Author Archives: Cathy Burnham Martin

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

  “Our nation is a rainbow—red, yellow, brown, black, and white—and we’re all precious in God’s sight.” — Jesse Jackson (1941 – ) American civil rights activist, politician, & Baptist minister

    “The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian lawyer & political ethicist

  “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. President

“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” — Michael Jordan (1963 – ) American businessman & NBA superstar

    “Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” — Frank William Leahy (1908 – 1973) American college football player & coach  

  “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) American pioneer of the animation industry, filmmaker, voice actor    

  “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) American poet, memoirist & activist

  “He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) German polymath & writer

  “Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” — Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859) French diplomat, philosopher & historian

  “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir (1838-1914) Wilderness explorer, naturalist & conservationist; First president of the Sierra Club

  “A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned.” — Naval Raikant (1974 – ) Indian-born American entrepreneur & investor

  “We should not expect something for nothing, but we all do, and we call it hope.” — E. W. Howe (1853 – 1937) American novelist & editor

  “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” — Ashley Montagu (1905 – 1999) British American anthropologist

    “If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.” — Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661) English writer & historian

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”   — Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British philosopher, logician, author, & Nobel laureate

  “One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” — Jack Penn (1909 – 1996) African surgeon, sculptor & artist

  “Patience is also a form of action.”  — Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917) French sculptor

  “In all things, it is better to hope than to despair.” — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 – 1832) German writer & polymath