Category: Holidays

20 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes to Make at Home

Halloween weekend is quickly approaching. Are you ready for the fun-filled holiday? Are you still trying to figure out a costume for your children or yourself? Here are some easy, last-minute Halloween costumes you can make at home. The best part of these costumes is no sewing skills or special supplies required!

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 Classic and Quick Costumes

  1. Ghost: The classic ghost costume is always easy and fun. Take an old white sheet and cut out eye holes. Add sunglasses or a hat for extra flare.
  2. Mummy: Cut long white fabric strips from an old sheet. Then wrap yourself up. Use safety pins to secure.
  3. Cat: Start with a black outfit. Add paint whiskers with black eyeliner. Next use paper or felt to create cat ears. Secure your kitty ears on a headband.
  4. Witch: Wear a black dress. Carry a broom. Create a pointy hat from black construction paper.
  5. Vampire: Wear dark clothes. Add red lipstick for blood. Slick your hair back for a traditional vampire look.

 Pop Culture and Fun Ideas

  1. Error 404: Costume Not Found:  Write that phrase on a white T-shirt with marker.
  2. Smarty Pants: Tape or use hot glue to secure Smarties candies all over your jeans.
  3. Static Cling:  Wear your normal clothes. But attach socks and dryer sheets with safety pins. For added fun, use hair spray to make your hair spiky.
  4. Tourist: Wear a Hawaiian or flowered shirt. Add sunglasses, map, destination brochures, and a camera to your costume.
  5. Cereal Killer: Glue mini cereal boxes to a shirt. Add plastic knives and fake blood to your outfit.

 DIY with Things Around the House

  1. Bubble Bath: Tape white balloons to a white shirt. Also wear a shower cap and place rubber duck on your costume.
  2. Rain Cloud: Wear a gray shirt. Add cotton balls for clouds. Tape blue paper raindrops hanging on string from your shirt.
  3. Lumberjack: Wear a  flannel shirt, jeans, and a beanie. Make an ax from paper or poster board.
  4. Identity Thief: Write random names on name tags or white labels. Stick names all over your shirt.
  5. Burglar: Wear or create a black-and-white striped shirt. Add black hat. Next label a pillowcase with a “$” sign.  

For Kids or Families

  1. Scarecrow: Wear a plaid shirt and blue jean overalls. Add straw or raffia to your pockets. Next draw on stitches.
  2. Superhero: Use a solid color shirt. Create homemade paper logo and secure to shirt. Add cut to size sheet or a  towel cape.
  3. Emoji Face: Wear a yellow shirt. Secure a paper emoji face to your shirt. Or paint an emoji on your shirt.
  4. LEGO Block: Use a box big enough for you to wear. Or wear a smaller box to create a hat then wear a matching-colored outfit. Paint a cardboard box and glue on plastic cups.
  5. Bubble Gum Machine: Wear white pants and red shirt. Next secure colorful pom-poms to your top.

Last minute costumes are all about fun and not cost. Use your imagination and let your creativity flow. Happy Halloween!

Scrapbook Ideas for Halloween 2026

Are you enjoying the spooky season? Are you enjoying family traditions, costumes, pumpkin carving, haunted adventures and other moments that make October special? Creating a Halloween-themed scrapbook is a fantastic way to preserve your spooky memories. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following Halloween scrapbook ideas.

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Pick Your Halloween Scrapbook Theme

You can create a scrapbook that’s vintage and spooky, cute and whimsical, gothic and mysterious, or cozy autumn inspired. There is no right or wrong way to create a Halloween themed scrapbook. Let your imagination soar.

  • Vintage Inspired: Add antique style postcards, distressed paper, old fashioned pumpkins, black cars, and aged photographs.
  • Cute and Whimsical: Add friendly ghosts, colorful candy, smiling pumpkins, and playful stickers.
  • Gothic and Mysterious: Include items like black lace, ravens, old book pages, moon phases, purple accents, and mysterious details.
  • Cozy Autumn: Use colorful paper, pressed leaves, plaid patterns, warm orange colors, and pumpkin photographs.

