“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jesus Christ 0 -33 AD Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, 1835
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890
Derry, NH….Robert Lee Frost March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963.. Below is one of his classic poems. Our wish for you is that you take the less traveled path as did Mr. Frost. The Road Not Taken ~ By Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel […]
“I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.” ~ Johann Sebastian Bach March 21 1685 – 28 July 1750
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” ~ Jimmy Dean
“A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.” ~ Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris Born March 10, 1940
“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935
It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. ” ~ Luther Burbank March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926
“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion.” ~ Alexander Hamilton
“The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbor.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he forms a good plan, and then makes the execution of that plan his sole study and business.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Click on the image above to listen to his Best Selling Classic “The […]
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ~ George Washington
Gettysburg, PA…While it was delivered 5 years before our country officially started celebrated Decoration Day which became Memorial Day. The Gettysburg Address remains one of the most eloquent of tributes to those who gave their all that we might be free. The Images Above Are of The “Bliss Copy” of His Address and Kept in […]
“I really believe that nothing will be so effective in combating his particular kind of troublemaking as to ignore him. This he cannot stand.” Referring to Sen. Joseph McCarthy ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” ~ Winston Churchill
“The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise” ~ Poor Richard 1737
“He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736
“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men (and women) will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the […]
“No matter what you do, you’ll never run away from you.” ~ Paul Revere January 1, 1735 – May 10, 1818
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~ Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 […]
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” ~ Woodrow Wilson December 28, 1856 […]
“Don’t wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just background noise.” ~ George Mason IV December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792 “The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. And can never be […]
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” ~ John F. Kennedy
“Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the shade!” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” ~ James A. Garfield
Rochester, NY…Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872. “Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!” Susan B. Anthony
“All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.” ― William Bradford
“Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.” Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” Harry S. Truman
