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Friday, Nov 30, 2018“The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.”
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States.
(1917 - 1963)
Thursday, Nov 29, 2018“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer and statesman.
(1749 - 1832)
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018“Manners, by which not only the freedom, but the very existence of the republics, are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion and the good education of youth; in both these instances our fathers laid wise foundations, for which their posterity have had reason to bless their memory.”
John Hancock
American patriot and statesman.
(1737 - 1793)
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018“The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.”
Fred McFeely Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers)
Television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer and Presbyterian minister.
(1928 - 2003)
Monday, Nov 26, 2018“Laugh and grow strong.”
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish knight, hermit, priest and theologian. Founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
(1491 - 1556)
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2018“Rendering thanks to my Creator for my existence and station among His works, for my birth in a country enlightened by the Gospel and enjoying freedom, and for all His other kindnesses, to Him I resign myself, humbly confiding in His goodness and in His mercy through Jesus Christ for the events of eternity.”
John Dickinson
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
(1732 - 1808)
Tuesday, Nov 20, 2018“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu
Chinese philosopher and writer.
(571 BC - 471 BC)
Monday, Nov 19, 2018“It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.”
Saint Ambrose
Bishop and one of the four original Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(340 AD - 397 AD)
Friday, Nov 16, 2018“In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.”
Thucydides
Athenian historian and general.
(460BC - 400BC)
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”
Abigail Adams
First Lady of the United States.
(1744 - 1818)
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018“To you who call yourselves men of peace, I say: You are not safe unless you have men of action on your side.”
Thucydides
Athenian historian and general.
(460BC - 400BC)
Monday, Nov 12, 2018“Success has nothing to do with what you accomplish for yourself...It's what you do for others.”
Danny Thomas
Comedian, singer, actor & founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
(1912 - 1991)
Thursday, Nov 08, 2018“Make it a practice to judge person and things in the most favorable light at all times, in all circumstances.”
St. Vincent de Paul
Patron saint of charitable societies. Spent two years in slavery after being taken captive by Barbary pirates.
(1581 - 1660)
Wednesday, Nov 07, 2018“Don't be afraid of anything. We've seen so much suffering and evil in the 20th century and we got through it. We can go on. God is with us. God will help us. Trust Him.”
Michael Novak
Philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat.
(1933 - 2017)
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018“A religion can live without democracy. But democracy cannot live without religion.”
Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen
American Catholic bishop known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio.
(1895 - 1979)
Monday, Nov 05, 2018“Every right is married to a duty; every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility; and there cannot be genuine freedom unless there exists also genuine order, in the moral realm and in the social realm.”
Russell Kirk
American political theorist, historian, and social critic.
(1918 - 1994)
Thursday, Nov 01, 2018“Poles and Czechs and Hungarians can hardly believe, after what they experienced under socialism, that other human beings would fall for the same bundle of lies, half-truths, and distortions. Sadly, however, illusion is often sweeter to human taste than reality.”
Michael Novak
Philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat.
(1933 - 2017)