Ideas for Your Halloween Scrapbook Pages

Create themed pages to make your scrapbook.  If you are creating the scrapbook as a family, each person could do a page. Or older children may want to create their own scrapbook to keep as a memory.

  • October Memories: Include a calendar, seasonal goals, and your  favorite photos.
  • Pumpkin Patch Adventures: Add photos from your pumpkin-picking adventure. Include tickets and pressed leaves on this page.
  • Costume Memories:  Add your family or friends’ photos of this year’s Halloween costumes. Include sketches or  funny stories about your costume on this page.
  • Trick-or-Treat Night: Add photos from trick-or-treat or trunk-or-treat adventures. Include candy wrappers and write about your neighborhood memories.
  • Haunted Houses: Include your admission tickets (If your tickets are digital, print them). Add photos and your personal spooky ratings.
  • Halloween Movie Night: Create homemade movie tickets. Add snack wrappers and movie ratings
  • Pumpkin Carving: Add before-and-after pumpkin photographs.
  • Halloween Baking: Add recipe cards and pictures of spooky treats.
  • Spooky Road Trips: Include maps, postcards, and roadside attraction photos.
  • Halloween Decorations: Print photos of your decorated home and DIY projects.
  • Ghost Stories: Write down your favorite family-friendly ghost stories and local legends.
  • Halloween Party: Save an invitation for your scrapbook. Add photos of the event, decorations, games, and party food.
  • Halloween Playlist: Include song titles, album art, and music memories.
  • Halloween Bucket List: Add a decorated checklist of seasonal adventures.
  • October 31st: Include a full-page collage of Halloween night.

Enjoy the creative process. Add pages to fit your family and friends Halloween activities.

Happy Halloween!

40 Photo Prompts for Halloween 2026

The spooky season is underway! Do you love Halloween?  Taking a photo throughout October is a great way to make Halloween memories. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following photo prompts for Halloween.

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  1. Halloween Themed Selfie
  2. Pumpkins
  3. Pumpkin Patch
  4. Carving Pumpkins
  5. Jack-o’-lantern
  6. Decorations
  7. Orange and Black
  8. Community Event
  9. Cute Halloween
  10. Shadows
  11. Darkened Trail or Pathway (Be safe)
  12. Eeek!
  13. Zombie Walk or Street Photography
  14. Cemetery (Always be respectful)
  15. Mirror
  16. Letter “H”
  17. Hidden
  18. Creepy Vibe
  19. Abandoned
  20. Woods
  21. Halloween Themed Drink
  22. Halloween Themed Food
  23. Favorite Halloween Movie
  24. Halloween Candy
  25. Best Halloween Place
  26. Spooky
  27. Scary Fun
  28. Haunted Hayride or House Attraction
  29. Candles or Candlelight
  30. Foggy
  31. Black and White
  32. Pet’s Costume
  33. Homemade Halloween
  34. In Costume
  35. Trick-or-Treat
  36. Halloween Night
  37. Halloween Sunset
  38. Nostalgic or Childhood
  39. Happy Halloween!
  40. Photographer’s Choice

Enjoy capturing the spooky season! Happy Halloween!

Happy Labor Day

I just want to wish everyone a safe and happy Labor Day!

Safe travels!

Take care–Rebecca

Fun Labor Day Activities at Home

Happy Labor Day weekend! Are you planning to stay home? Don’t worry. You still can make the weekend feel like a mini vacation without crowds, traffic, and large expense. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following ideas for Labor Day weekend fun at home.

