Santa Monica, CA…Lawrence Welk, March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992. American bandleader, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. He was the Champagne Music King. “Freedom is without a doubt the greatest blessing we have in America so let us protect it and defend it with all our hearts and all […]
Santa Rosa, CA…Luther Burbank March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926 The botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. “It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not […]
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia…Alexander Graham Bell March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922. He gave us the telephone and much more. “In this experiment, made on the 9th of October, 1876, actual conversation, backwards and forwards, upon the same line, and by the same instruments reciprocally used, was successfully carried on for the first time […]
La Jolla, CA…Theodor Seuss Geisel March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991. A Bit of wisdom from Dr. Seuss today on the legendary children’s author and cartoonist’s birthday. “How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How […]
Philadelphia, PA…A Bit of Wisdom for today from my favorite founding father. Considered the first American by many. He also through his writings and Poor Richard’s Almanac created the uniquely American identity. “The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” “Without freedom of […]
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 […]
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 few, and […]
New York, NY…Thomas John Watson Sr., February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956 was the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company’s growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. “You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. […]
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 […]
Grass Valley, CA…Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020. The first man to break the sound barrier & maybe his words can help you break a few barriers yourself. “I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane […]
Gettysburg, PA…Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865. While it was delivered 5 years before our country officially started celebrated Decoration Day which became Memorial Day. The Gettysburg Address remains one of the most eloquent of tributes to those who gave their all that we might be free. It is also as good […]
Menlo Park, NJ…Thomas Alva Edison, February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931. The Iconic American inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera & more. “Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go […]
Amiens, France…Jules Verne, 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905. French author of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) & much more. “Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word ‘impossible’ is not […]
London, UK…Charles John Huffam Dickens, 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. “The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is […]
Los Angeles, CA…Ronald Reagan February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004. A Bit of Wisdom from the 40th President. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” ~ […]
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…A Bit of Wisdom from russian born Ayn Rand on Her Birthday. Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Ayn Rand) February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982. Her work and world views were shaped by spending her youth during the rise and early years of the communists in Russia. “Individual rights are not subject to a […]
New York, NY…A Bit of Wisdom from Jack Roosevelt Robinson, January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972. “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” ~ Jack Roosevelt Robinson, January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 “A life is not important except […]
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. “The only thing we have to fear is fear […]
New York, NY…Thomas Paine was born January 29th 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 the flame of the American Revolution. “He that would make […]
“Responsibility is a unique concept… You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you… If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the […]
“The Japanese people since the war have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history. With a commendable will, eagerness to learn, and marked capacity to understand, they have from the ashes left in war’s wake erected in Japan an edifice dedicated to the supremacy of individual liberty and personal dignity, and in the ensuing […]
“First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996 “You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re […]
“Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.” ~ Daniel Webster January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852 “Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the […]
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh!” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. “I just wanted to be sure of you.” ~ A. A. Milne 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956 “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each […]
“He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.” ~ Benjamin Franklin January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.” ~ Benjamin Franklin January 17, 1706 – April […]
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ~ Albert Schweitzer 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness […]
“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 “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 […]
“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.” ~ […]
“Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658 “Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably […]
