Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
Thought for the Day – February 2, 2016
It was the blood stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. – Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave The incident that inspired this passage comes from a … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 1, 2016
Fortune had betrayed him for the moment, and the world had turned against him. Victory was slipping from his grasp even as he stretched out his hand to seize it. But his arm was long. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – January 31, 2016
Great necessities call out great virtues… – Abigail Adams Had the times … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – January 30, 2016
Carpentier did it again!, a second time, and this was the blow perfected by a lifetime of training…it rocked Dempsey to his heels, but it broke Carpentier’s hand. His best was not enough. – Heywood Braun Heywood Braun was … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day/January 29, 2016
In Profiles in Courage he had been the one delivering the verdict, praising eight senators for possessing “…the breadth of a man above party or section…and, above all, a deep seated belief in themselves…”. … Continue reading