Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
The Thought For The Day – Garrison Keillor
…actually it’s more like golf. You’ve got to go out and do it every day and live by the results. – Garrison Keillor, Love Me Garrison Keillor is an American humorist. Like all good humorists he not only makes us … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Trees and Enduring Success and Failure
[Trees] endure…Theirs is the forbearance of being true to their inner natures…Neither bad fortune nor good fortune will alter what they are. We should be the same way. We may have great fortune or bad, but we should patiently bear … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 20, 2016
The reader becomes a fellow pioneer with the poet. – Walter Dain The writer/reader relationship is very interesting. The writer creates something from the heart. The reader reads it and gets to know the writer on an utterly unique level … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Evan Thomas
America was the world’s policeman, too materialistic and perhaps even a little lazy, but all in all very much the world’s last, best hope. – Evan Thomas, Ike’s Bluff This book is an excellent chronicle of the Eisenhower presidency, focusing … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 17, 2016
All rising to great place is by a winding stair. – Francis Bacon We must be patient. There are a lot of lessons life is willing to teach us if we let it and this one is one if its … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 14, 2016
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. – Cervantes, Don Quixote One of the great lessons of life, one that takes some of us, including yours truly, many years to grasp, is not to force … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 12, 2016
Life is being on the wire; everything else is just waiting. – Rick Wallenda Rick Wallenda is a tightrope walker, part of the family known as the Flying Wallenda’s. This quote came after Rick completed the same tightrope walk that … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 11, 2016
…she was saved by the native shrewdness that goes hand in hand with personal ambition. – Ursula Curtiss, Letter of Intent Ursula Curtiss was an American writer, usually of mystery stories, one our favorite genres. This book was about a … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 7, 2016
I will get ready, and then, perhaps, my time will come. – John Wooden Some, perhaps a lot, of what happens in our lives is beyond our control. In all aspects, too, from day-in, day-out living to major goals we’ve … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 6, 2016
Whatever you saw me do out there, good or bad, was the best I had. – Gordie Howe For the uninitiated, Gordie Howe was a professional hockey player, most closely identified with the Detroit Red Wings. While the title of … Continue reading