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  1. Order takeout and spend a relaxing evening with family and friends.
  2. Host a backyard bonfire.
  3. Make S’mores.
  4. Set up a projector for an outdoor movie night.
  5. Host a game night.
  6. Make homemade ice cream.
  7. Create a Labor Day snack board.
  8. Put on a summer playlist and dance.
  9. Set up a dessert bar with all the fixing.
  10. Eat breakfast outdoors.
  11. Do a backyard picnic.
  12. Play in the sprinkler or use water balloons.
  13. Play lawn games.
  14. Make homemade lemonade.
  15. Host a BBQ
  16. Read outdoors in a hammock or on a blanket.
  17. Do a backyard photo shoot.
  18. Make friendship bracelets.
  19. Paint rocks.
  20. Host an outdoor scavenger hunt.
  21. Make homemade popsicles.
  22. Watch the sunrise or sunset.
  23. Host a themed dinner night.
  24. Take a virtual tour online.
  25. Create a scrapbook from your summer adventures.
  26. Sleep in or take long naps.
  27. Organize a small space.
  28. Create a fall bucket list.
  29. Look through old family photos.
  30. Make family time capsule.
  31. Do a DIY spa day.
  32. Engage in self0care.
  33. Try a new recipe.
  34. Do a puzzle.
  35. Make waffles.
  36. Do a pajama day.
  37. Spend an afternoon making crafts.
  38. Do a movie marathon or watch a series.
  39. Do a digital detox.
  40. Start decorating for fall.
  41. Write in a journal.
  42. Go for a bike ride.
  43. Host a sunset dinner outdoors.
  44. Set up a blanket and look at the stars.
  45. Lounge-do nothing but relax.

Have a fantastic Labor Day weekend.

Labor Day Quotes to Inspire Your Weekend

Labor Day weekend is almost here. Are you planning to post on your public social media platforms? Are trying to find the right words to go with your posts? If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following quotes for Labor Day.

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Happy Labor Day!
  1. “To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” — Pearl S. Buck
  2. “Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.” — Madeleine L’Engle
  3. “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
  4. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” — Colin Powell
  5. “There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” — Henry Ford
  6. “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers
  7. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work.” — Mark Twain
  8. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” — Michael Jordan
  9. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
  10. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” — Jimmy Johnson
  11. “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” — Coco Chanel
  12. “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” — Lionel Messi
  13. “The miracle is not that we do the work, but that we are happy to do it.”— Mother Teresa
  14. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” — Kobe Bryant
  15. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke
  16. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
  17. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
  18. “Don’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.” – Abraham Lincoln
  19. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Herman Cain
  20. “I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” — Margaret Mead
  21. “Sometimes, the most productive thing that you can do is to step outside and do nothing … relax and enjoy nature.” — Melanie Charlene
  22. “There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  23. “The supreme accomplishment is to blur the lines between work and play.” – Arnold J. Toynbee
  24. “Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.” — Liza M. Wiemer
  25. “You always pass failure on your way to success.” — Mickey Rooney
  26. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” — Maya Angelou
  27. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” — Newt Gingrich
  28. “If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn’t anything you can’t do if you want to.” — Jim Henson
  29. “The only place success comes before work is the dictionary.” –  Vince Lombardi
  30. “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” – Rumi
  31. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
  32. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
  33. “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I will do what others can’t.” — Jerry Rice
  34. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm
  35. “Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.” — Helena Rubinstein
  36. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
  37. “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
  38. “Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.” — Donovan Bailey
  39. “Hard work should be rewarded by good food.” — Ken Follet
  40. “No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.” — Charles Sumner
  41. “For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.” — Jessica Savitch
  42. “Your success and happiness lies in you.” — Helen Keller
  43. “Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.” — Cristiano Ronaldo
  44. “Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” — Ken Poirot
  45. “It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention.” — Conan O’Brien
  46. Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.” — Carol Moseley Braun
  47. “Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work — and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.” – Lucille Ball
  48. “Everything yields to diligence.” — Thomas Jefferson
  49. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
  50. “Be the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment, own it.” — Oprah Winfrey

Happy Labor Day weekend!

Trending Hashtags for a Memorable Labor Day

Labor Day weekend is almost here! Do you plan to post your weekend experiences to your public personal or business social media platforms? To draw attention to your posts, use hashtags. If you need inspiration, check out the following hashtags for Labor Day.

