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Wednesday, Jul 30, 2025“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. ”
Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke
Danish author who wrote in Danish and English.
(1885 - 1962)
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025“If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.”
Henry Steele Commager
American historian.
(1902 - 1998)
Monday, Jul 28, 2025“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. ”
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
26th President of the United States of America.
(1858 - 1919)
Friday, Jul 25, 2025“In every work of God both justice and mercy are united, and they support each other. Justice without mercy is cruelty; and mercy without justice is ruin, destruction. ”
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Dominican Friar, Priest & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1225 - 1274)
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here.”
Patrick Henry
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1736 - 1799)
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2025“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
William A. Ward
American writer.
(1921 - 1994)
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025“Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name and becomes licentiousness. ”
James Q. Wilson
American academic and political scientist.
(1931 - 2012)
Monday, Jul 21, 2025“Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy, and dull things become cheerful.”
Leo Tolstoy
Russian Count and writer nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize.
(1828 - 1910)
Friday, Jul 18, 2025“And above all, be on your guard not to want to get anything done by force, because God has given free will to everyone and wants to force no one, but only proposes, invites and counsels.”
Saint Angela Merici
Italian religious educator and founder of the Company of Saint Ursula.
(1474 - 1540)
Thursday, Jul 17, 2025“Too many in your state [Pennsylvania], as in this [New York], love pure democracy dearly. They seem not to consider that pure democracy, like pure rum, easily produces intoxication, and with it a thousand mad pranks and fooleries. ”
John Jay
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America & first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(1745 - 1829)
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ”
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom
Dutch watchmaker, author, public speaker and a Righteous Among the Nations honoree.
(1892 - 1983)
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. ”
Aristotle
Greek philosopher and scientist.
(384BC - 322BC)
Monday, Jul 14, 2025“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential...these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ”
Confucius
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher.
(551 BC - 479 BC)
Friday, Jul 11, 2025“The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being. ”
Saint John Paul II
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1920 - 2005)
Thursday, Jul 10, 2025“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”
Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1706 - 1790)
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2025“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
Lewis Benedictus Smedes
Christian author, ethicist, professor, and theologian.
(1921 - 2002)
Tuesday, Jul 08, 2025“Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism. ”
Thomas Sowell
American economist & National Humanities Medal recipient.
(1930 - present)
Monday, Jul 07, 2025“Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world. ”
John Milton
English author and poet.
(1608 - 1674)
Thursday, Jul 03, 2025“If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done. ”
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father & third President of the United States of America.
(1743 - 1826)
Wednesday, Jul 02, 2025“When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. ”
Confucius
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher.
(551 BC - 479 BC)
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2025“Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything. ”
Jaime Lerner
Brazilian politician, architect, and urban planner.
(1937 - 2021)
