# Quote of the Day for September 5, 2026

> Source: https://positivity.org/quotes/daily-quotes/2026-09-05

Saturday, September 5, 2026 · twelve hand-picked quotes for today.

## Quote of the day

> “Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.”

— **Thomas Jefferson** · [Beauty Quotes](https://positivity.org/quotes/beauty-quotes)

## Eleven more for today

- “Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.” — George Jean Nathan · Beauty Quotes

- “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — Barack Obama · Change

- “The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.” — James Russell Lowell · Change

- “Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.” — Lewis B. Smedes · Change

- “Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.” — Barack Obama · Change

- “Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” — Samuel Johnson · Strength

- “A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.” — Suze Orman · Strength

- “Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.” — Herbert Kaufman · Strength

- “Courage easily finds its own eloquence.” — Plautus · Strength

- “I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.” — Diane Lane · Family

- “My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.” — Paul McCartney · Family

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