Monthly Archives: April 2024

  “True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings.” — From “Richard III” by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English playwright

  “I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.”  — Joyce Meyer  (1943 – ) American author & speaker

  “From the withered tree, a flower blooms.” — Zen saying

  Courage is contagious.  When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. — Billy Graham (1918 – 2018) American evangelist

  “Great hopes make great people.” — Thomas Fuller (1710 – 1790) African slave and renowned mathematician

    “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) American poet & civil rights activist

  “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” — Neal A. Maxwell (1926 – 2004) American scholar & educator

  “The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” — Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) American poet

  “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” — M. Scott Peck (1936 – 2005) American psychiatrist & author

For National Tax Day, here’s a look at some quotes regarding the income tax. “They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” — Al Capone aka “Scarface” (1899 – 1947) American gangster & businessman   “A fine is a tax … Continue reading →

  “It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.”  — William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 – 1891) Union … Continue reading →

  “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” — Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) French theologian, philosopher, physician, and Nobel laureate

  “If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I’m happy.” — KT Tunstall (1975 – ) Scottish singer-songwriter

  “Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living.” B.C. Forbes (1880-1954) Scottish-American journalist and author

    “Do or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda in “Star Wars”

  “The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” — Arnold H. Glasow (1905 – 1998) American businessman & humorist

“There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation’s braggart lords.” — John Muir (1838 – 1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author from his book “A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf,” published … Continue reading →

  “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” — John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 – 1973) English author & philosopher