A Bit of Wisdom From Booker T. Washington
“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 From Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” Martin […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Alexander Graham Bell
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Alexander Graham Bell
A Bit of Wisdom From Old Ben
“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.” Benjamin Franklin
A Bit of Wisdom from Our 10th President
“Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette – the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.” John Tyler March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862
Wisdom From Old Ben
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” Benjamin Franklin
Steve Jobs on Moving Mountains
“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” Steve Jobs
A Bit More Wisdom From Billy Graham
“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” Billy Graham
A Bit of Wisdom From Billy Graham
“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” Billy Graham
Washington on Speech
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington
A Bit of Wisdom From Old Ben
“Energy and persistence conquer all things” Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom From Poor Richard
“Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.” Says Poor Richard
Life & Golf Lessons From Ronald Reagan
“Always throw your clubs in the direction you are going!” Ronald Reagan
A Bit of Wisdom From Emerson
“Every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis On His Concerns For 2018
Washington, DC…”I don’t have concerns, I create them” ~ Jim Mattis
The Value of Action
“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” – Norman Vincent Peale
A Bit of Wisdom From Zig Ziglar
“You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar
A Bit of Wisdom From Bono
“America is a dream the whole world owns” Paul David Hewson “Bono”
A Bit of Wisdom From Albert Einstein
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Albert Einstein
Did Franklin Foresee The Rise of the Xbox & Gaming?
“Keep flax from fire, and youth from gaming” Says Poor Richard in 1736
A Bit of Wisdom From Poor Richard
“Sloth, like Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Key is always bright.” Richard Saunders
A Bit of Wisdom From Poor Richard
“Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.” Poor Richard 1743
Wise Words From a Wise Woman
“I see everyone as my friends. There are just some of my friends I spend more time around” Ruby 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, Poor Richard’s Almanack
Thomas Jefferson on Differences Among Friends
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” Thomas Jefferson
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 Advice on Work & Happiness From Ben Franklin
“It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man” Benjamin Franklin 1706 – 1790
John Quincy Adams On Freedom
“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”
Keep Moving Forward Said Abraham Lincoln
“I walk slowly but I never walk backward” President Abraham Lincoln “Abraham Lincoln; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest […]
James K. Polk Says…”May The Boldest Fear & Wisest Tremble”
“May the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country’s peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.” President, James K. Polk 1845-1849 A bit more on President Polk from the James K. Polk home & museum. “A Frontier Upbringing […]