Monday, 29th April, 2016

Morarji Desai-Former Prime Minister of India

Take life as it comes. - Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai (1896-1995) was staunch Gandhian, driven by the burning conviction that he had a selfless mission to accomplish. - Wikipedia
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Sunday, 28th February, 2016

C. S. Lewis-Novelist

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C.S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, broadcaster and lecturer. - Wikipedia

Saturday, 27th February, 2016

Peter Drucker-Educator

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. - Peter Drucker

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909-2005) was an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. - Wikipedia

Friday, 26th February, 2016

Hafez-Poet

When all your desires are distilled;You will cast just two votes:To love more,And be happy. - Hafiz

Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, known by his pen name Hafez (1325/26–1389/90),was a Persian poet who "laud[ed] the joys of love and wine [but] also targeted religious hypocrisy." His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of most people in Iran, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings. His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other author. - Wikipedia.

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Thursday, 25th February, 2016

Samuel Lover-Songwriter

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. - Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover (1797-1868) was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 24th February, 2016

Chinmayananda Saraswati-Spiritual leader

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket. - Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916-1993) was a Hindu spiritual leader and teacher who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide nonprofit organisation, to spread the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta. - Wikipedia

Tuesday, 23rd February, 2016

Desiderius Erasmus-Teacher

There is no joy in possession without sharing. - Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus (1466-1536) was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, a Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Erasmus was a classical scholar and wrote in a pure Latin style. - Wikipedia

Monday, 22nd February, 2016

Henry Adams-historian and teacher

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. - Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) was an American historian and member of the Adams political family, being descended from two U.S. Presidents. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 21st February, 2016

Max Lerner-Journalist

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts. - Max Lerner

Maxwell "Max" Alan Lerner (1902-1992) was an American journalist and educator known for his controversial syndicated column. After immigrating from Russia with his parents in 1907, Lerner earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1923. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 20th February, 2016

Henry J. Kaiser-Industrialist

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you. - Henry J Kaiser

Henry John Kaiser (1882-1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 19th February, 2016

Ezra Bayda-Author

When you really pay attention, everything is your teacher.- Ezra Bayda

Ezra Bayda (born 1944) is an American figure in Zen. He is at the "forefront of the movement...to present the essential truths of Buddhism free of traditional trappings or terminology." He is an author and Zen teacher. - Wikipedia

Thursday, 18th February, 2016

Ivan Turgenev-Novelist

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. - Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 17th February, 2016

Annie Lennox-Singer, songwriter 

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. - Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, OBE (born 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. - Wikipedia

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Tuesday, 16th February, 2016

Vladimir Nabokov-Novelist

It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight. - Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977) was a Russian-American novelist. His first nine novels were in Russian, and he achieved international prominence after he began writing English prose.

Nabokov's Lolita (1955), his most famous novel in English, was ranked fourth in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels; Pale Fire (1962) was ranked 53rd on the same list, and his memoir, Speak, Memory (1951), was listed eighth on the publisher's list of the 20th century's greatest nonfiction. - Wikepedia

Monday, 15th February, 2016

Hans Christian Andersen-Author

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. - Hans Christian Anderson 

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 14th February, 2016

Arnold H Glascow-Businessman

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. - Arnold Glascow

Arnold Henry Glascow (1905-1998) graduated from Ripon College, and started his own business when he moved to Freeport just after the Great Depression. His business was a humour magazine that he marketed to firms nationally, which firms would turn into their own "House Organ" to send to their own customers. He ran this business for over sixty years but didn't publish his first book until aged 92. The book was titled "Glasow's Gloombusters", one of the many titles he put to his work during his career. He was cited frequently in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune and many other major publications. He was a regular contributor to the humour sections of Reader's Digest. 

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Saturday, 13th February, 2016

Joseph Addison-Essayist

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. - Wikipedia

Friday, 12th February, 2016

Jonas Salk-Medical researcher

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. - Jonas Salk

Jonas Edward Salk (1914-1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. - Wikipedia

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Thursday, 11th February, 2016

James Goldsmith-Politician

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. - James Goldsmith

Sir James Michael "Jimmy" Goldsmith, a member of the prominent Goldsmith family, (1933-1977) was an Anglo-French billionaire financier, tycoon, and latterly a magazine publisher and politician. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 10th February, 2016

Harry S. Truman- Former President

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States, an American politician of the Democratic Party. - Wikipedia

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Tuesday, 9th February, 2016

Kamal Haasan-Film actor

Democracy is often touted as the only bastion of freedom of speech. It is a work in progress. Constant vigil is necessary to safeguard it. - Kamal Haasan (at the annual India Conference of Harvard University).

Kamal Haasan (born 1954) is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer, playback singer, choreographer, lyricist, philanthropist and dancer who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. - Wikipedia

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Monday, 8th February, 2016

Richard Wyckoff-Author

Listen to what the market is saying about others, not what others are saying about the market. - Richard Wyckoff

Richard Demille Wyckoff (1873-1934) was a stock market authority, founder and onetime editor of the Magazine of Wall Street, and editor of Stock Market Technique. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 7th February, 2016

Thomas Carlyle-Philosopher

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. - Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher. Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time. - Wikipedia

Saturday, 6th February, 2016

Christopher Marlowe-Playwright

What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day? -  Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, (1564-1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 5th February, 2016

Simone de Beauvoir-Writer

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. - Simone De Beauvoir

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (1908-1986) was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. - Wikipedia

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Thursday, 4th February, 2016

Jerome K. Jerome-Writer

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe. - Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 3rd February, 2016

John Bunyan-Writer

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. - John Bunyan

John Bunyan (1628-1688) was an English writer best remembered as the author of the religious allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. - Wikipedia

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Tuesday, 2nd February, 2016

Sydney J. Harris-Journalist

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress. - Sydney J. Harris

Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) was an American journalist for the Chicago Daily News and, later, the Chicago Sun-Times. - Wikipedia

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Monday, 1st February, 2016

Alexander Pushkin-Poet

It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all. - Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. - Wikipedia

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