“When you are happy, you can forgive a great deal.” 08/31/2026

“We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.” 07/13/2026

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” 07/12/2026

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” 07/11/2026

“True heroism is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” 07/10/2026

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” 07/08/2026

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 07/08/2026

“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.” 07/07/2026

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” 07/06/2026

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” 07/05/2026

“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.” 07/03/2026

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” 07/01/2026

“Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it’s just death.” 06/30/2026

“Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.” 06/29/2026

“It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.” 06/28/2026

“Mystery is the catalyst for imagination … What are stories besides mystery boxes?” 06/27/2026

“All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.'” 06/26/2026

“The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody.” 06/25/2026

“You’re gonna need an oceanOf calamine lotionYou’ll be scratchin’ like a houndThe minute you start to mess around” 06/24/2026

“Forecasting our futures is built into our psyches because we will soon have to manage that future. We have no choice. No matter how often we fail, we can never stop trying.” 06/23/2026

Henry Drummond: But all you have to do is knock on any door and say, “If you let me in, I’ll live the way you want me to live, and I’ll think the way you want me to think,” and all the blinds’ll go up and all the windows will open, and you’ll never be lonely, ever again. If that’s the case, I’ll change the plea – that is, if you know the law’s right and you’re wrong. – “Inherit the Wind” 06/21/202606/21/2026

“There is nothing more precious than laughter–it is strength to laugh and lose oneself, to be light.” 06/21/2026

“I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.” 06/20/2026

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” 06/16/2026

“Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.” 06/14/2026

“The legal system can force open doors and sometimes even knock down walls. But it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me.” 06/13/2026

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” 06/12/2026

“Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn’t make sense not to use both.” 06/11/2026

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” 06/10/2026

“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.”  06/10/2026

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” 06/09/2026

“An idea is salvation by imagination.” 06/08/2026

“Just start by creating your day. Then create your life.” 06/07/2026

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” 06/06/2026

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.” 06/05/2026

“Your stress isn’t your fault, but managing it is your responsibility.”  06/03/2026

“Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.” 06/01/2026

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” 05/28/2026

“If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.” 05/27/2026

I am getting better at “assessing my life and creating positive outcomes!” Life@62! 05/26/2026

“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning … Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” 05/26/2026

“Living a joyful life, I’ve found, is not about trying to avoid the unavoidable. Joy comes from summoning a strong life force to overcome problems.” 05/24/2026

“I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” 05/22/2026

“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.” 05/21/2026

“Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great.” 05/20/2026

“One man can make a difference and every man should try.” – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 05/19/2026

Historybook: Supreme Court rules “separate but equal” in Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896); Pope John Paul II born in Poland (1920); Comedian Tina Fey born (1970); India detonates its first nuclear test bomb “Smiling Buddha” (1974); Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state (1980); Musician Chris Cornell dies (2017). 05/18/2026

“Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.” 05/17/2026

“(Kids) don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” 05/16/2026

The famous “Be Here Now” quote from A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron is: “Have fun, obviously. Whenever possible, find someone to save, and save them. Lick the ones you love. Don’t get all sad-faced about what happened and scrunchy-faced about what could. Just be here now” 05/14/202605/14/2026