Weekend Wisdom

WW: The Four Presidents

Quotes from the four President’s who took a bullet and died for this country. Thank you for your service gentlemen. You are an inspiration to the nation.

John F. Kennedy

For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation.

“Special message to the Congress on National Health Needs (65),” February 27, 1962, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1962.

James A. Garfield

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

James A. Garfield

Abraham Lincoln

Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles.

Abraham Lincoln
-August 27, 1856 Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan

William McKinley

Photo of McKinley Memorial by the author.

Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her widowhood adventures hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. A graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor’s degree in communications, she’s currently using those skills as a virtual logistics contact center representative for a Fortune 100 company. She’s also managed call center teams, co-facilitated a grief support group, and helped small businesses with various writing assignments. Michele is a bookworm, and a lover of history, music, chocolate, red roses, and golden retrievers. She is also the amateur photographer behind the blog OgleOhio.com

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The H20 Edition of Weekend Wisdom

“A little water is a sea to an ant.” – Afghan Proverb

“If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in Water.” – Loren Eiseley

“Water is precious; it is the very source of life and a free gift from the Creator.” Desmond M. Tutu

“We are tied to the ocean.  And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came…” – John F. Kennedy

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Memorial Day Weekend Wisdom:

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

John F. Kennedy 

 

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