Author Archives: Cathy Burnham Martin

“Fear has been infectious in this country, but courage can be contagious, too! That, too, is what it means to be an American.” — Vivek Ramaswamy (1985 – ) American entrepreneur

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American social activist & stateswoman (First Lady: 1933-45) Ambassador to UN

“Train people well enough so they can leave.  Treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”   — Richard Branson (1950 – ) English business magnate

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) German author

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

  “If you lose hope, you’re just not looking far enough ahead.” — Joe Tye American author

  “Liberty has never come from the government.  Liberty has always come from the subjects of it.  The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”  — Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) 28th US President

  “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968) American Baptist minister & civil rights activist

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) American author, political activist, and disability rights advocate

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.  Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.  Why … Continue reading →

  “The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” — Presad Mahes Canadian marketer

  “Progress is not possible without change.” — George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & critic

  “Hope is being able to see there is light despite the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu (1931 – 2021) South African Anglican bishop & theologian

  “If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape.” — Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) American actor & politician; 40th President of the United States

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” — Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992) Russian-American writer & biochemistry professor

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1943) Indian lawyer & political ethicist

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” — John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) 35th US President

“Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.” — Lao Tzu (6th century BC – 5th century BC) Chinese writer & philosopher  

“Understanding that failure is not the opposite of success is part of success.” — Arianna Huffington (1950 – ) Greek-American author

  “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor.” — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962) Former First Lady of the United States

  “We must accept finite disappointment, but not lose infinite hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.  (1929 – 1968) American minister & activist   To find hope in times of despair dwell on positive thoughts.

  “If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.” — Geena Davis (1956 – ) American actress

  “The greatest healing therapy is friendship & love.” — Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 – 1978) 38th vice-president of the US

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go. … Continue reading →