The quote archive
Each edition closes with words worth carrying into the day — from the news, and from the people who said it best before us.
“Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.”
— Michael J. Fox, actor and Parkinson's research advocate · October 23, 2026
“It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.”
— Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame NFL coach · October 22, 2026
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
— Thomas Edison, inventor, who successfully tested his incandescent light bulb on this date in 1879 · October 21, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher · October 20, 2026
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.”
— Amelia Earhart, aviator · October 19, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher -- fitting words after a Saturday when five of college football's top seven teams fell · October 18, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher — words the comeback Brewers embodied Friday night · October 17, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher · October 16, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher — words the Dodgers, down 3-0 in the NLCS, may be clinging to · October 15, 2026
“You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.”
— Chuck Yeager, test pilot who broke the sound barrier on this date in 1947 · October 14, 2026
“I have been with God and with the devil. God won.”
— Mario Sepúlveda, one of 33 Chilean miners rescued on this day in 2010 · October 13, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher and former New York Yankees manager · October 12, 2026
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady, born on this day in 1884 · October 11, 2026
“The heart of our family.”
— Mike Ditka's family, remembering the Hall of Fame Bears coach, who died Friday at 86 · October 10, 2026
“If prose is a house, poetry is a man on fire running quite fast through it.”
— Anne Carson, 2026 Nobel laureate in literature · October 9, 2026
“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.”
— Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame NFL coach · October 8, 2026
“I wish I could play forever.”
— Lionel Messi, after scoring in his 208th and final match for Argentina · October 7, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Yankees Hall of Fame catcher · October 6, 2026
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
— Henry Adams, historian — shared for World Teachers' Day · October 5, 2026
“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.”
— Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocketry pioneer, fitting for Sputnik's launch anniversary · October 4, 2026
“There is nothing permanent except change.”
— Heraclitus, ancient Greek philosopher · October 3, 2026
“My life is my message.”
— Mahatma Gandhi, born on this day in 1869 · October 2, 2026
“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, human rights invented America.”
— Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, born on this day in 1924 · October 1, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame Yankees catcher — words to live by as the MLB playoffs begin · September 30, 2026
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher -- whose 2,400-year-old school at Mieza was just unearthed by archaeologists · September 29, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher -- fitting words as baseball's postseason begins Tuesday · September 28, 2026
“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.”
— A. Bartlett Giamatti, former MLB commissioner, on baseball -- fitting for Justin Verlander's farewell · September 27, 2026
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
— T.S. Eliot, poet, born on this day in 1888 · September 26, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher — fitting on a night the White Sox turned 324 losses into a playoff berth · September 25, 2026
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, 'The Great Gatsby' — the author was born on this day in 1896 · September 24, 2026
“Nobody wins unless everybody wins.”
— Bruce Springsteen, who turns 77 today · September 23, 2026
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
— Albert Camus · September 22, 2026
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
— Albert Einstein, physicist — a fitting thought for the International Day of Peace · September 21, 2026
“Pressure is a privilege.”
— Billie Jean King, who won the 'Battle of the Sexes' match on this date in 1973 · September 20, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame Yankees catcher · September 19, 2026
“I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.”
— John F. Kennedy, 35th US president, whose namesake arts center is now at the middle of a demolition fight · September 18, 2026
“A republic, if you can keep it.”
— Benjamin Franklin, when asked what form of government the Constitutional Convention had created, Sept. 17, 1787 · September 17, 2026
“I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.”
— John F. Kennedy, 35th US president, whose namesake arts center's board voted to close its main building · September 16, 2026
“A woman who wears my clothes is not afraid to be noticed.”
— Bob Mackie, costume designer, who died Monday at 87 · September 15, 2026
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela · September 14, 2026
“It ain't over till it's over.”
— Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher · September 13, 2026
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
— John F. Kennedy, delivered at Rice University on this date in 1962 · September 12, 2026
“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.”
— Sandy Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of United Flight 93 · September 11, 2026
“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.”
— George W. Bush, 43rd US president · September 10, 2026
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”
— Marcus Garvey, Jamaican political activist and writer · September 9, 2026
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
— Gene Roddenberry, creator of 'Star Trek,' which premiered 60 years ago today · September 8, 2026
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
— Arthur Ashe, tennis champion · September 7, 2026
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
— Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, which marks its 60th anniversary this weekend · September 6, 2026
“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”
— Kermit the Frog, in 'The Muppet Movie' — as 'The Muppet Show' turns 50 today · September 5, 2026
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
— Tupac Shakur, whose 1996 murder case reached a verdict this week · September 4, 2026
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
— Arthur Ashe, tennis champion · September 3, 2026
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
— Tupac Shakur, whose 1996 murder case ended this week with a Las Vegas jury's conviction of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis · September 2, 2026
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
— Tupac Shakur, rapper (1971-1996) · September 1, 2026
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
— Dolly Parton, laid to rest this week in Nashville · August 31, 2026
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
— Billie Jean King, tennis Hall of Famer · August 30, 2026
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
— Dolly Parton, the country music icon who died this week at 80 · August 29, 2026
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
— Martin Luther King Jr., delivered 63 years ago today at the March on Washington · August 28, 2026
“Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos.”
— Yayoi Kusama, the pioneering Japanese artist, who died Thursday at 97 · August 27, 2026
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
— Dolly Parton, country music icon (1946-2026) · August 26, 2026
“If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again.”
— Aaliyah, "Try Again" (2000), remembered today on the 25th anniversary of her death · August 25, 2026