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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 30, 2026

August 30, 2026

A person without regrets is a nincompoop.

August 31, 2026

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

September 1, 2026

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

September 2, 2026

It’s surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

September 3, 2026

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

September 4, 2026

Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

September 5, 2026

Having to explain it means you probably shouldn’t have said it.

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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 30, 2026

August 30, 2026

“A strong nation is built on individual responsibility not collective dependency.” — Sowell
August 31, 2026
“There are two different types of people in the world: those who want to know, and those who want to believe.” – Nietzsche

September 1, 2026

“Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.” – Patton

September 2, 2026

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – Kennedy

September 3, 2026
“However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.” – Orwell

September 4, 2026

“If we continue to accumulate power but not wisdom, we will destroy ourselves.” – Sagan
September 5, 2026
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Churchill

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 23, 2026

August 23, 2026

Cachpule – Tennis or tennis court

August 24, 2026

Scatches – Stilts that used to be worn when walking in filthy places

August 25, 2026

Laverock – Shortened Anglo-Saxon name for that often unwelcomed herald of the dawn – the lark

August 26, 2026

Lovedayes – to reconcile a dispute by arbitration

August 27, 2026

Tonsor – One who shaved or otherwise cut hair

August 28, 2026

Flitch – A rare form of insanity in which a man imagines himself as an ox

August 29, 2026

Inkhornism – Over worked

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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 23, 2026

August 23, 2026

On the day I die, I hope I learn something new.

August 24, 2026

The future ain’t what it used to be.

August 25, 2026

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is ready cash – use it!

August 26, 2026

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

August 27, 2026

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

August 28, 2026

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.

August 29, 2026

Anything that triggers good memories can’t be all bad.

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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 23, 2026

“To win a battle you must fight as if you are already dead.” – Musashi
August 23, 2026

“I need to remain humble, stay disciplined and keep training. That’s how I will continue to be a champion.” – Ruiz

August 24, 2026
“However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.” – Orwell

August 25, 2026

“There is no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie.” – Twain

August 26, 2026

“The purpose of education is not to make people feel good about themselves but to prepare them for reality.” – Sowell

August 27, 2026
“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” – Confucious

August 28, 2026

“If you hate a person, then you’re defeated by them.” – Confucius
August 29, 2026
“Do not go where the path may lead. Instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Emerson

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 16, 2026

August 16, 2026

Galligaskin – Baggy trousers worn by sailors in the 17th and 18th centuries

August 17, 2026

Baker-knee’d – A person whose knees rubbed together when they walked as if kneading dough

August 18, 2026

Quacksalver – Useless salves and accompanying treatments sold during the bubonic plague

August 19, 2026

Fixfax – A framework or pillory

August 20, 2026

Gander-moon – The month of recovery after a woman gave birth to her child

August 21, 2026

Flitterwochen – A honeymoon

August 22, 2026

Toad-eater – To do something quite unpleasant on behalf of one’s master

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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 16, 2026

August 16, 2026

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

August 17, 2026

Change starts when someone sees the next step.

August 18, 2026

Well done is better than well said.

August 19, 2026

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

August 20, 2026

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

August 21, 2026

You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.

August 22, 2026

If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire war before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed.

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August 16, 2026
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” – Marx

August 17, 2026
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” – Wells

August 18, 2026

“You never lose by being kind. You only lose when you forget to be.” – Caprio
August 19, 2026
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Einstein

August 20, 2026

“Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.” – Aristotle
August 21, 2026
“Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.” – von Goethe

August 22, 2026

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Hill

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2026

August 9, 2026

Gardyloo – A spirited warning cry that once preceded the emptying of slops from an upstairs window into the streets below

August 10, 2026

Scuttled-butt – The nautical equivalent of the office water cooler.

August 11, 2026

Scaramouch – A lazy, swaggering coward

August 12, 2026

Fancymonger – A person that used clever tricks to deceive others

August 13, 2026

Gleed – An ember or glowing coal

August 14, 2026

Blash – verbal nonsense or diluted ideas

August 15, 2026

Scrynne – A reinforced wooden chest

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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 9, 2026

August 9, 2026

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

August 10, 2026

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

August 11, 2026

To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan and not quiet enough time.

August 12, 2026

The decay of a republic begins when it’s people trade liberty for comfort.

August 13, 2026

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

August 14, 2026

It’s easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

August 15, 2026

All glory comes from daring to begin.

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