Quote for the Day! - Archive

Monday, Apr 30, 2018

“He is not cheating me, that is his business, I give him alms for the love of God and when asked, I give.”

St. 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, Apr 27, 2018

“I know that the light of God exists, that He is Risen, that His light is stronger than any darkness, that the goodness of God is stronger than any evil in this world.”

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1927 - present)

Thursday, Apr 26, 2018

“Long shots do come in and hard work, dedication and perseverance will overcome almost any prejudice and open almost any door.”

John H. Johnson
Founder of Johnson Publishing Company & first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400.
(1918 - 2005)

Wednesday, Apr 25, 2018

“Mark my words, while I can still publish them with impunity: The real tyrants, when they come, will be for diversity (except of opinion) and against hate speech (except their own).”

Niall Campbell Ferguson
British historian and author.
(1964 - present)

Tuesday, Apr 24, 2018

“When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.”

Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
(1884 - 1972)

Monday, Apr 23, 2018

“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?”

Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father & third President of the United States.
(1743 - 1826)

Friday, Apr 20, 2018

“God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth - in a word, to know Himself - so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.”

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

Thursday, Apr 19, 2018

“Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.”

Solon
Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet.
(638 BC - 558 BC)

Wednesday, Apr 18, 2018

“To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.”

George Santayana
Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.
(1863 - 1952)

Tuesday, Apr 17, 2018

“The love of a husband and wife is the force that welds society together.”

St. John Chrysostom
Bishop & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(349AD - 407AD)

Monday, Apr 16, 2018

“Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.”

Fred McFeely Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers)
Television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer and Presbyterian minister.
(1928 - 2003)

Friday, Apr 13, 2018

“Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.”

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

Thursday, Apr 12, 2018

“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.”

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

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2018

“Of genius the only proof is, the act of doing well what is worthy to be done, and what was never done before.”

William Wordsworth
English Romantic poet.
(1770 - 1850)

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018

“He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.”

Henry Ward Beecher
American clergyman and social reformer.
(1813 - 1887)

Monday, Apr 09, 2018

“Do not let a day pass without doing some good during it. ”

St. Philip Neri
Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory.
(1515 - 1595)

Friday, Apr 06, 2018

“Great are the joys in marriage, as there is the lifting of progressive veils, until one is brought into the blazing lights of the Presence of God.”

Venerable Fulton John Sheen
Emmy Award winning American Catholic bishop known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio.
(1895 - 1979)

Thursday, Apr 05, 2018

“Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?”

St. Gerard Majella, C.Ss.R.
Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists. Patron Saint of Expectant Mothers.
(1726 - 1755)

Wednesday, Apr 04, 2018

“Not all the saints started well, but all of them ended well.”

St. John Vianney, T.O.S.F. (aka "Curé d'Ars")
French parish priest and patron saint of parish priests.
(1786 - 1859)

Tuesday, Apr 03, 2018

“No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.”

Thomas Carlyle
(1795 - 1881)
Scottish philosopher, writer, historian and teacher.

Monday, Apr 02, 2018

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16
Holy Bible
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition