Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
The Thought for the Day – Deng Ming-Dao
Muddy water becomes clear if allowed to stand undisturbed. – Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao Deng Ming-Dao is an American writer, artist and although he might well disdain the term, philosopher. He has written many books on the Chinese spiritual discipline … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Napoleon
Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you. – Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – A Quote From Dragnet
{We thank you for the opportunity to gather} for one of life’s great prizes – the chance to work hard at work worth doing. – From Dragnet Dragnet was an American radio and television show that ran intermittently in various … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Virgil
They can because they think they can. – Virgil Virgil was a Roman poet who lived in the first century before Christ. Specific biographical information is rare. It is believed he was from what is now northern Italy and that … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – John Marshall
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. – John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, 1801-1835 John Marshall was the fourth chief justice of the United States. Prior to this … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Abraham Lincoln
Oh, governor, I don’t matter. I am done for anyway. I was chosen to do a certain work, and I must do it, and then go. – Abraham Lincoln Today’s Thought was actually taken from Gore Vidal’s historical novel Lincoln … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – James Meredith
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. – James Meredith James Meredith was the first black to attend the University of Mississippi. As noted … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Delbert Burkett
I wish I could’ve been something they could’ve been. -Delbert Burkett Delbert Burkett is a convicted felon currently serving a 40-year sentence in a geriatric prison facility in Texas. Today’s Thought came as he was being interviewed for a documentary … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Thomas Jefferson
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness. -Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, among other things the founder of the University of Virginia and the third president of the United States, is an interesting animal. Or. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – John Wooden
I will get ready, and then, perhaps, my time will come. – John Wooden John Wooden was a college basketball coach, known primarily for his work at UCLA, where he won ten national championships, a record for a men’s team … Continue reading