QOD

This blog purely for my own amusement. I like to start the day with a quote, be it amusing, inspiration, or simply something that caught my fancy.

On occasion, I might also include some commentary on the day's crossword puzzle that is published in the Los Angeles Times.

Showing posts with label August 26. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 26. Show all posts

Friday, 26 August 2022

Friday, August 26, 2022

QOD:  If we have not peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.  ~  Mother Teresa (née Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu; Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997), Roman Catholic nun, missionary and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize

Thursday, 26 August 2021

Thursday, August 26. 2021

QOD:  Like what you do, and then you will do your best.  ~  Katherine Johnson (née Katherine Coleman; b. Aug. 18, 1918), African-American mathematician

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

QOD:  I have nothing against work, particularly when performed quietly and unobstrusively, by someone else.  ~  Barbara Ehrenreich (né Barbara Alexander; b. Aug. 26, 1941), American author

Monday, 26 August 2019

Monday, August 25, 2019

QOD:  Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing.  Sometimes they have more imagination than men.~  Katherine Johnson (née Katherine Coleman; b. Aug. 18, 1918), African-American mathematician

Friday, 26 August 2016

Friday, August 26, 2016

QOD:  We ourselves feel that what we are doing in just a drop in the ocean.  But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.  ~  Mother Teresa (Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997)

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

QOD:  Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.  ~  Mother Teresa (Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997)

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

QOD:   We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.  ~  Mother Teresa (Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997)

Monday, 26 August 2013

Monday, August 26, 2013

QOD:  Peace begins with a smile.  ~  Mother Teresa (Aug. 26, 1910 ~ Sept. 5, 1997)


Sunday, 26 August 2012

Sunday, August 26, 2012

QOD:  My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.  ~  Charles Kettering (Aug. 29, 1876 ~ Nov. 25, 1958)

Friday, 26 August 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

QOD: Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both. ~ Anderson Cooper (b. June 3, 1967)