A Bit of Wisdom from Immanuel Kant
“To be is to do.” Immanuel Kant 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804
A Bit of Wisdom from Queen Elizabeth II
“Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics, so that we can show […]
A Bit of Wisdom From Justice John Paul Stevens
“I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.” John Paul Stevens April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019
A Bit of Wisdom From Clarence Darrow
“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.” ~ Clarence Darrow April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938
A Bit of Wisdom from Wilbur Wright
“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who… looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space… on the infinite highway of the air.” Wilbur Wright April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912
A Bit of Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln 156 Years after His Death.
Washington, DC…President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865. A few pearls of his wisdom that we can all use today. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ― Abraham Lincoln “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Henry Clay
“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” ― Henry Clay April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852
A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard
“It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735
A Bit of Wisdom from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
“For conservation to be successful it is necessary to take into consideration that it is a characteristic of man that he can only be relied upon to do anything consistently which is in his own interest.” Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021
A Bit of Wisdom from Betty Ford
“I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.” Betty Ford April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011
A Bit of Wisdom on Filmmaking & Life from Francis Ford Coppola
“I believe that filmmaking – as, probably, is everything – is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you’ve got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Lowell Thomas
“Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” Lowell Thomas April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981
A Bit of Wisdom from Booker T. Washington
A Bit of Wisdom from Booker T. Washington on his Birthday. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” Booker T. Washington April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915
A Bit of Wisdom on Easter Sunday
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Vincent Van Gogh on his Birthday
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Robert Frost on His Birthday
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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Bach on His Birthday
“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
A Bit of Wisdom on Luck From Jimmy Dean
“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 Bit of Wisdom from Chuck Norris
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Luther Burbank
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
A Bit of Wisdom From Lincoln on Success
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Hamilton
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard
“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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom from George in Honor of His Birthday
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ~ George Washington
President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Honor of His Birthday
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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom From Dwight D. Eisenhower
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Churchill
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” ~ Winston Churchill
A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard
“The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise” ~ Poor Richard 1737