Author Archives: Cathy Burnham Martin

“Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.” — Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD) Greek author of “Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”

  “Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.” — Freeman Teague Jr.

“Character is like a tree and reputation a shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American statesman; 16th President: 1861-65; assassinated following Civil War

  “There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein  (1879 – 1955) German-born theoretical physicist; developed the Theory of … Continue reading →

“True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.” — Walter Inglis Anderson (1903 – 1976) American painter & writer

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” — Thomas Sowell (1930 – ) American economist, social theorist, and political philosopher

  “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” — Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008) English science fiction writer

“The only people I owe my loyalty to are those who never made me question theirs.”  — Anonymous

    “Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.” — Theodor Reik (1888 – 1969) Austrian psychoanalyst

  “Storms make trees take deeper roots.” – Sir Claude McDonald (1852 – 1915) British soldier & diplomat

“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) American Founding Father & primary author of the Declaration of Independence; 2nd US Vice President … Continue reading →

  “A friend is someone who accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English playwright & poet

“Freedom is not America’s gift to the world; it is Almighty God’s gift to every man and woman in this world.” — Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) American actor & California Governor 40th President of the United States (1981 – … Continue reading →

  “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) American TV host & producer, actress & author

Love it or hate it, this is National Candy Corn Day. George Renninger is credited with inventing candy corn while employed at the Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia in the 1880s. The iconic yellow, orange, and white treats were popularized … Continue reading →

  “One man with courage makes a majority.” — Andrew Jackson (1767 – 1845) US Army General & 7th President of the United States

“Believe in yourself!  Have faith in your abilities!  Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” — Norman Vincent Peal (1898-1993) American pastor, author of “The Power of Positive Thinking” in 1952

    “From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.” — Proverb  

  “May you never forget what is worth remembering or remember what is best forgotten.” — Unknown

  “Every exit is an entry somewhere.” Sir Tom Stoppard (1937 – ) Czechoslovakian British playwright

“A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.” — Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (circa 4 BC – 65 AD) Roman Stoic philosopher from Letters from a Stoic

  “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