A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard
“He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736
A Bit of Wisdom on Political Parties from George Washington
“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 […]
A Bit of New Year’s Wisdom from Paul Revere on his Birthday
“No matter what you do, you’ll never run away from you.” ~ Paul Revere January 1, 1735 – May 10, 1818
A Bit of Wisdom from Uncle Rudyard on His Birthday
“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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Woodrow Wilson on His Birthday
“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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom from George Mason
“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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom from JFK
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” ~ John F. Kennedy
A Bit of Wisdom from Old Ben
“Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the shade!” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750
A Bit of Wisdom from James A. Garfield
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” ~ James A. Garfield
On This Day in 1872 Susan B. Anthony Was Arrested for Illegally Voting in 1872 Presidential Election
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
A Bit of Wisdom from William Bradford
“All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.” ― William Bradford
A Bit of Election Wisdom from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
“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.
A Bit of Wisdom From Give ‘Em Hell Harry
“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
A Bit of Wisdom from Old Ben
“The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” Benjamin Franklin
A Bit of Wisdom from 1796 Proving Past is Definitely Prologue
“The spirit of party serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another.” ~ George Washington
A Bit of Wisdom From Victor Frankl
“A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how”.” ― Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for […]
A Bit of Wisdom on Political Parties from George Washington
“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 […]
A Bit of Wisdom on the American Melting Pot from Ronald Reagan
Washington, DC…”I believe that Americans in 1980 are every bit as committed to that vision of a shining “city on a hill,” as were those long ago settlers … These visitors to that city on the Potomac do not come as white or black, red or yellow; they are not Jews or Christians; conservatives or […]
A Bit of Wisdom From Colonel Sanders
Arnold, CA…With 2020 being well, 2020 with COVID, PSPS Outages, Fires and maybe even a bit of political angst we thought you might be able to use more than one quote today. These are from Colonel Sanders. Who really didn’t get started until he was almost 70 and worked pretty much until they carted him […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Marquis de Lafayette
“Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights.” ~ Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 6 September 1757 – 20 […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Paul Harvey
“In times like these, it’s helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.” ~ Paul Harvey Aurandt, September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009
A Bit of Wisdom from Malcolm Gladwell
“Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough after all.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell
A Bit of Wisdom from Alexander
“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.” ― Alexander Hamilton
A Bit of Wisdom From Poor Richard
Philadelphia, PA…“Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.” Poor Richard’s Almanack 1738
The Man Who Thinks He Can! – by Walter D. Wintle
Arnold, CA…2020 will be a year many of us would like to forget. History tells us that when things look darkest the tide may have already turned in our favor. A new day starts before we see the light. Growing up I always loved this poem from Walter Wintle. Not much is definitively known about […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Dale Carnegie
“When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary.” If there is some point you haven’t thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.” ~ Dale Carnegie
A Bit of Wisdom from Lincoln
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln
A Bit of Wisdom from Mark Twain
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Mark Twain
A Bit of Wisdom from Confucius
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
A Bit of Wisdom from Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.” Franklin D. Roosevelt