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Monday, Oct 30, 2017“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
Albert Einstein
German-born Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist and developer of the general theory of relativity.
(1879 - 1955)
Friday, Oct 27, 2017“Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.”
Saint Teresa of Calcutta (aka Mother Teresa)
Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity
(1910 - 1997)
Thursday, Oct 26, 2017“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”
Frederick Douglass
African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman.
(1818 - 1895)
Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.”
Indian proverb
Tuesday, Oct 24, 2017“But I fear nothing, because of the promises of Heaven; for I have cast myself into the hands of Almighty God, who reigns everywhere.”
St. Patrick
Catholic bishop known as the Apostle of Ireland
(387AD - 461AD)
Monday, Oct 23, 2017“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
American author and humorist better known by his pen name Mark Twain
(1835 - 1910)
Friday, Oct 20, 2017“Faith and love are like the blind man's guides. They will lead you along a path unknown to you, to the place where God is hidden.”
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, poet & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church
(1542 - 1591)
Thursday, Oct 19, 2017“Nothing which is morally wrong can ever be politically right.”
Judge Learned Hand
United States judge and judicial philosopher
(1872 - 1961)
Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017“Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch life from the sidelines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.”
Gabriel Heatter
American radio commentator
(1890 - 1972)
Tuesday, Oct 17, 2017“It is better to be silent and be real, than to talk and not be real.”
St. Ignatius of Antioch
One of the Apostolic Fathers of the Church, Bishop of Antioch and Martyr
(35AD - 107AD)
Monday, Oct 16, 2017“Your heart will tell you what to do.”
St. Théodore Guérin
French-American Sister and foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.
(1798 - 1856)
Friday, Oct 13, 2017“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains all that it strives for. He who has God finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.”
St. Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church
(1515 - 1582)
Thursday, Oct 12, 2017“Truth exists, only lies have to be invented.”
Georges Braque
French painter and sculptor
(1882 - 1963)
Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Leonard Huxley
English writer, novelist, philosopher
(1894 - 1963)
Tuesday, Oct 10, 2017“In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.”
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, poet & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church
(1542 - 1591)
Monday, Oct 09, 2017“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O.
Trappist monk, writer, theologian and mystic
(1915 - 1968)
Friday, Oct 06, 2017“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. I can't accept not trying.”
Michael Jordan
Generally agreed to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
(1963 - )
Thursday, Oct 05, 2017“I plead with you-never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”
Saint John Paul II
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God
(1920 - 2005)
Wednesday, Oct 04, 2017“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God! ”
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist, journalist and philosopher.
(1821 - 1881)
Tuesday, Oct 03, 2017“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Baptist Minister, Nobel Laureate and Civil Rights Leader
(1929 - 1968)
Monday, Oct 02, 2017“Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say. Christian hope is based on this truth.”
Saint John Paul II
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God
(1920 - 2005)
