Category: Quote of the Week

“We cannot remind ourselves too often that it is not our believing in things that makes them true. We believe them because they are true.” — Handel H. Brown

“Duty is ours; results are God’s.” — John Quincy Adams

“The name of American must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism. With slight shades of difference, you have the same Religion, Manners, Habits, and political Principles. …

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.

“In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.”

— George Washington

“A window of opportunity will not open itself.” — Michael Crichton

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” — Douglas Adams

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

“It is necessary to have in hand a truth to judge modern philosophies rapidly; and it is necessary to judge them very rapidly before they dissapear.” — G.K. Chesterton

“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.” — Alexander Pope

“Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.” — George Bernard Shaw

“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” — Frederick Douglass