Quote for the Day! - Archive

Monday, Jun 30, 2025

“Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them. ”

Saint Jerome
Priest, theologian, and historian.
(347 AD - 420 AD)

Friday, Jun 27, 2025

“Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and helps us to persevere. A servant of God ought always to be in good spirits. Charity and cheerfulness, or charity and humility, should be our motto.”

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

Thursday, Jun 26, 2025

“This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren, united to each other by the strongest ties, should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties.”

John Jay
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America & first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(1745 - 1829)

Wednesday, Jun 25, 2025

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. ”

Edson Arantes do Nascimento (aka Pelé)
Legendary Brazilian professional footballer.
(1940 - 2022)

Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025

“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. ”

Herodotus
Greek historian and geographer.
(484 BC - 425 BC)

Monday, Jun 23, 2025

“Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.”

Saint Thomas Moore
English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and martyr.
(1478 - 1535)

Friday, Jun 20, 2025

“Announcing the Gospel is the first and greatest act of charity. ”

Saint Arnold Janssen
German-Dutch priest and founder of the Society of the Divine Word.
(1837 - 1909)

Thursday, Jun 19, 2025

“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated [in the Constitution]. ”

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

Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025

“I always entertain great hopes. ”

Robert Frost
Pulitzer Prize winning American poet.
(1874 - 1963)

Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025

“Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work. ”

Albert Einstein
German-born Nobel Laureate, theoretical physicist and developer of the general theory of relativity.
(1879 - 1955)

Monday, Jun 16, 2025

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. ”

Willie Nelson
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist.
(1933 - present)

Friday, Jun 13, 2025

“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. ”

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

Thursday, Jun 12, 2025

“Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.”

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

Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. ”

Melody Lynn Beattie
American counselor and author.
(1948 - 2025)

Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025

“Life on earth is a hand-to-hand mortal combat...between the law of love and the law of hate. ”

José Julián Martí Pérez
Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher.
(1853 - 1895)

Monday, Jun 09, 2025

“Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles. ”

Arnold H. Glasgow
American entrepreneur, publisher and author.
(1905 - 1998)

Friday, Jun 06, 2025

“Let all creation help you to praise God. Give yourself the rest you need. When you are walking alone, listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, the sun and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to proclaim the greatness of the one who has given them being.”

Saint Paul of the Cross
Italian priest, mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
(1694 - 1775)

Thursday, Jun 05, 2025

“Honesty is the best policy. ”

Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1706 - 1790)

Wednesday, Jun 04, 2025

“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. ”

Lucius Annaeus Seneca aka Seneca the Younger
Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist.
(4 BC - 65 AD)

Tuesday, Jun 03, 2025

“You were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. ”

Dante Alighieri
Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages - Early Renaissance.
(1265 - 1321)

Monday, Jun 02, 2025

“The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. ”

Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States of America.
(1911 - 2004)