Quote for the Day! - Archive

Friday, Sep 28, 2018

“The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”

Will Rogers
American cowboy, humorist, social commentator aka Oklahoma's Favorite Son.
(1879 - 1935)

Thursday, Sep 27, 2018

“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.”

Pericles
Greek statesman, orator and general.
(495BC - 429BC)

Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018

“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice and the interest of the people themselves.”

Grover Cleveland
The 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
(1837 - 1908)

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018

“Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United States have been pursued and traduced [by American newspapers].”

Thurgood Marshall
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
(1908 - 1993)

Monday, Sep 24, 2018

“One becomes holy by doing ordinary things well, and by being constantly faithful in small things.”

St. Bonaventure
Italian Friar, Bishop and One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1221 - 1274)

Friday, Sep 21, 2018

“Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is the watchword of the wise.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer and statesman.
(1749 - 1832)

Thursday, Sep 20, 2018

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

Sojourner Truth
American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
(1797 - 1883)

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2018

“To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.”

Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum
Politician, showman and businessman, founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
(1810 - 1891)

Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018

“You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.”

William J.H. Boetcker
American religious leader and influential public speaker.
(1873 - 1962)

Monday, Sep 17, 2018

“A child is God's greatest gift to the family, to the nation, to the world. The child is a life from God, created in the image of God, created for great things, to love and to be loved.”

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

Friday, Sep 14, 2018

“Our love for Christ is not real, and can even be called an illusion, unless it overflows into a love for others. True love of Christ never exists in a vacuum; love of Christ and love of neighbor are two sides of the same coin and can never be completely separated.”

Father Benedict Groeschel CFR
Franciscan friar, priest, author, activist and television host.
(1933 - 2014)

Thursday, Sep 13, 2018

“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”

Louis D. Brandeis
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
(1856 - 1941)

Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018

“Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.”

Rosalynn Carter
Former First Lady of the United States.
(1927 - present)

Tuesday, Sep 11, 2018

“Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say. Christian hope is based on this truth.”

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

Monday, Sep 10, 2018

“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.”

Martin Van Buren
Eighth President of the United States.
(1782 - 1862)

Saturday, Sep 08, 2018

“We can all do some good, if we will.”

Charles Dickens
English writer and social critic.
(1812 - 1870)

Thursday, Sep 06, 2018

“Actions speak louder than words. Let your words teach and your actions speak.”

St. Anthony of Padua
Franciscan Friar & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1195 - 1231)

Wednesday, Sep 05, 2018

“The truth must be repeated again and again because error is constantly being preached round about us. And not only by isolated individuals but by the majority. In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in the schools and universities, everywhere error is dominant, securely and comfortable ensconced in public opinion which is on its side.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer and statesman.
(1749 - 1832)

Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018

“Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it.”

Etienne Gilson
French philosopher and historian.
(1884 - 1978)