Downpatrick, Northern Ireland…March 17, St. Patrick’s Day is traditionally recognized as the day of his death. He was a fifth century missionary, bishop & Patron Saint of Ireland. “Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.” “I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least […]
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. “Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.” “It seems to […]
Notre Dame, IN…Knute Kenneth Rockne March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931. Football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. “The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.” “We count on winning. And if we […]
Beverly Hills, CA…Dinah Shore, February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994. “The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, ‘Don’t spend anything unless you have to.” “Trouble is part of your life – if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person […]
Big Sur, CA…Linus Carl Pauling February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994. “By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.” “Do not let […]
Harriman, NY….Edward Henry Harriman, February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909. American financier and railroad executive. “Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man’s dollar.” “Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.”
Maranello, Italy…Enzo Ferrari, 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988. Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, founder Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team & Ferrari automobile marque. “I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I […]
Mount Vernon, VA…George Washington February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799. The first president of the United States and founding father of our country. “It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” “Be courteous to all, but intimate with […]
New York, NY…American steel magnate Charles Michael Schwab, February 18, 1862 – September 18, 1939. “A man will succeed in anything about which he has real enthusiasm, in which he is genuinely interested, provided that he will take more thought about his job than the men working with him. The fellow who sits still and […]
Los Angeles, CA…Edgar John Bergen, February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978. Ventriloquist, Comedian, Actor, Vaudevillian & Radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. “Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Early bird gets the worm, but the second worm gets to live. […]
Chicago, IL…Cyrus McCormick, February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884 was an American inventor and founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, later to become the International Harvester Company. Through his and other inventions allowed the American Farmer to feed the world. “Trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl through […]
Los Angeles, CA…Entertainer Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974. “My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.” “I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and […]
Washington, DC…A Bit of Wisdom from our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln for Presidents Day. Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our […]
New York, NY…Thomas Paine February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809. Thomas Paine was born on this day in 1737 in Thetford, England. His most impactful work was the tract Common Sense. In many ways it codified the grievances the Colonies had with the Crown and many historians credit it as the match that lit […]
New York, NY…William Tecumseh Sherman February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891. American Soldier & General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). “If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.” “Grant stood by me when I was crazy, […]
Moline, IL…A Bit of Wisdom from John Deere the inventor of first commercially successful steel plough. John Deere February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886 “I cut the teeth off the mill-saw with a hand-chisel. I cut a pattern out of paper for the moldboard and share. I laid the pattern on the saw and […]
New York, NY…George Herman “Babe” Ruth, February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948. Homerun King, “The Bambino” & “The Sultan of Swat”. “I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too […]
Chicago, IL…A Bit of Wisdom from Dwight L. Moody. Dwight L. Moody February 5, 1837 – December 26, 1899 “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining – they just shine.” “We can […]
New York, NY…Horace Greeley, February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872. American newspaper editor, publisher of New-York Tribune. “Our country right or wrong is an evil motto – what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.” “It […]
Altadena, CA…Pearl Zane Grey, January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939. American author of popular adventure novels and stories that glorified the West. “Love of man for woman – love of woman for man. That’s the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.” “I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement […]
Hyde Park, NY…A Few Bits of Wisdom from FDR. In looking at FDR’s life whether you are a fan of him our not the man that was FDR after polio was a much better, tougher & wiser man than the one who had two strong legs. I venture to say that the pre-polio FDR would […]
Washington, DC…General Douglas MacArthur, 26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964. American military leader from WW1 all to the Korean War. One bit of history people tend to forget is that the current constitution of Japan is known as the MacArthur Constitution because he wrote most of it. “I am concerned for the security of […]
Dumfries, Scotland…Robert Burns, 25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796. Widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. “It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep them company when occasion serves. Some one of them is more agreeable to him than the rest; there […]
Boston, MA…John Hancock, January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793. an American Founding Father, Merchant, Statesman & Patriot of the American Revolution. “The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government, naturally suggest the propriety of proclaiming it in such a manner […]
Arnold, CA…Our Bit of Wisdom for today comes from Aristotle Onassis, 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975. The Greek Shipping Tycoon who married Jacqueline Kennedy after the death of JFK. As of today, you have 343 days to get those new year’s goals complete. “Don’t sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less […]
Arnold, CA…Our Bit of Wisdom from the past today is from Edmund Burke. You have 353 days left to get those 2024 goals done. “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797 […]
Arnold, CA…Today is fifth day of the year, 360 days remain to get those new year’s goals done. Our bit of wisdom for today is from King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932 of razor fame. “There is no other article for individual use so universally known or widely distributed. In my […]
Arnold, CA…Our Bit of Wisdom for Today, January 4, 2024 is from Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727. January 4 is the fourth day of the year & 361 days remain to reach 2024’s Goals. “Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in […]
Boston, MA…Paul Revere January 1 – May 10, 1818. A Bit of Wisdom from our favorite Silversmith, Patriot & Midnight Rider. “There’s a time for casting silver; a time for casting cannon. If that isn’t in the red, it should be!” “To arms, to arms! The British are coming, the British are coming!” “No matter […]
Arnold, CA…Today is December 20th, 11 Days left to polish off those 2023 Goals. Our quotes for today come from Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938. “I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it’s making money or not. I […]
