“Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.” ~ Henry Ford July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947 “There is joy in work. […]
“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and […]
“Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.” ~ Jacqueline Lee Kennedy […]
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ~ George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950 “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The […]
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process, is its own reward.” ~ Amelia Mary Earhart July 24, 1897 – July 2, […]
“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” ~ Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995 “I tried to allow my children to take […]
“Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.” ~ David Ogilvy, 23 June 1911 – 21 July 1999 “Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.” ~ David Ogilvy, 23 June 1911 – 21 July 1999 “Never […]
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ~ Nelson Mandela 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ~ Nelson Mandela 18 July 1918 […]
“An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.” ~ John Jacob Astor July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848 “The first hundred thousand – that was hard to get, but afterwards, it was easy to make more.” ~ John Jacob Astor July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848 “Good habits in America make […]
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” ~ Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006 “Teddy Roosevelt… once said, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick.’ Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly […]
John Quincy Adams was our 6th President and one of the first to be photographed. “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.” “Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of […]
“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” ~ Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982 “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” ~ Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982 “Don’t […]
“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made […]
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” ~ Nathan Hale June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776
“At SpaceX we specialize in converting things from impossible to late” ~ Elon Musk
“Every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882 “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882 “To be yourself […]
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (Mark Twain) November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910 “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (Mark Twain) November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910 “To […]
“No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.” Mary Kay Ash May 12, 1918, – November 22, 2001 “Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, make me feel important. Never forget this message when working with people.” Mary Kay Ash May 12, 1918, […]
“Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of its citizens upon another portion; the only conditions of which are perpetual imprisonment, and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination; in utter disregard and violation of those eternal and self-evident truths set […]
“The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.” ~ Edward Gibbon FRS 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794. Author of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”
“I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.” ~ (Calamity Jane) Martha Jane Cannary, May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Federalist Papers 47 ~ James Madison, March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836
“We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.” ~ Queen Elizabeth II
“The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.” Clarence Darrow, April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938 “I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I […]
“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.” John 3:16
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” ~Leonardo da Vinci, 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519
“A man’s labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more.” ~ William Booth, 10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” ~ Cesar Chavez March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993
“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 “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent van Gogh 30 March 1853 – […]
“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.”
