# Quote of the Day for September 3, 2026 > Source: https://positivity.org/quotes/daily-quotes/2026-09-03 Thursday, September 3, 2026 · twelve hand-picked quotes for today. ## Quote of the day > “Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.” — **Christopher Morley** · [Beauty Quotes](https://positivity.org/quotes/beauty-quotes) ## Eleven more for today - “It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.” — Benjamin Britten · Beauty Quotes - “In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.” — William Penn · Beauty Quotes - “A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.” — Winston Churchill · Change - “Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” — Nikos Kazantzakis · Change - “Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · Change - “I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.” — Abdul Kalam · Change - “A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.” — Les Brown · Strength - “Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” — Dennis Prager · Strength - “If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.” — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. · Strength - “I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.” — Halle Berry · Family - “I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.” — Annette Funicello · Family ## Keep reading - Why a daily quote habit works - Every quote collection - Today's affirmation **Explore Related Topics** [Take the Positivity Quiz](https://positivity.org/tools/positivity-quiz) Share this article [𝕏](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpositivity.org%2Fquotes%2Fdaily-quotes%2F2026-09-03&text=Quote%20of%20the%20Day%20for%20September%203%2C%202026) [f](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpositivity.org%2Fquotes%2Fdaily-quotes%2F2026-09-03) [in](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpositivity.org%2Fquotes%2Fdaily-quotes%2F2026-09-03&title=Quote%20of%20the%20Day%20for%20September%203%2C%202026) [P](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpositivity.org%2Fquotes%2Fdaily-quotes%2F2026-09-03&description=Quote%20of%20the%20Day%20for%20September%203%2C%202026) [✉](https://positivity.org/mailto:?subject=Quote%20of%20the%20Day%20for%20September%203%2C%202026&body=https%3A%2F%2Fpositivity.org%2Fquotes%2Fdaily-quotes%2F2026-09-03) ### Stay Inspired Get a daily dose of positivity delivered to your inbox. ### Discover More on Positivity [☀️What Is Positivity?](https://positivity.org/positivity)[✨Affirmations](https://positivity.org/affirmations)[💬Quotes](https://positivity.org/quotes)[🧘Meditations](https://positivity.org/meditations)[📖Psychology](https://positivity.org/psychology)[🛠️Tools](https://positivity.org/tools)[🌅Today's Inspiration](https://positivity.org/today)