Author: J.J. Probasco

Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

–Theodore Roosevelt

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

— James Russell Lowell

The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is—that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

— Condoleezza Rice

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

— Audrey Hepburn

Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.

— Jim Gaffigan

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.

– Eva Burrows

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

– Abraham Lincoln