian and teacher.
(1795 - 1881)

Monday, Dec 07, 2020

“Common sense is the kind of knowledge most often employed by ordinary people and persons of practical affairs. In politics and law, as well, common sense is indispensable. People who rely on common sense do not look for a theory to resolve issues, but for a ray of practical wisdom helpful just now.”

Bernard Lonergan
Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian.
(1904 - 1984)

Thursday, Dec 03, 2020

“The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what He is sending us every day in His goodness.”

Saint Gianna Molla
Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who refused an abortion when she became ill while pregnant with her fourth child, as a result she died shortly after the birth of her daughter. Her husband and daughter were present at her canonization. The first time in the history of the Church that a husband witnessed his wife's canonization.
(1922 - 1962)

Wednesday, Dec 02, 2020

“In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.”

Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1515 - 1582)

Tuesday, Dec 01, 2020

“Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence.”

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