Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
The Thought for the Day – Franklin Roosevelt
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Some may not be familiar with today’s Thought because it comes from the last paragraph of a speech FDR never delivered, written in Warm … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – John F Kennedy
We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Adolph Hitler
Go ahead, friend America’s Funniest Guy on Facebook! I didn’t know how or when, but I have waited for this day, and tonight I am here. – Adolph Hitler, quoted in a biography by Peter Toland We forget the exact … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Frank Sinatra
Go ahead, friend America’s Funniest Guy on Facebook! Talent must not be wasted. Those who have it…must share it. – Frank Sinatra, letter to Los Angeles Times, September 1990 Frank Sinatra needs no introduction. Today’s Thought comes from a Letter to … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Deng Ming-Dao
More and more this mysterious life comes together It may take years to reveal the whole That’s all right I’m prepared to go the distance … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Jules Verne
Time fleeing with a speed nothing can alter! – Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne was a French writer. He found his father’s profession, attorney, boring, and decided to become a writer and, of course, … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Joseph Heller
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. – Joseph Heller, Catch-22 Catch-22 is one of the funniest books we’ve read and still ranks as one of the … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Gore Vidal
For Confucius, true wisdom is to know the extent of what you don’t know quite as well as you know what you do know. – Gore Vidal, Creation We are not going to spend too much time fawning over Gore … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Mable Newcomber
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. – Mabel Newcomber Mable Newcomber was an American educator and economist, who taught for 40 years at Vassar College … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – R.L. Stevenson
There is no duty so much we underrate as the duty of being happy. -Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was a Scottish novelist and poet. He is the author of such timeless works at Treasure Island and Kidnapped … Continue reading