quotes of day Sunday, July 5, 2026

“If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad.”

“There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.”

“It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.”

“Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.”

“When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.”

“In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work and sacrifice of folks on Main Street. In five days, you can choose policies that invest in our middle class, and create new jobs, and grow this economy, so that everyone has a chance to succeed, not just the CEO, but the secretary and janitor, not just the factory owner, but the men and women on the factory floor.”

“Make finding the good in others a priority”

“What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?”

“Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.”

“What is a rebel? A man who says no.”

“But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of therest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.”

“I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.”

“Those who love, friends and lovers, know that love is not only a blinding flash, but also a long and painful struggle in the darkness for the realization of definitive recognition and reconciliation.”

“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”

“When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out, because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.”

“To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price”

“Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.”