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Happy Labor Day!
  1. #LaborDay
  2. #LaborDay2026
  3. #LaborDayWeekend
  4. #LaborDayWeekend2026
  5. #HappyLaborDay
  6. #LaborDayMichigan
  7. #PureMichigan
  8. #LaborDayBridgeWalk
  9. #Mackinaw
  10. #LaborDayTradition
  11. #ThreeDayWeekend
  12. #LongWeekend
  13. #ExtendedWeekend
  14. #Weekend
  15. #DayOff
  16. #FinallyFriday
  17. #GreatWeekendAhead
  18. #GoingShopping
  19. #LaborDaySales
  20. #WeekendVibes
  21. #LastSummerHoliday
  22. #HolidayWeekend
  23. #HolidayFun
  24. #Holiday
  25. #ThreeDaysOff
  26. #LaborDayFun
  27. #LaborDayParty
  28. #Party
  29. #PoolParty
  30. #PartyTime
  31. #LaborDayBBQ
  32. #LaborDayBBQ2026
  33. #Grillmaster
  34. #BBQ
  35. #BBQTime
  36. #GrillTime
  37. #GoodFood
  38. #Family
  39. #FamilyTime
  40. #Friends
  41. #Blessed
  42. #FamilyTraditions
  43. #LaborDaySquad
  44. #MyLaborDaySquad
  45. #Food
  46. #Foodie
  47. #Drinks
  48. #September
  49. #Monday
  50. #Spetember7th
  51. #LaborDaySelfie
  52. #SelfieTime
  53. #LaborDayPhoto
  54. #PhotooftheDay
  55. #Photography
  56. #Nature
  57. #GetOutdoors
  58. #LaborDayHike
  59. #LaborDayTravel
  60. #Travel
  61. #AdventureTime
  62. #LaborDayRoadTrip
  63. #RoadTrip
  64. #DayTrip
  65. #LaborDayActivities
  66. #MiniVacay
  67. #MiniVacation
  68. #StayHome
  69. #Staycation
  70. #WorkingHoliday
  71. #ThankYouWorkers
  72. #ThankaWorker
  73. #WorkTime
  74. #NoHoliday
  75. #NoHolidayForMe
  76. #LaborDayBonfire
  77. #Bonfire
  78. #Smores
  79. #LaborDaySunset
  80. #LaborDaySunrise
  81. #UnofficialEndofSummer
  82. #SummerIsEnding
  83. #GoodbyeSummer
  84. #BestSummerEver
  85. #FarwellSummer
  86. #BringOnFall
  87. #Peace
  88. #PrayforPeace
  89. #BestLaborDayEver
  90. #EpicHoliday
  91. #GreatWeekend

Happy Labor Day!

Happy 4th of July

I just want to wish everyone a very happy 4th of July!

Have fun and be safe!

Thank you for following my blog!

Tips for Setting Up a 4th of July Photo Booth

Are you hosting a party or barbeque to celebrate Independence Day? Do you want to do a fun activity to preserve the memories of the day. Setting up a 4th of July photo booth is a fun and festive way to enjoy your holiday gathering. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following tips for setting up a 4th of July photo booth.

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  1. Backdrop

Start with setting up a backdrop. Expensive materials are not necessary. In fact many items are usually available at your local dollar store.

  • Tablecloths: Tape plastic tablecloths to a wall or hang on a rope. If available, hang three tablecloths- red, white, and blue.
  • Streamers: Use red, white, and blue streamers as a backdrop. Many streamers are metallic which adds a sparkle to the backdrop.
  • Balloons: Tie red, white, and blue balloons together. Create an arch or an entire backdrop from the balloons.
  • Shower Curtain: Use a shower curtain for a backdrop. (There are a white ones available that are inexpensive but great for backdrops).
  • Fabric: Material is more expensive. However, there are many more options for a backdrop.
  • String Lights: If your party is later at night, add string lights to your backdrop.
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2. Props

Provide a box of 4th of July themed props which do not need to cost a lot.

