Teddy Roosevelt on Courage
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” Teddy Roosevelt
A Bit of Wisdom From Old Ben
“Approve not of him who commends all you say” ~ Benjamin Franklin
A Great Post Election Day Quote, ” In the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt
Arnold, CA…”It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who […]
A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard
“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.” Benjamin Franklin
A Bit of Wisdom from Old Ben
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” Benjamin Franklin
George Washington’s Warning on Political Parties
Philadelphia, PA…”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 will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very […]
A Bit of Timeless Wisdom From William James
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” William James 1842 – 1910
Twas True in 1735 & Still True Today. A Bit of Wisdom From Poor Richard
“The King’s cheese is half wasted in parings; but no matter, ’tis made of the peoples milk.” Poor Richard’s Almanac 1735
A Bit of Wisdom From John McCain
“In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn’t until I had lost America for a time that I realized how […]
A Bit of Wisdom from the Wizard of Westwood
“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” John Wooden 1910 – 2010
Some Things Never Change, A Bit of Wisdom From Will Rogers
“Politics pretty quiet over the weekend. Democrats are attacking and the Republicans are defending. All the Democrats have to do is promise “what they would do if they got in.” But the Republicans have to promise “what they would do” and then explain why they haven’t already “done it.” Will Rogers in 1932
Are You Tired & Overworked? Congratulations!
“It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.” Benjamin Franklin
A Bit of Wisdom From “Silent Cal”
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always […]
A Bit of Wisdom From William Randolph Hearst
“Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.” William Randolph Hearst April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951
A Bit of Wisdom From J. Robert Oppenheimer
“The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.” The pessimist fears it is true. J. Robert Oppenheimer April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967
A Bit of “Wisdom” from James Comey
“I don’t do sneaky things. I don’t leak. I don’t do weasel moves.” Former FBI Director James Comey
A Bit of Wisdom from Barbara Bush
“Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.” Barbara Bush
A Bit of Wisdom on Freedom of Thought & Speech
“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.” Benjamin Franklin
A Bit of Wisdom From Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906 – 1945
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