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Lydia Sigourney - September 1, 1791
“In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.” |
Christa McAuliffe - September 2, 1948
“I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.” |
Ferdinand Porcshe - September 3, 1875
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself." |
Anton Bruckner - September 4, 1824
"They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?" |
Jesse James - September 5, 1847
"I knew, however, that the next morning after the fight I would have to get away, and I did just in time, for a full company came early to look for me and were furious because I had escaped them." |
Jane Addams - September 6, 1860
“America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.” |
Taylor Caldwell - September 7, 1900
“Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.” |
Virginia Patterson Hensley - September 8, 1932
“Here's to those who wish us well and those who don't can go to hell." |
Joe Thiesmann - September 9, 1949
“It was pow-pow, like two muzzled gunshots. That was my leg breaking.” |
Arthur H. Compton - September 10, 1892
"Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence." |
William Sidney Porter - Septemver 11, 1862
“If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.” |
H. L. Mencken - September 12, 1880
"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." |
John J. Pershing - September 13, 1860
“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” |
Constance Baker Motley - September 14, 1921
"In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease." |
what a great idea for a thread.
really motivational |
Robert Benchley - September 15, 1889
“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” |
Louis XIV - September 16, 1638
“I am the state.” |
Hiram King Williams - September 17, 1923
“You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.” |
Greta Garbo - September 18, 1905
“Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.” |
Frances Farmer - September 19, 1910
“Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam.” |
Upton Sinclair - September 20, 1878
“If is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” |
Herbert George Wells - September 21, 1866
"If we don't end war, war will end us.” |
John Houseman - September 22, 1902
“Corporate society takes care of everything. All it asks of anyone - all it has ever asked of anyone ever - is not to interfere with management decisions.” |
Walter Lippmann - September 23, 1889
“He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” |
John Marshall - September 24, 1755
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” |
Phil Rizzuto - September 25, 1918
“I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio.” |
John Chapman - September 26, 1774
"I could not enjoy myself better anywhere-I can lay on my back, look up at the stars and it seems almost as though I can see the angels praising God, for he has made all things for good." |
Arthur Penn - September 27, 1922
"Life is like nothing I've ever seen." |
Confucius - September 28, 551BC
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - September 29, 1547
“Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.” |
Truman Streckfus Persons - September 30, 1924
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” |
James Earl Carter - October 1, 1924
“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.” |
Julius Henry Marx - October 2, 1890
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” |
Thomas Wolfe - October 3, 1900
“A cult is a religion with no political power.” |
Damon Runyon - October 4, 1884
“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.” |
Ray Kroc - October 5, 1902
“Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.” |
Jenny Lind - October 6, 1820
"My voice is still the same, and this makes me beside myself with Joy! Oh, mon Dieu, when I think what I might be able to do with it!" |
Oliver North - October 7, 1943
“I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.” |
Eddie Rickenbacker - October 8, 1890
“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” |
Aimee Semple McPherson - October 9, 1890
“You have no business being sick - every one of you should get well and get up and go to work, huh? Get up and go to work and earn some money and help send the gospel out! Amen!” |
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