Quote for the Day! - Archive

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

“We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its interests in time of need. In particular, we are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.”

Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States of America.
(1911 - 2004)

Friday, May 26, 2023

“All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.”

Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish knight, hermit, priest, and theologian. Founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
(1491 - 1556)

Thursday, May 25, 2023

“You are further to declare that we hold sacred the rights of conscience, and may promise to the whole people, solemnly in our name, the free and undisturbed exercise of their religion.”

Roger Sherman
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1721 - 1793)

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

“Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control.”

Walter E. Williams
American economist, educator, and author.
(1936 - 2020)

Monday, May 22, 2023

“It's worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.”

Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom.
(1926 - 2022)

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

“In this life no one can fulfill his longing, nor can any creature satisfy man's desire. Only God satisfies, he infinitely exceeds all other pleasures. That is why man can rest in nothing but God.”

Saint Thomas Aquinas
Dominican Friar, Priest & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1225 - 1274)

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

“...evil is radically overcome by good, hate by love, death by resurrection.”

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

Monday, May 15, 2023

“Let us love God, but with the strength of our arms, in the sweat of our brow.”

Saint Vincent de Paul
Patron saint of charitable societies. Spent two years in slavery after being taken captive by Barbary pirates.
(1581 - 1660)

Friday, May 12, 2023

“Pray, hope and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayers.”

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist & mystic.
(1887 - 1968)

Thursday, May 11, 2023

“The more we try in this world to give ourselves completely to God our Lord by obeying his commands, the greater will be our happiness in the life to come, and the greater the glory that will be ours in the presence of God.”

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

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

“Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Therefore, do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let the false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.”

Saint Clare of Assisi
Italian nun and founder of a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, commonly known as the Poor Clares.
(1194 - 1253)

Tuesday, May 09, 2023

“When people think they possess the secret of a perfect social organization which makes evil impossible, they also think that they can use any means, including violence and deceit, in order to bring that organization into being. Politics then becomes a 'secular religion' which operates under the illusion of creating paradise in this world. But no political society...can ever be confused with the Kingdom of God.”

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

Monday, May 08, 2023

“Prudence teaches us to behave prudently and wisely in everything that we have to do and think, seeking advice from those older, and those who know more than me.”

Saint John of God
Portuguese Founder of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God whose members make solemn vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and service to the sick for life in their hospitals.
(1495 - 1550)

Friday, May 05, 2023

“When we serve the poor and the sick, we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.”

Saint Rose of Lima
Peruvian virgin, ascetic, and member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.
(1586 - 1617)

Thursday, May 04, 2023

“All men are born naturally free and equal.”

Saint Robert Cardinal Bellarmine
Italian bishop, theologian, confessor & one of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1542 - 1621)

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

“Whatever our situation we must pray for an openness of heart, for a willingness to take the next step, even if we are fearful of venturing too much further. If we take God's hand, he will do the rest. Trust is the key. God will not fail us.”

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

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

“If men have nothing more to expect than what this world offers them, and if they may and must demand all this from the state, they destroy both their own selves and every human society.”

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
German priest, bishop, theologian and author.
(1927 - 2022)

Monday, May 01, 2023

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

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