quotes of day Sunday, August 2, 2026

“only an aching heartConceives a changeless work of art.”

“America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it.”

“I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.”

“I must have libertyWithal, as large a charter as the wind,To blow on whom I please, for so fools have.”

“I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”

“Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”

“Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.”

“The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for.”

“That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day, As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by-and-by black night doth take away.”

“Lightly given promises must meet with little trust.”

“Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."”