Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Politics Is the Gentle Art of Getting Votes From the Poor and Campaign Funds From the Rich, By Promising To Protect Each From the Other

“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”- Oscar Ameringer (1870-1943)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: What I Like In A Good Author Isn’t What He Says, But What He Whispers

“What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers.” – Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Maybe All One Can Do Is Hope To End Up With the Right Regrets

“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.” – Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist (17 Oct 1915-2005)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: This Triangle of Truism, Father, Mother, and Child, Cannot Be Destroyed; It Can Only Destroy Those Civilizations Which Disregard It

“This triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.” – G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Under Democracy One Party Always Devotes Its Chief Energies To Trying To Prove That the Other Party Is Unfit To Rule – And Other Commonly Succeed, and Are Right

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule — and both commonly succeed, and are right.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible

“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” – Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of People: Those Who Work and Those Who Take the Credit…Try To Be In the First Group; There Was Less Competition

“My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi … Continue reading

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Nothing Astonishes Men So Much As Common Sense and Plain Dealing

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Few Are the Giants of the Soul Who Actually Feel That the Human Race Is Their Family Circle

“Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.” -Freya Stark, explorer and writer (1893-1993)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Profound Unmitigated Loneliness Is the Only Truth of Life

“A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.” – R.K. Narayan, novelist (10 Oct 1906-2001)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment