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Thursday, Jun 30, 2022“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
James Madison
One of the Founding Fathers and fourth president of the United States of America.
(1751 - 1836)
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022“'Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist.
(1822 - 1895)
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022“Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.”
P.J. O'Rourke
American journalist, author and political satirist.
(1947 - 2022)
Monday, Jun 27, 2022“Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.”
Augustine "Og" Mandino II
American author and motivational speaker.
(1923 - 1996)
Friday, Jun 24, 2022“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”
Saint Augustine
Famous sinner turned Saint & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(354AD - 430AD)
Thursday, Jun 23, 2022“Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.”
Samuel Adams
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1722 - 1803)
Wednesday, Jun 22, 2022“'You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”
Jerry West
American basketball executive and one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history.
(1938 - present)
Tuesday, Jun 21, 2022“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: While democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
Alexis de Tocqueville
French political thinker and historian.
(1805 - 1859)
Monday, Jun 20, 2022“A nation or a civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobel laureate, Baptist minister and civil rights leader.
(1929 - 1968)
Friday, Jun 17, 2022“We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more.”
Saint Joseph Cafasso', OFS
Italian Priest and social reformer.
(1811 - 1860)
Thursday, Jun 16, 2022“Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.”
Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1706 - 1790)
Wednesday, Jun 15, 2022“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American author.
(1940 - 2021)
Tuesday, Jun 14, 2022“If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.”
Thomas Sowell
American economist & National Humanities Medal recipient.
(1930 - present)
Monday, Jun 13, 2022“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
Plato
Greek philosopher & Aristotle's teacher.
(428BC - 348BC)
Friday, Jun 10, 2022“The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.”
Saint Vincent de Paul
Patron saint of charitable societies. Spent two years in slavery after being taken captive by Barbary pirates.
(1581 - 1660)
Thursday, Jun 09, 2022“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.
(1851 - 1836)
Tuesday, Jun 07, 2022“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.”
P.J. O'Rourke
American journalist, author and political satirist.
(1947 - 2022)
Monday, Jun 06, 2022“The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.”
Harry Kemp
American poet and prose writer.
(1883 - 1960)
Friday, Jun 03, 2022“For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1515 - 1582)
Thursday, Jun 02, 2022“Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.”
Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1706 - 1790)
Wednesday, Jun 01, 2022“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”
Helen Keller
American author, political activist, and lecturer.
(1880 - 1968)
