“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 May […]
“One man who saw through his own eyes and thought with his own brain. Such men may be rare, they may be unknown, but they move the world.” Gary Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961
“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want?’ Sigismund Schlomo Freud 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939
“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must […]
“In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God. ~ Dr. Benjamin Spock May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998
“Are you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself.” Poor Richard’s Almanac 1735
“In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.” Ulysses S. Grant April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885
“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.” Lucille Ball August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” King Solomon Reined from 970 to 931BC.
“The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” ~ James Buchanan April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868
“To be is to do.” Immanuel Kant 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804
“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 […]
“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
“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.” ~ Clarence Darrow April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938
“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
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 […]
“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
“It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735
“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
“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
“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 […]
“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 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
“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
