Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: A Great Deal of Intelligence Can Be Invested In Ignorance When the Need For Illusion Is Deep

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005) (Legal Immigration is not the same as illegally disregarding our borders and choosing not to … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: My Heroes Are Those Who Risk Their Lives Every Day To Protect Our World and Make It A Better Place – Police, Firefighters, and Members of Our Armed Forces

“My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place – police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.” – Sidney Sheldon

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Thought For the Day: Use Me, God. Show Me How To Take Who I Am, Who I Want To Be, and What I Can Do, and Use It For A Purpose Greater Than Myself

“Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Thought For the Day: Hope Is A Renewable Option: If You Run Out of It At the End of the Day, You Get To Start Over In the Morning

“Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.” – Barbara Kingsolver

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Thought For the Day: A Successful Marriage Requires Falling In Love Many Times, Always With the Same Person

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin

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Thought For the Day: The Bad News Is Time Flies. The Good News Is You’re the Pilot.

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” —Michael Altshuler

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Thought For the Day: Life Is Inconvenient. Life Is Lumpy. A Lump In the Oatmeal, A Lump In the Throat and A Lump In the Breast Are Not the Same Kind of Lump, One Needs To Learn the Difference.

“One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Overregulation Stifles Creativity. It Smothers Innovation. It Gives Dinosaurs A Veto Over the Future.

“Overregulation stifles creativity. It smothers innovation. It gives dinosaurs a veto over the future. It wastes the extraordinary opportunity for a democratic creativity that digital technology enables.” – Lawrence Lessig

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Thought For the Day: Time Changes Everything Except Something Within Us Which Is Always Surprised By Change

“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.” – Thomas Hardy

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Thought For the Day: There Is Only One Thing You Can Consecrate To God, and That Is Your Right To Yourself

“One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of temperament. We make our temperament and our natural affinities barriers to coming to Jesus. The first thing we realize when we come to Jesus is that He … Continue reading

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