Category: On this day in history

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong” ~ James Bryce

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are” ~ Kurt Cobain

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make ~ Jane Goodall

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known ~ Carl Sagan

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page ~ Saint Augustine

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much ~ Helen Keller

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children ~ Native American Proverb

Trade creates wealth, and wealth fosters progress. But the pursuit of profit must not come at the expense of fairness and justice” ~ Adam Smith

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it” ~ Helen Keller

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once” ~ William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime” ~ Adlai Stevenson

To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others” ~ Nelson Mandela

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” ~ Harriet Tubman

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

The most successful people in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the person who carefully advances step by step, with their mind becoming wider and wider, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree” ~ Alexander Graham Bell

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point” ~ C.S. Lewis

These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman” ~ Thomas Pain

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” ~ James Baldwin

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition ~ Steve…

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace” ~ Jimi Hendrix

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention” ~ Oscar Wilde