# Quote of the Day for September 9, 2026

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

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · twelve hand-picked quotes for today.

## Quote of the day

> “It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton.”

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

## Eleven more for today

- “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” — Leo Tolstoy · Change

- “Chinese people themselves, they really want change.” — Dalai Lama · Change

- “Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · Change

- “Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.” — Victor Hugo · Strength

- “Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.” — Theodore Roosevelt · Strength

- “Political courage is not political suicide.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger · Strength

- “America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.” — Rick Perry · Strength

- “My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.” — Jeff Foxworthy · Family

- “My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.” — Josh Charles · Family

- “It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.” — Abigail Van Buren · Family

- “Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.” — Edgar Cayce · Dreams Quotes

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