This Day Quotes

137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

Doc Hastings

Memorial Day, Military, Patriotic

FaceBook post by Doc Hastings from May 28, 2013

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

Jim Valvano

Inspirational, Basketball, Daughter

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When God gets ready to shake America, He may not take the Ph.D. and the D.D. God may choose a country boy ... God may choose the man that no one knows, a little nobody, to shake America for Jesus Christ in this day, and I pray that He would!

Billy Graham

God, Christian, Country

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'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.

Judy Garland

I Love You, Valentines Day, I Love Him

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This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Positive, Uplifting, Time

Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Elliot Cabot (1887). “The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With a General Index and a Memoir”

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Live and die on this day... Live and die on this day.

Liam Neeson

Fray, Dies

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Joseph Conrad

Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Robert Browning

Love, Anniversary, Valentines Day

Robert Browning, “Rabbi Ben Ezra”

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And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother

William Shakespeare

Brother, Blood, Band

'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35

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From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

William Shakespeare

Brother, Thinking, Blood

'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35

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Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!

Kalidasa

Life, Dream, Spiritual

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Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

Dr. Seuss

Cells, Laughing, Brain

"Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat" by Miles Corwin in The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1983.

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This is our festival and on this day we are all Indians. We celebrate the festival by maintaining the spirit of brotherhood.

Brinda Karat

Brotherhood, Festivals, Maintaining

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No festival of martial glory or warrior's renown is this; no pageant pomp of war-like conquest, no glory of fratricidal strife attend this day. It is dedicated to peace, civilization and the triumphs of industry. It is a demonstration of fraternity and the harbinger of a better age-a more chivalrous time, when labor shall be best honored and well rewarded.

Peter J. McGuire

War, Civilization, Honor

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The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship, and that servile imitation of the world which marks our promotional methods all testify that we, in this day, know God only imperfectly, and the peace of God scarcely at all.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

World, Worship, Imitation

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What they were doing was extremely wrong as far as I was concerned, and to this day, I don't know what I was thinking except bowl them over.

Rick Monday

Baseball, Thinking, Concerned

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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.

William Arthur Ward

Opportunity, Challenges, Found

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In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is impossible because it is difficult is again not in consonance with the spirit of the age. Things undreamt of are daily being seen, the impossible is ever becoming possible.

Mahatma Gandhi

Ideas, Age, Anarchy

Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.84, A&C Black

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Why did the Lord inspire Mormon (or Moroni or Alma) to include that in his record? What lesson can I learn from that to help me live in this day and age?

Ezra Taft Benson

Inspire, Age, Records

Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.

Fredrik Bajer

Years, Literature, May

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My fellow Americans: Last night when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that the troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join me in prayer:
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization. . .

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Prayer, Fall, Struggle

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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