10 D-Day Quotes

 

 

1 – “And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.” — Winston Churchill

2 – “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.” — Lt. Col Robert L. Wolverton, commanding officer of 3rd battalion, 506th PIR.

3 – “It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only 6 miles long and 2 miles wide.” — President Barack Obama

4 – “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 E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

5 – “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.”

6 – “The waiting for history to be made was the most difficult. I spent much time in prayer. Being cooped up made it worse. Like everyone else, I was seasick and the stench of vomit permeated our craft.” — Pvt Clair Galdonik, 359th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 90th Division

7 – “There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON’T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, ‘Well, your Granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana.’” ― General George S. Patton, Jr. to his troops on June 5, 1944

8 – “There’s a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the other. I remember looking it over and thinking it was a forest of graves. But the rows were like this, dizzying, diagonal, perfectly straight, so after all it wasn’t a forest but an orchard of graves. Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature.” — Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist, essayist and poet

9 – “They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt

10 – “This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success.” — General Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

 

What is a Mother ?

 

 

50 Inspirational Quotes on Happy Mother’s Day

 

 

1 – A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. – Author Unknown

2 – A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. – Irish Proverb

3 – A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

4 – A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. – Emily Dickinson

5 – A mother teaches her children to be confident and bold. Her special love for her children, more valuable than silver or gold.

6 – A mother understands what a child does not say. – Jewish Proverb

7 – A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s. – Princess Diana

8 – A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go. – Author Unknown

9 – A mother’s love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever.

10 – All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother.

11 – Amazing Loving Strong Happy Selfless Graceful.

12 – Be the Mom you want them to remember.

13 – Being a mom isn’t an easy job, but it’s definitely the best job anyone could ever ask for.

14 – Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed. – Linda Wooten

15 – Blessed is the boy who begins life with a mom in his corner.

16 – By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

17 – Don’t you give up. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead… It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come. – Jeffrey R. Holland

18 – God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. ― Ruyard Kipling

19 – Happy Mother’s Day! I couldn’t have had a better mother than you.

20 – Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears. – Kate Winslet

21 – Home is where your mom is.

22 – Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the wide world over. – George Cooper

23 – I love you mom, and am glad that God blessed me with such a caring mother. You went above and beyond the call of duty many times.

24 – Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust

25 – Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.

26 – Love you until the day after forever.

27 – Mom knows a lot but grandma knows everything.

28 – Mom you are one of a kind, and I am glad I get to have you as my mom. I have learned much and felt loved by you.

29 – Mom, you have been the most influential person in my life. I appreciate all the sacrifices you made to raise me. Happy Mother’s Day.

30 – Mom, you must have been hand-picked to be the right mom for me. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for you.

31 – Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

32 – Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. – William Makepeace Thackeray

33 – Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. – Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul

34 – Mother, the ribbons of your love are woven around my heart. – Author Unknown

35 – Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. – Aristotle

36 – Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.

37 – Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth. – Margaret Dilloway

38 – No matter how old my daughter gets, she’ll always be my baby girl.

39 – Out of all the moms I could have had, I’m glad it was you who God sent.

40 – She is clothed with strength and dignity and laughs without fear of the future.

41 – Thanks for everything that you have done for me, and all that you are still doing.

42 – The love between a mother and her child is forever.

43 – The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children.

44 – The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. – Jessica Lange

45 – There is no better feeling in the world than holding your precious child.

46 – This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love’s true instinct, back to thee! – Thomas Moore

47 – This mothering role will teach you more about yourself than you ever expected.

48 – When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.― Erma Bombeck

49 – Without mothers, our society would be doomed. You are a great example of what it takes to keep the chaos organized.

50 – You have been the most supportive and generous person I have ever known. Thanks for having a huge heart and loving me.

 

68 Powerful Quotes about Believing in Yourself

 

Believe in Yourself

 

1 – “A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.”

2 – “Age is just a number, nothing else. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

3 – “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney

4 – “Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.” — Bruce Lee

5 – “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

6 – “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” — Charles F. Kettering

7 – “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.”

8 – “Believe in yourself and stand for your dream. Even in the midst of difficult times.you need to maintain the confidence and conviction that you can achieve what you want.”

9 – “Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.” — Brad Henry

10 – “Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.”

11 – “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” — Norman Vincent Peale

12 – “Believe in yourself, push your limits, experience life, conquer your goals and be happy.” — Joel Brown

13 – “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” — Chantal Sutherland

14 – “Believe in yourself the way others believe in you.”

