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Quotes June 16, 2024

“When my father didn’t have my hand… he had my back.”
Linda Poindexter
 
 
 
 
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.”
Pam Brown
 
 
 
 
“A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely.”
Emile Gaboriau
 
 
 
 
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
Jim Valvano
 
 
 
 
“I love my father as the stars—he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.”
Terri Guillemets
 
 
 
 
“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.”
Clarence Budington Kelland
 
 
 
 
“My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.”
Liza Minnelli
 
 
 
 
“Average fathers have patience. Good fathers have more patience. Great fathers have an ocean of patience.”
Reed Markham
 
 
 
 
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
William Shakespeare
 
 
 
 
“A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.”
Ama H. Vanniarachchy
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 14, 2024

We’d been going backwards and upside down, didn’t really see the Earth or the Sun, and when we rolled around and came around and saw the first Earthrise. That certainly was, by far, the most impressive thing.
William Anders,
US Air Force major general, engineer, astronaut who photographed “Earthrise”
1933-2024
 
 
 
 
“I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand… Adventure is a state of mind—and spirit.”
Jacqueline Cochran
 
 
 
 
“The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or the other in dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them respect for himself; while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward others, especially his subordinates, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.”
LTG John M. Schofield, 1879
 
 
 
 

Music June 13, 2024

Chaka Khan: Tiny Desk Concert
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 08-11, 2024

Nowadays people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde,
writer, playwright
 
 
 
 
Possibly the greatest satisfaction comes from taking an active part in enlarging a child’s world, even a little.
Nonny Hogrogian,
writer, illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner
1932-2024
 
 
 
 
Thank you to the people who didn’t believe in me. To those who thought they were putting water on my fire, you were really adding gas to it.
Coco Gauff,
professional tennis player
 
 
 
 
Learn all you can from your mentors. Try to work alongside them. Their passion will amplify your passion.
Martha Stewart,
businessperson, entrepreneur
 
 
 
 
I love the energy of the morning.
It’s got to come from the soul. Where else is it going to come from?
Grace Jones,
singer, model, actor
 
 
 
 
“Within our dreams and aspirations, we find our opportunities.”
Sugar Ray Leonard
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 12, 2024

The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
James Allen – 1864-1912 – Author
 
 
 
 
A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.
Tom Wilson – Actor-Comedian
 
 
 
 
Accept the presence of thorns, but let the rose inspire you.
Steve Pavlina – Self-Help Author – Speaker
 
 
 
 
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
Audrey Hepburn – 1929-1993 – British Actress-Humanitarian
 
 
 
 
Don’t just visualize success at the end. Visualize the process. Don’t just picture yourself winning. Picture the steps it takes to get there.
Dean Bokhari – Podcaster
 
 
 
 
In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – 1906-1945 – German Protestant Theologian
 
 
 
 
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James – 1842-1910 – American Philosopher
 
 
 
 
I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.
Shawn Carter – American Rapper-Entrepreneur-Songwriter-Record Executive
 
 
 
 
A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings. Always believe in yourself.
Unknown
 
 

Quotes June 11, 2024

“It’s an old story. A quote, I think. There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. I did a lot of work down river in my life, pulling people out where I could, but maybe I should have not been so afraid to go upstream and solve some of the problems that had them falling in to begin with.”

‘…It’s the brevity of time you have left that’s bringing you closer now. It strips away all the pretense and leaves completely new versions of both of you. And it’s a good thing. Because those versions are connecting deeply. It’s not lost time, it’s the gift that comes when there is so little time left.”

Danielle Stewart

Quotes June 07, 2024

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way.
John Paul Jones

“We’re going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.”
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Quotes June 06, 2024

“’Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall,’ the paratroopers liked to say. ‘He forgot to put a roof on it.’”
 
 
“Lieutenant Welsh remembered walking around among the sleeping men and thinking to himself that ‘they had looked at and smelled death all around them all day but never even dreamed of applying the term to themselves. They hadn’t come here to fear. They hadn’t come to die. They had come to win.’”
Stephen Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
 
 
“At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn’t want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So, they fought and won, and we, all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.”
Stephen Ambrose, Citizen Soldiers
 
 
 
 
“Everyone was violently busy on that crowded, dangerous shore. The pebbles were the size of apples and feet deep, and we stumbled up a road that a huge road shovel was scooping out. We walked with the utmost care between the narrowly placed white tape lines that marked the mine-cleared path, and headed for a tent marked with a red cross … Everyone agreed that the beach was a stinker, and that it would be a great pleasure to get the hell out of here sometime.”
Martha Gellhorn, Collier’s war correspondent
 
 
 
 
“I don’t feel that I’m any kind of hero. To me, the work had to be done. I was asked to do it. So, I did. When I lecture kids, I tell them the same thing.”
Private First Class Joseph Lesniewski​, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
 
 
 
 
“You get your ass on the beach. I’ll be there waiting for you and I’ll tell you what to do. There ain’t anything in this plan that is going to go right.”
Colonel Paul R. Goode, in a pre-attack briefing to the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
 
 
 
 
“Four years ago, our nation and empire stood alone against an overwhelming enemy, with our backs to the wall. Now once more a supreme test has to be faced. This time the challenge is not to fight to survive but to fight to win the final victory for the good cause. At this historic moment, surely not one of us is too busy, too young, or too old to play a part in a nation-wide, perchance a worldwide vigil of prayer as the great Crusade sets forth.”
King George VI in a radio address on June 6, 1944
 
