Wednesday, 30th September, 2015

Desmond Tutu - Social activist

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. - Desmond Tutu

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 1931) is a South African social rights activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. - Wikipedia
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Monday, 29th September, 2015

Sandra Day O'Connor - Supreme Court of US

 I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given.  - Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor (born 1930) is a retired associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court. - Wikipedia

Monday, 28th September, 2015

Gail Sheehy - Author

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.  - Gail Sheehy

Gail Sheehy is an American author, journalist, and lecturer. She is the author of seventeen books, including Passages, named by the Library of Congress one of the ten most influential books of our times. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 27th September, 2015

Premchand - novelist and poet

Trust is the first step to love. - Munshi Premchand

Munshi Premchand (1880-1936) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 26th September, 2015

Goldie Hawn - Actress

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. - Goldie Hawn

Goldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress, director, producer, and occasional singer. Hawn is known for her roles in television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and films such as The Sugarland Express. - Wikipedia
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Friday, 25th September, 2015

Richard Whately - Economist

Happiness is no laughing matter - Richard Whately

Richard Whately (1787-1863) was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. - Wikipedia

Thursday, 24th September, 2015

William Makepeace Thackeray - Novelist

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. - William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. - Wikipedia

Wednesday, 23rd September, 2015

Winnie the Pooh - Cartoon Character

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is,  even if we're apart.. I'll always be with you. - Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh is a character based on A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. The Disney media franchise commenced in 1966 with the theatrical release of the short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. The character appears like a Plump ocre teddy bear, both black beady eyes and nose, a red short-sleeved shirt.- Wikipedia.

Tuesday, 22nd September, 2015

Euripides - Tragedian

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. -  Euripides

Euripides (480-406 BCA) was a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. - Wikipedia

Monday, 21st September, 2015

Mohsin Hamid - Novelist

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.- Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani novelist and writer. His novels are Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 20th September, 2015

Denis Waitley - Author

 

Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results. - Denis Waitley

Denis E. Waitley (born 1933), an American motivational speaker and writer,has authored 16 books and has released hundreds of audio lectures.- Wikipedia.
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Saturday, 19th September, 2015

Daniel Defoe - Trader

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. - Daniel Defoe 

Daniel Defoe, born Daniel Foe, (1660-1731) was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. - Wikipedia

Friday, 18th September, 2015

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

History is philosophy from examples. - Dionysius Of Halicarnassus 

Dionysius of Halicarnassus (born 60 BCE) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus. His literary style was Atticistic — imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. - Wikipedia

Thursday, 17th September, 2015

Muhammad Ali - Professional Boxer

Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe. - Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (1942) is an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the history of the sport. - Wikipedia 

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Wednesday, 16th September, 2015

Eckhart Tolle - Author

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. - Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle (1948) is a German-born resident of Canada, best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth. In 2011, he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. - Wikipedia

Tuesday, 15th September, 2015

John Gardner - Novelist

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. - John Gardner

John Champlin Gardner Jr. (1933-1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is perhaps most noted for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. - Wikipedia

Monday, 14th September, 2015

Deepak Chopra - Author

You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices. -  Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra (born 1947) is an Indian American author and public speaker. He is an alternative medicine advocate and a promoter of popular forms of spirituality. He is an alternative medicine advocate and a promoter of popular forms of spirituality. He has been described by the New York Times as a "controversial New-Age guru" though Chopra says guru is "a title I’ve rejected for thirty years". Through his books and videos, he has become one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in the holistic-health movement.- Wikipedia

Sunday, 13th September, 2015

Audrey Hepburn - Philanthropist, Film Actress

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person. - Audrey Hepburn

Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), star of Breakfast at Tiffany's, remains one of Hollywood's greatest style icons and one of the world's most successful actresses.- biography.com
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Saturday, 12th September, 2015

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Author of novels

Either you think - or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you. - F Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. - Wikipedia
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Friday, 11th September, 2015

Robert Frost – Poet

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering. -  Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. – Wikipedia

Thursday, 10th September, 2015

 René Descartes-  French philosopher

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.  -  René Descartes

René Descartes (1596–1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Descartes' methodology was a major influence in the transition from medieval science and philosophy to the modern era. - thefreedictionary.com