Category: Quote of the Day

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the curiosity of inquiry." – Albert Einstein

“Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong-but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong! Heaven save us from poltroons who fear to make a choice. Let us stand up and be counted.” – John Joseph Bonforte, a character in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel “Double Star“

"Tears are the silent language of grief." – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason." – Jerry Seinfeld

“…the United States government and its agencies have, by far, the largest pile-up of interest-bearing debts ($15.6 trillion), the largest accumulation of unsecured obligations (over $60 trillion), the largest yearly deficit ($1.6 trillion), and the greatest indebtedness to the rest of the world ($4.8 trillion).” – Martin D. Weiss

“Are you where you want to be if it doesn’t work?” – Novelist Louis L’Amour (1908-1988)

Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. – Psalm 149:1-4 (KJV)

“As I looked at my two young sons, each with his gun, and considered how much the safety of the party depended on these little fellows, I felt grateful to you, dear husband, for having acquainted them in childhood with the use of firearms.” – Elisabeth Robinson, narrating in “The Swiss Family Robinson” by Johann David Wyss

"What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves. If all it be nominally that of ‘society’ as a whole of that of a dictator, whoever exercises this control has complete power over us." – Friedrich A. Hayek

"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." – Sign posted over the Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham Air Force Base, Arizona.

“‘Value for value.’ Building ‘on the square and on the level.’ The Hippocratic Oath. Don’t let the team down. Honest work for honest pay. Such things did not have to be proved; they were an essential part of life-true throughout eternity, true in the farthest reaches of the Galaxy.” – Lawrence Smith, a character in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel “Double Star“

“Liberty regards religion as its companion in all its battles and its triumphs,– as the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims. It considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law, and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom.” – Alexis De Tocqueville, “Democracy in America“

"Believe in your cause. The stronger your belief, the stronger your motivation and per severance will be. You must know it in your heart that it is a worthwhile cause and that you are fighting the good fight. Whether it is the need to contribute or the belief in a greater good, for your buddy, for the team or for your country, find a reason that keeps your fire burning. You will need this fire when the times get tough. It will help you through when you are physically exhausted and mentally broken and you can only see far enough …

“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” – 1Th 5:16-18 (KJV)

“He’d forgotten the precautions and the care a human had to observe in the depths of the arctic winter. How very easy it would be to cease to exist, by doing nothing, just being out there, getting lost, freezing.” “It’s called death by omission,” said Ian. – from the novel “Ice Trap” by Kitty Sewell , 2008