 
 
 
“I took chances on D-Day that I never would have taken later in the war.”
First Sergeant C. Carwood Lipton, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
 
 
 
 
“God almighty, in a few short hours, we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We do not ask favors or indulgence but ask that, if you will, use us as your instrument for the right and an aid in returning peace to the world.”
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Wolverton, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 
 
 
 
“Today, when people thank me for my service, I figure three years of my time is a cheap price to pay for this country. Nobody owes me a thing.”
First Lieutenant Lynn “Buck” Compton, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
 
 
 
 
“Nobody dashed ashore. We staggered. With one hand I carried my gun, finger on the trigger; with the other, I held onto the rope-rail down the ramp, and with the third hand I carried my bicycle.”
Corporal Peter Masters, Troop 3, No. 10 Commando, British Army “Jewish” Troop
 
 
 
 
“Thank you to those men and women who put self aside because they held the thought of us on the inside. So, whether that be the bloodied beaches on D-Day or any number of other battles remembered or forgotten, we now hold you on the inside and we say, ‘Thank you.’”
Craig D. Lounsbrough
 
 
 
 
“It was a different world then. It was a world that required young men like myself to be prepared to die for a civilization that was worth living in.”
Harry Read, 6th Airborne Division, Britain’s Parachute Regiment
 
 
 
 
“I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, ‘Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?’ Grandpa said, ‘No, but I served in a company of heroes.’”
Major Richard Winters, Commander, Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
 
 
 
 
“Suddenly, all hell let loose. The beach was under fire from shells, mortars and machine guns, we dived for cover. The sea was covered in blood and vomit and flies began to arrive by the thousands, which created another nightmare. We continued all night and the following day without a break. Slowly, slowly we overcame all the nightmares. There was no lack of humor. A soldier coming ashore asked, ‘Is this a private beach? I was promised a private beach. If not, I am not staying.’ And we heard, ‘My mother told me not to travel by air, she thought it was much safer by sea.’”
David Teacher, No. 71 Royal Air Force Beach Unit
 
 
 
 
“At that time, we didn’t know it was D-Day. We just knew we had a job to do.”
Sergeant Tom Jensen, 626th Engineer Light Equipment Company
 
 
 
 
“There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels—all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious.”
Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation
 
 
 
 
“Men, I am not a religious man and I don’t know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask you to pray with me for the success of the mission before us. And while we pray, let us get on our knees and not look down but up with faces raised to the sky so that we can see God and ask His blessing in what we are about to do.”
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Wolverton, commanding officer of 3rd battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 
 
 
 
“At the edge of the cliffs, the wind is a smack, and D-day becomes wildly clear: climbing that cutting edge into the bullets.”
John Vinocur, former Paris bureau chief, The New York Times
 
 
 
 
“Here in Normandy the rescue began. Here the Allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history.”
President Ronald Reagan, on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day
 
 
 
 
“I thought we were going to win because I’d never seen so many planes in my life that came over for the invasion of Normandy.”
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra, Seaman Second Class Lawrence
 
 
 
 
“May we all, as a nation of believers, fight for the achievement of America, may we make sacrifices worthy of those proud men and women who fought for us, labored for us, bled soil from the beaches of Normandy to the fields of Gettysburg for us.”
Senator Cory Booker
 
 
 
 
“Let’s remember the brave men, British, Commonwealth, Canadian, American, and European who left these shores and never left back, for their sacrifice, we will be forever in debt.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 04-05, 2024

There is nothing so powerful as truth.
Daniel Webster
 
 
 
 
Anytime you feel bad about procrastinating, recall that Mozart composed the overture to Don Giovanni the morning of the day the opera premiered.
Blue Bird of Bitterness
 
 
 
 
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
Thomas Carlyle
 
 
 
 
“Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
 
 
 
 
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
Calvin Coolidge
 
 
 
 
“The test of a business man is not whether he can make money in one or two boom years, or can make money through the luck of getting into the field first, but whether in a highly competitive field, without having any initial advantage over his competitors, he can outdistance them in a perfect honourable way and keep the respect of himself and of his community.”
Harvey Firestone
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 03, 2024

One person can make a difference. And one person with a video camera can make a world of difference.
Sorry, there’s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story.
Morgan Spurlock,
documentary filmmaker
1970-2024
 
 
 
 
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
Life is easy when you’re hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
Bill Walton,
professional basketball player, television sportscaster
1952-2024
 
 
 
 
You don’t want to continue to do one thing and only one thing. You want to keep challenging yourself and if you do well at it, great, if you fall on your face, you tried.
I strive to not deny myself experiences that open up to me. I hope to live without looking back in regret.
Lucy Liu,
actor, director, producer
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France – 1844-1924 – Poet
 
 
 
 
“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
Epictetus
 
 
 
 
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
Walt Disney
 
 
 
 
Everything you need to be amazing is already inside you
Darren Hardy – Author
 
 
 
 
If we are to use our tools in the service of fitting in on Earth, our basic relationship to nature–even the story we tell ourselves about who we are in the universe–has to change.
Janine M. Benyus
 
 
 
 
Multigenerational living is a growing trend because it offers a host of benefits. Not only does it provide financial advantages, but it also fosters stronger family bonds, enhances emotional support, and creates a sense of community within the home.
Susan Newman
 
 
 
 
They carry us through the world, but how often do we really listen to our bodies? A whole universe of wonder awaits when we do.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
 
 
 
 
“You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream — you’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.”
​DIANA ROSS