15 – “Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”

16 – “Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.” — Buddha

17 – “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

18 – “Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts.” — F. F. Bosworth

19 – “Create the highest grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.” — Oprah Winfrey

20 – “Don’t be afraid of failing. You can’t succeed without failing, there is no shame in failure, only in not trying!”

21 – “Don’t believe me? Just watch.”

22 – “Don’t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don’t like them.” — Stacy London

23 – “Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don’t let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.” — Roy T. Bennett

24 – “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”

25 – “Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions…. do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”

26 – “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”

27 – “Fortunately, self-confidence is a quality you can develop. Anyone can be more confident.”

28 – “Have faith and believe in yourself.”

29 – “He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.” — Thomas Fuller

30 – “I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.” — Joel Osteen

31 – “If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”

32 – “If you believe in yourself anything is possible.”

33 – “If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride and never quit, you’ll be a winner.” — Paul Bryant

34 – “If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.”

35 – “If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way.”

36 – “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.–Vincent Van Gogh

37 – “If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” — Michael Bassey Johnson

38 – “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” — Nikos Kazantzakis

39 – “It doesn’t matter how long you’ve waited, there’s always time to make a change and strive for more.”

40 – “It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.” — Oprah Winfrey

41 – “Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and at some point you will.” — Venus Williams

42 – “Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will sweetie?” -Marilyn Monroe

43 – “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball

44 – “Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.” — Liberace

45 – “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller

46 – “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

47 – “Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.” — Kim Hanks

48 – “The body achieves what the mind believes.”

49 – “The universe loves a believer.”

50 – “To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.” — Anatole France

51 – “To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.” — Sugar Ray Robinson

52 – “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” — Muhammad Ali

53 – “To move ahead you need to believe in yourself, have conviction in your beliefs and the confidence to execute those beliefs.” — Adlin Sinclair

54 – “We all have our low points. Whether they are personal or professional. We hit roadblocks and obstacles all the time. At some point, we think quitting is the only option. But, let me be the first to say the day you quit, is the day you lose forever.”

55 – “We are who we believe we are.” — C.S Lewis

56 – “What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?” — Eleanor Roosevelt

57 – “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” — Napoleon Hill

58 – “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.”

59 – “When you believe in a thing believe in it all the way-implicitly and unquestionably.” — Walt Disney

60 – “When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.” — Jodi Picoult

61 – “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” — Dalai Lama

62 – “You are unique. There has never been another you, and never will be. So make the best for yourself.”

63 – “You are what you believe yourself to be.” — Paulo Coelho

64 – “You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” — Wayne Dyer

65 – “You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.” — Swami Vivekananda

66 – “You don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s ever been built.’ You don’t start there. You say, ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid. You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall.”

67 – “You have to believe.” — Sun Tzu

68 – “Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can’t accept who you are.”

10 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Make You Smile

 

     

 

1 – Don’t give up! I believe in you all. A person’s a person, no matter how small.

2 – I have heard that there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat, I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me !

3 – I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

4 – Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

5 – The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

6 – Think left, think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.

7 – Today you are You, that’s truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

8 – Why fit in, when you were born to stand out.

9 – You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

10 – You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

 

10 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Awaken Your Inner Kid

 

 

 

1 – A person’s a person, no matter how small.

2 – Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

3 – All alone! Whether you like it or not, 
Alone is something you’ll be quite a lot!

4 – I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

5 – The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

6 – Think left and think right and think low and think high.
Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

7 – Today was good. Today was fun.
Tomorrow is another one.

8 – Today you are You, that is truer than true.
There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

9 – Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

10 – You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.

You’re on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one
Who’ll decide where to go…

20 Sojourner Truth Quotes Honoring the Fight for Equality

 

 

1 – Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

2 – I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.

3 – I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.

4 – I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And aren’t I a woman ?

5 – I know and do what is right better than many big men who read.

6 – I tell you I can’t read a book, but i can read people.

7 – If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there.

8 – If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

9 – If women want rights more than they got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.

10 – It is the mind that makes the body.

11 – I’m not going to die, I’m going home like a shooting star.

12 – Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.

13 – Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

14 – Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.

15 – The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.

16 – Then I will speak upon the ashes.

17 – Though it seems curious, I do not remember ever asking for anything but what I got it. And I always received it as an answer to my prayers.

18 – We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

19 – When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

20 – Where did your Christ come from ? From God and a woman ! Man had nothing to do with Him.