Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The Best Index To A Person’s Character Is (A) How He Treats People Who Can’t Do Him Any Good, and (B) How He Treats People Who Can’t Fight Back

“The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” —Abigail Van Buren

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Thought For the Day: Knowledge Speaks, But Wisdom Listens

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix

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Thought For the Day: Appeasement Is the Policy of Feeding Your Friends To A Crocodile, One At A Time, In Hopes That the Crocodile Will Eat You Last

“‘Appeasement’ is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: The Secret of Happiness Is Freedom, and the Secret of Freedom Is Courage

“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides It has ever been the same and it always will be. Bless those who have laid down their lives for our freedoms and liberties.

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Thought For the Day: Grace Means Undeserved Kindness. It Is the Gift of God To Man the Moment He Sees He Is Unworthy of God’s Favor

“Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God’s favor.” – Dwight L. Moody

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Thought For the Day: There Is Only One Difference Between A Madman and Me. The Madman Thinks He Is Sane. I Know That I Am Mad.

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.” -Salvador Dali, painter (11 May 1904-1989)

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Thought For the Day: What Lies Behind Us and What Lies Before Us Are Tiny Matters Compared To What Lies Within Us

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: When You Have Eliminated the Impossible, Whatever Remains, However Improbable, Must Be the Truth

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”. -Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (22 May 1859-1930)

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Thought For the Day: No One Should Be Ashamed To Admit They Are Wrong, Which Is But Saying, In Other Words, That They Are Wiser Today Than They Were Yesterday

“No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.” – Alexander Pope

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Thought For the Day: A Person May Cause Evil To Others Not Only By His Actions But By His Inaction, and In Either Case He Is Justly Accountable To Them For the Injury

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” – John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (20 May 1806-1873)

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