John O'Leary
The single most prominent work attributable to John O'Leary in major bibliographic catalogues is the body of writing catalogued under the Library of Congress authorized label "O'Leary, John, 1830–1907," representing his output as a poet, writer, and journalist composing in the English language.
Born on 23 July 1830 in Tipperary, O'Leary received his early education at The Abbey School before continuing his studies at St. Patrick's, Carlow College. He went on to work across several written forms, practicing as a poet, a writer, and a journalist throughout his career. His citizenship was that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the political and legal framework within which he lived and published. His work in English is recorded across multiple bibliographic databases, including the Open Library under the identifier OL1858270A and the VIAF record 79256788.
O'Leary died on 16 March 1907 in Dublin. His writings are catalogued under the GND identifier 1022245287 and the ISNI 0000000071492883, ensuring their continued accessibility through international library and reference systems. The concrete record of his life closes on that death in Dublin, the city where his career as a writer and journalist reached its end.
Quotes by John O'Leary
What if you could walk into every interaction expecting a smile, a new friend, and a true connection? What if every moment was seen as a miracle? What if each interaction was seen not from the perspective of what might go wrong next, but from one certain that the best is yet to come? Fear. Or love. It’s a choice. What will you choose?
It’s time to chip away the plaster, pull down the ask, peel off the bandages, and allow the miracle of life to shine brightly.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie On.
We had it all. Life was perfect. And then life changed. It always does. When life changes in this way, we can beg and plead to go back to the way things were. Feeling entitled to that reality. Waiting for someone to wave the magic wand and put things back to normal; back to the way life was. Or we can step up, recognize that it is time to move forward from here, and embrace total accountability.
The things that people were the most grateful for were the ordinary things in life. The sound of your spouse’s laugh, the smell of morning coffee, the echo of children playing in the yard. The little things. In waiting for the big moments – the vacations, the retirements, the birthdays – we risk missing the experiences of life most worthy of celebrating.
Abraham Lincoln: Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
It’s my life and I’m responsible for it. No one’s going to save you. Accountability.
