Friday, Aug 28, 2020“The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.”
Daniel Webster
Considered one of the five greatest U.S. Senators.
(1782 - 1852)
Thursday, Aug 27, 2020“Don't spend your energies on things that generate worry, anxiety, and anguish. Only one thing is necessary: lift your spirit and love God.”
Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist & mystic.
(1887 - 1968)
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2020“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
Saint Augustine
Famous sinner turned Saint & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(354AD - 430AD)
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”
Wilma Rudolph
American Olympic gold medalist, civil rights and women's rights pioneer.
(1940 - 1994)
Monday, Aug 24, 2020“Every virtuous man is free.”
Philo of Alexandria
Hellenistic Jewish philosopher.
(20 BC - 50 AD)
Friday, Aug 14, 2020“Man's highest activity is searching for the truth.”
Monsignor Georges Lemaître
Belgian priest and astronomer who proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
(1894 - 1966)
Thursday, Aug 13, 2020“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”
Golda Meir
Prime Minister of Israel.
(1898 - 1978)
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2020“Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.”
Aldous Leonard Huxley
English writer, novelist and philosopher.
(1894 - 1963)
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020“...if you put in the work, the results will come.”
Michael Jordan
Generally considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
(1963 - present)
Monday, Aug 10, 2020“A true Christian is a man who never for a moment forgets what God has done for him in Christ and whose whole comportment and whose activity have their root in the sentiment of gratitude.”
Jacques Maritain
French philosopher.
(1882 - 1973)
Friday, Aug 07, 2020“Nothing could do more for human relations that to take for a fact of life that every man is made by God in his own image and so is of value simply as a man.”
Frank Sheed
Australian-born lawyer, writer, publisher and speaker.
(1897 - 1982)
Thursday, Aug 06, 2020“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic and political activist.
(1856 - 1950)
Wednesday, Aug 05, 2020“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”
Alfred North Whitehead, OM FRS FBA
English mathematician and philosopher.
(1861 - 1947)
Tuesday, Aug 04, 2020“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.
(121 AD - 180 AD)
Monday, Aug 03, 2020“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.”
Henry Ford
American industrialist and business magnate.
(1863 - 1947)