May 9 Quotations

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. ~ George Washington (Mother's Day 2004)

selected by Kalki

2005

Life is a long lesson in humility. ~ J. M. Barrie (born 9 May 1860)

selected by Kalki

2006

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. ~ Nelson Mandela (inaugurated as President of the Republic of South Africa, 9 May 1994)

selected by Kalki

2007

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. ~ Sophie Scholl of the White Rose

selected by Kalki

2008

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ~ J. M. Barrie (born 9 May 1860)

proposed by Zarbon

2009

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. ~ J. M. Barrie

proposed by Zarbon

2010

Suggestions

Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind. ~ Baldur von Schirach (born May 9)

3 and lean toward a 4, because power can corrupt anyone. Zarbon 04:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 06:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
1 Aphaia 08:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 17:16, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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What we do we do not merely with our hands and brains, but with our hearts and souls. This has often become a tragic fate for us. ~ Baldur von Schirach (born May 9)

3 Zarbon 04:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
1 InvisibleSun 06:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
1 Aphaia 08:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 17:16, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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Standards always are out of date. That is what makes them standards. ~ Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934)

3 InvisibleSun
4 Aphaia 08:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC) Witty, isn't it?
1 Zarbon 12:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 17:16, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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The best moments in reading are when you come across something — a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things — that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours. ~ Alan Bennett (from The History Boys, for which Bennett wrote both the play and the screenplay)

3 InvisibleSun 06:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 12:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 17:16, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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I am fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose. ~ John Brown (born May 9, 1800)

3 InvisibleSun 06:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Aphaia 08:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Zarbon 12:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 09:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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It is not enough that we have a guilty defendant. We must have an innocent system as well. - John Ashcroft

4 because though Justice remains blind, the scales of Lady Justice must always remain balanced. This is a very symbolic reference. Zarbon 02:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
2 Kalki 09:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC) I can agree with the statement fully, but don't find it all that impressive as a quote.

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I'm convinced that faith is a matter of inspiration, not a matter of imposition. It is something a person models rather than mandates. Faith does not impose itself on other people. Imposition usually sacrifices somebody else; it seeks to injure or extort others. ~ John Ashcroft

3 Zarbon 02:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
3 Kalki 09:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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Through it all, I've learned to trust that God does indeed have a plan and purpose for me. Trust doesn't come into play when you can figure everything out; that's mere reason. Trust operates when you can't understand why circumstances or events happen. That's where it takes faith to believe that God knows what is best for our lives. ~ John Ashcroft

3 Zarbon 02:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
2 Kalki 09:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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This day had been a nightmare, and I had not yet been asleep. ~ John Ashcroft

3 Zarbon 02:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
2 Kalki 09:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information. ~ John Ashcroft

3 Zarbon 20:15, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
2 Kalki 09:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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