Category Archives: Notable Quotables

“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

    “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

  “Listen now to the gentle whispers of hope.” — Charles D. Brodhead (1827 – 1913) American politician, PA rep  

  “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922) French novelist & literary critic

“Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.” — Bill Clinton (1946 – ) (born William Jefferson Blythe III) American politician & lawyer 42nd U.S. President

  “Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” — Robert Anthony Rodriguez (1987 – ) American motivational speaker, Paralympian, and disabilities advocate Thanks to all who serve in our military, as first responders, and as other … Continue reading →

The ability to endure challenging times without getting upset requires developing a worthy skill set. However, maintaining a positive attitude while awaiting long-term results is far from easy. Hang in there. The wait is worthwhile. “Patience is bitter, but its … Continue reading →

  “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” — Dalai Lama (14th is Tenzin Gyatso, born 1935) Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.” — Mark Twain (1835-1910) (Pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 19th Century American author and humorist

Sadly, understanding, acceptance, and respect for others are challenging qualities for us mere humans. Pray for our growth. “Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.” — Robert Green Ingersoll (1833 – 1899) … Continue reading →

  “People rarely win wars; governments rarely lose them.”  — Arundhati Roy (1961 – ) Indian author & activist

Happy Father’s Day to all you Papas out there! “Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind.  Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.  People grow old by deserting their ideals.  … Continue reading →

  “There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” — Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937) American writer & designer

“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.” — Saint Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622) Savoyard Catholic prelate