Quote for the Day! - Archive

Friday, May 30, 2025

“He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing. ”

Saint Philip Neri
Italian priest and mystic noted for his piety, good humor and holiness.
(1515 - 1595)

Thursday, May 29, 2025

“The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments. ”

James Madison
One of the Founding Fathers and fourth president of the United States of America.
(1751 - 1836)

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

“The circumstances of life, the events of life, and the people around me in life, do not make me the way I am, but reveal the way I am. ”

Dr. Sam Peeples
American missionary and author.
(1929 - 2012)

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

“One of the greatest threats to mankind today is that the world may be choked by an explosively pervading but well camouflaged bureaucracy. ”

Norman Ernest Borlaug
American agronomist, Nobel laureate, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal recipient.
(1914 - 2009)

Friday, May 23, 2025

“God has given free will to everyone, and therefore He forces no one but only indicates, calls, persuades. ”

Saint Angela Merici
Italian religious educator and founder of the Company of Saint Ursula.
(1474 - 1540)

Thursday, May 22, 2025

“No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the power of its public functionaries!”

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

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

“Patience is also a form of action.”

François Auguste René Rodin
French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.
(1840 - 1917)

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines.”

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr.
American author, newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
(1920 - 1986)

Monday, May 19, 2025

“There is good in everything, if only we look for it.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author, journalist, and teacher.
(1867 - 1957)

Friday, May 16, 2025

“Holiness is not the privilege of a few but the responsibility of each one of us. ”

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

Thursday, May 15, 2025

“A republic is only to be supported by pure religion or austere morals. Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private virtue, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics.”

John Adams
Founding Father & second President of the United States of America.
(1735 - 1826)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

“The fastest way to have a loving, supportive, understanding spouse is to become a loving, supportive, understanding spouse.”

Gary Demonte Chapman
American author, radio talk show host, and Baptist minister.
(1938 - present)

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

“To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.”

Thomas Jefferson
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence & Third President of the United States.
(1743 - 1826)

Monday, May 12, 2025

“This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.”

Justin Brooks Atkinson
American Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent and theater critic.
(1894 - 1984)

Friday, May 09, 2025

“The only one who can make man happy is the One who created him.”

Saint Augustine
Famous sinner turned Saint & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(354AD - 430AD)

Thursday, May 08, 2025

“To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.”

William Samuel Johnson
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1727 - 1819)

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

“Sooner or later we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.”

Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author, poet, and novelist.
(1850 - 1894)

Tuesday, May 06, 2025

“If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. ”

Hyman G. Rickover
United States Navy admiral and recipient of two Congressional Gold Medals.
(1900 - 1986)

Monday, May 05, 2025

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”

David McClure Brinkley
American newscaster, political commentator, author, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
(1920 - 2003)

Friday, May 02, 2025

“The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer, and it reaches down to our lowest need. It quickens our soul and gives it life, and makes it grow in grace and virtue.”

Julian of Norwich
English mystic, anchorite, and author of the first book written in English by a woman.
(1343 - 1416)

Thursday, May 01, 2025

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”

Alexander Hamilton
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1755 - 1804)