Monthly Archives: May 2026

“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.” — Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 – 1895) English biologist & anthropologist

“There’s no real joy in emptiness, in doing nothing, in risk-free living: True success is always the last of a string of failed attempts to get it right.” — Walter Anderson (1903 – 1965) American painter & writer (in book: … Continue reading →

  “No one can be wrong with man and right with God.” — Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 – 1969) American Protestant pastor

  “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Unknown (but often attributed to Helen Keller)

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

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.  Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) American author, political activist, and disability rights advocate  

    “When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to resemble nails.” — Abraham Maslow (1908 – 1970) American humanistic psychologist  

  “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” — Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American statesman; 16th U.S. President (1861-65) Assassinated following the Civil War

  “Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.” (Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.) —  Benito Juárez (1806 – 1872) 1st indigenous president of Mexico

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” — Storm Jameson (pen name for Margaret Ethel Johnson) (1891 – 1986) English author & journalist