Thought for Today

"Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget."

~~~~~ Maria Edgeworth

Thought for Today

"There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity."

~~~~~ Nathaniel Branden

Thought for Today

"For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity."

~~~~~ Will Rogers

Thought for Today

“When World War II ended, the United States had the only undamaged industrial power in the world. Our military might was at its peak, and we alone had the ultimate weapon, the nuclear weapon, with the unquestioned ability to deliver it anywhere in the world. If we had sought world domination then, who could have opposed us? But the United States followed a different course, one unique in all the history of mankind. We used our power and wealth to rebuild the war-ravished economies of the world, including those of the nations who had been our enemies. May I say, there is absolutely no substance to charges that the United States is guilty of imperialism or attempts to impose its will on other countries, by use of force.”

~~~~~ Ronald Reagan

Thought for Today

"We must beware of the dangers that lie in our most generous wishes. Some paradox of our nature leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity, then of our wisdom, ultimately of our coercion."

~~~~~ Lionel Trilling