Monthly Archives: October 2025

  “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” — Scott Hamilton (1958 – ) American figure skater (retired) & Olympic gold medalist  

  “Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” — Richard Bach (1936 – ) American author

  “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” — Anne Frank (1929 – 1945) German Jewish girl & diarist who perished in the Nazi Holocaust

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” — Hal Borland (1900 – 1978) American writer & journalist

“It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.” — Voltaire (1694 – 1778) Francois-Marie Arouet (M. de Voltaire was his nom de plume) French Enlightenment writer and satirist, Noted for criticism of slavery and advocacy … Continue reading →

  “You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917 – 2008) American businessman & religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  “In the mountains of truth you never climb in vain.” — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) German philosopher & cultural critic

  “Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.” — Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German-born theoretical physicist & Nobel laureate

“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 … Continue reading →

  “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” — Margaret Fuller (1810 – 1850) American journalist, critic, & women’s rights advocate

  “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” — Catherine Aird (pen name of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh) (1930 – 2024) English  novelist

  “If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” George D. Aiken (1892 – 1984) US Senator 1941 – … Continue reading →

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) American naturalist, philosopher, and writer As … Continue reading →