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Friday, Aug 30, 2019“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. ”
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1515 - 1582)
Thursday, Aug 29, 2019“Commitment is doing what you said you would do, after the feeling you said it in has passed. ”
Saint Camillus
Italian priest who founded the Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm dedicated to the care of the sick.
(1550 - 1614)
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”
Saint Catherine of Siena
Mystic, activist, author & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1347 - 1380)
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2019“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
26th President of the United States of America.
(1858 - 1919)
Monday, Aug 26, 2019“Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
Coach John Wooden
As head basketball coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including an unprecedented seven in a row.
(1910 - 2010)
Friday, Aug 23, 2019“Man in harmony with his Creator is sublime, and his action is creative; equally, once he separates himself from God and acts alone, he does not cease to be powerful, since this is the privilege of his nature, but his acts are negative and lead only to destruction.”
Joseph de Maistre
Philosopher, writer, lawyer and diplomat.
(1753 - 1821)
Thursday, Aug 22, 2019“There's a divinity that shapes our ends.”
William Shakespeare
English poet and playwright.
(1564 - 1616)
Wednesday, Aug 21, 2019“Let us not seek the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States.
(1917 - 1963)
Tuesday, Aug 20, 2019“One who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.”
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Mystic, Carmelite Nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1515 - 1582)
Monday, Aug 19, 2019“Time brings all things to pass.”
Aeschylus
Ancient Greek playwright.
(523 BC - 456 BC)
Friday, Aug 16, 2019“There naturally exist among mankind manifold differences of the most important kind; people differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition.”
Saint Leo XIII
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1810 - 1903)
Thursday, Aug 15, 2019“All that is to last is slow to grow.”
Louis de Bonald
French philosopher and politician.
(1754 - 1840)
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2019“The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning comes of the darkest clouds.”
François-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician, diplomat and historian.
(1768 - 1848)
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019“...the moral crisis of our time consists primarily not in the widespread violation of accepted moral standards . . . but in the repudiation of those very moral standards themselves.”
William Herberg
American political activist, theologian and writer.
(1901 - 1977)
Monday, Aug 12, 2019“Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a terrible battle.”
Philo of Alexandria
Hellenistic Jewish philosopher.
(20 BC - 50 AD)
Friday, Aug 09, 2019“God created shadows to better emphasize the light.”
Saint John XXIII
Bishop of Rome & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1881 - 1963)
Thursday, Aug 08, 2019“Dismiss all anger and look into yourself a little. Remember that he of whom you are speaking is your brother, and as he is in the way of salvation, God can make him a saint, in spite of his present weakness.”
Saint Thomas of Villanova
Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine who was a noted preacher, ascetic and writer.
(1488 - 1555)
Wednesday, Aug 07, 2019“Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family.”
St Angela Merici
Italian religious educator, consecrated virgin and foundress of the Company of St. Ursula.
(1474 - 1540)
Tuesday, Aug 06, 2019“Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.”
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States.
(1872 - 1933)
Monday, Aug 05, 2019“[Jesus] comes to us as one Unknown. And to those who obey him, whether they be wise or simple, he will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through.”
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian polymath and Nobel Laureate.
(1875 - 1965)
Friday, Aug 02, 2019“Pray with great confidence, with confidence based on the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray.”
Saint Louis De Montfort
French priest, Apostolic Missionary and author.
(1673 - 1716)
Thursday, Aug 01, 2019“I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.”
H. L. Mencken
American journalist, essayist and author.
(1880 - 1956)
