Author Archives: Cathy Burnham Martin

  “Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.” — Will Smith (1968 – ) American actor, rapper & film producer (Photo by Alexander Mils)

“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”  — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American social activist & stateswoman U.S. First Lady: 1933-45; Ambassador to UN

“It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.” Gina Barreca (1957 – ) American humorist I am most grateful to have enjoyed decades of life surrounded by precious, sparkling gems!!!

  “What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.” — B. C. Forbes (Bertie Charles Forbes) (1880 – 1954) Scottish-born American journalist & author Founder of Forbes magazine

  “Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.” — Alexander Levine (1955 – ) Russian-born British composer

“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.” — Abigail Van Buren (pseudonym for Pauline Esther Phillips) (1918 – 2013) American advice columnist & radio show host

  “There is nothing permanent except change.” — Heraclitus (c. 6th century BC – c. 5th century BC) Persian (Ancient Greek) philosopher from Ephesus

  “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