The Quote of the Day

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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

Kurt Vonnegut

 

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I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

Ronald Reagan

 

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Steven Wright

 

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By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Robert Frost

 

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Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Oscar Wilde

 

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It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads.

Andy Borowitz

 

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If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.

Terry Pratchett

 

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

 

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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Saint Augustine

 

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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

Saint Augustine

 

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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

Albert Einstein

 

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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

Colin Powell

 

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Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Eddie Rickenbacker

 

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When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.

Robert Breault

 

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The quote(s) for this day have just been trumped by President Trump in his opening statement before the UN:

"....but I gotta say, whoever is operating this teleprompter is in big trouble!"

 

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I will do nothing lightly. When I walk, I will walk heavily. When I fight, I will fight with conviction. When I speak, I will speak strongly. When I feel, I will feel everything. When I love, I will love with everything.

Evan Tanner

 

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Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

Joyce Meyer

 

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Napoleon Hill

 

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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Andrew Carnegie