Category Archives: Notable Quotables

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” — Glenn Clark (1882 – 1956) American Author Forgiveness is the best gift we can give to anyone, ourselves included.

  “The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” — William James (1842 – 1910) American philosopher & psychologist  

“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.” — Will Durant (1885 – 1981) American historian & philosopher

  “Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) American naturalist, philosopher, and writer

“It is better to be faithful than famous.” — Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919) 26th US President

“Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.” — Dale Dauten (1949 – ) American columnist & president of Lumina Corporation

“It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.” — Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman, military officer, & United Kingdom Prime Minister

“There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.” — Johnny Unitas (1933 – 2002) American football quarterback

  “The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority.” — Ralph Washington Stockman (1889 – 1970) American pastor; New York City Christ Church   We’ve all … Continue reading →

  “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 & 40th U.S. President; also President of Screen Actors Guild … Continue reading →

“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.” — Ovid (Plubius Ovidius Naso) (43 BC – 17 AD) Roman poet

“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” — Alexander Hamilton (1757 – 1804) American military officer, Founding Father of the US, & 1st US Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795)

“The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day, you’re off it.” — Jackie Gleason(1916 – 1987) American actor & comedian Happy Holidays!

“Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.” — Unknown

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” — Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer, publisher, & philosopher Thank you to my friends… from near and dear to far away and fabulous! I feel totally blessed … Continue reading →

  “I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.” — Joyce Meyer (1943 – ) American author

Temps will reach 71° today, but we had our first frost last night. Thus, this will likely be this season’s final rose blossom. “From the withered tree, a flower blooms.” — Zen saying

“America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and … Continue reading →

  “A true friend accepts who you are, but also helps you become who you should be.” — Unknown

“For the veterans, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do.” — Unknown Freedom is never free.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Wayne Dyer (1940-2015) American author

“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.” — Rumi (1207-1273) Persian poet

  “Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” — Unknown

“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