“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one;… Read More February 14th – Frederick Douglass
Hope follows on the heels of Faith. And the white-winged goddess—which is Hope—did not leave her, but prompted her to many little surreptitious acts of preparation in the event of the miracle coming to pass. “A Little Country Girl” Kate Chopin Author Kate Chopin was born Katherine O’Flaherty on February 8th, 1850, in St. Louis,… Read More February 8th – Kate Chopin
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on November 13th, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He later changed the spelling to Louis and dropped the Balfour. His father was a… Read More November 13th – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Hardships make or break people.” Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8th, 1900, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father was a successful Atlanta lawyer, and her mother was a devoted suffragist. Mitchell was raised in the shadow of the Civil War and under such strong Southern lore that she was ten years old and… Read More November 8th – Margaret Mitchell
“The traveller need have no scruple in limiting his donations to the smallest possible sums, as liberality frequently becomes a source of annoyance and embarrassment.” Karl Baedeker Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker (BAY-day-ker) was born on November 3rd, 1801, in Essen, in what was then the Kingdom of Prussia. His father and grandfather were booksellers and… Read More November 3rd – Karl Baedeker
“A careful and honest writer does not need to worry about style. As you become proficient in the use of language, your style will emerge, because you yourself will emerge, and when this happens you will find it increasingly easy to breakthrough the barriers that separate you from other minds, other hearts – which is,… Read More July 1st – William Strunk
Daily Inspirations for Writers and Readers 