  • Hats & Caps: Uncle Sam hats, cowboy hats, baseball style caps, etc.
  • Signs: Purchase red, white, or blue themed signs. Or make your own using poster boards. Personalize your signs for your party. For example, write out “Smith 4th of July BBQ 2026”. Or common patriotic themes like “Let Freedom Ring” or “Proud to be an American”.
  • Sunglasses: Add oversized sunglasses. Or provide red, white, and blue sunglasses and star sunglasses.
  • Glow Sticks: Provide red, white, or blue glow sticks. These are great for night time photos.
  • Beads: Red, white, and blue beads are a fun, inexpensive prop.
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3. Camera or Photographer

  • Party Photographer: Designate someone to be the photographer.
  • Camera on a Tripod: Set up a camera for multiple users.
  • Cell Phone Use: Ask everyone to use their own mobile devices.
  • Social Media Group or Page: Set up a group or private page to share your photos for everyone to view.

Enjoy! There is no right or wrong way to set up your photo booth. Have fun and make lots of memories.

Happy 4th!

Quotes to Celebrate the 4th of July


Independence Day is just around the corner! Are you prepared to honor the red, white, and blue? The 4th of July presents a wonderful opportunity to share on your social media channels. If you’re looking for some inspiring words, take a look at these quotes for the 4th of July.

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  1. “Liberty and independence forever.” — Davy Crockett
  2. “I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” – Wendell L. Wilkie
  3. “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” – George Washington
  4. “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” – Gerald Stanley Lee
  5. “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.” – Erma Bombeck
  6. “Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
  7. “Independence Day: freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
  8. “It’s Fourth of July weekend, or, as I call it, Exploding Christmas.” —Stephen Colbert
  9. “It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.” – John Adams
  10. “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” — Carrie Jones
  11. “Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” – Kahlil Gibran
  12. Liberty is the breath of life to nations.” –  George Bernard Shaw
  13. “My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.” —Yakov Smirnoff
  14. “Let’s not forget why we celebrate 4th of July; it is the day Will Smith saved us from the aliens.” – Unknown
  15. “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” – John Dickinson
  16. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” — The Declaration of Independence, 1776
  17. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”  – William Faulkner
  18. “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like me, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine
  19. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”— President Harry S. Truman
  20. “The fact is, with every friendship you make and every bond you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world.” – Michelle Obama
  21. “Give me liberty or give me death!” — Patrick Henry
  22.  “It’s a party in the U.S.A.” — Miley Cyrus, “Party in the U.S.A.”
  23. “You cannot separate peace and freedom. Because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” – Malcolm X
  24. “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”- Abraham Lincoln
  25. “People in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other. But that is not our story. That is not who we are. That’s not our America. Our United States of America is not about us versus them. It’s about We the people!” – Kamala Harris
  26. “Liberty has been planted here; and the more it is attacked, the more it grows and flourishes.” – Samuel Sherwood
  27. “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” -Bill Clinton
  28. “Freedom lies in being bold.” — Robert Frost
  29. “He who is brave is free.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  30. “Laughter is America’s most important export.” – Walt Disney
  31. “We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.”- Barack Obama
  32. “America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.” – George W. Bush
  33. “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” — Benjamin Franklin
  34. “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” — Gerald Stanley Lee
  35. “The essence of America — that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion — it is an idea — and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That it doesn’t matter where you came from but where you are going.” – Condoleezza Rice
  36. “People in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other. But that is not our story. That is not who we are. That’s not our America. Our United States of America is not about us versus them. It’s about we the people!” – Camila Alves
  37. “The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride, and history.” – Mike Fitzpatrick
  38. “America. It is the only place where miracles not only happen but where they happen all the time.” – Thomas Wolfe
  39. “I am an American, free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.” – Theodore Roosevelt
  40. “America means opportunity, freedom, power.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  41. “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” – Ronald Reagan
  42. “We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.” – Lech Walesa
  43. “America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people.”  – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  44. “All we use or know — this our fathers bought for us long ago.” –  Rudyard Kipling
  45. “The red and white and starry blue is freedom’s shield and hope.” – John Philip Sousa
  46. “My favorite thing about the United States? Lots of Americans, one America.” – Val Saintsburt
  47. “Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” – James Bryce
  48. “I think patriotism is like charity — it begin as home.” – Henry James
  49.   “Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur
  50. “Happy 4th of July! Drink until you see stars… and stripes!” -Unknown

Happy 4th of July!