Today's Words of Wisdom - September 28, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Janeane Garofalo (1964 - ):

"Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult... Many people are often wrong... Don't bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in."

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"To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first."

John Sayles (1950 - ):

“To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.' “

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“I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.”

Ed Sullivan (1902 – 1974):

“If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.”

It is “Teachers Day” in China and the Philippines. Ceremonies dedicated to Confucius on this day. So, here are some sayings attributed to Confucius:

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

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“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”

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“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

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“You cannot open a book without learning something.”

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“It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”

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“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

October 5, 2014

Good Morning! Here are your daily quotations...

Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958 - ):

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”

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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”

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“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”

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“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”

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“Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say 'I’ll never be good.' You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.”

Clive Barker (1952 - ):

“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”

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“That which is imagined can never be lost.”

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“Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love.”

Bob Geldof (1951 - ):

"Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight."

Václav Havel (1936 - 2011):

“Hope is not a feeling of certainty that everything ends well. Hope is just a feeling that life and work have a meaning.”

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“Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it”

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“The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.”

Today is also World Teachers Day, and here are some quotations about teaching:

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” – Aristotle

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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward

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“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.” – Robert Frost

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“When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” – William Glasser

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“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” – Karl A. Menninger