Gail Godwin

Gail was born on June 18th, 1937 in Birmingham Alabama. It seems Gail had an interesting life. She was raised in Asheville, North Carolina. When she grew up and went to college she went for Journalism. Later getting a job at the Miami Herald where she met her husband. She eventually got a divorce from her husband and was fired from the Miami Herald. After this she went to become a waitress, eventually returning to school at the University of Iowa getting her Master's and her PhD. Since then she has written many books where five have been awarded New York Times Bestsellers. She is still alive today.
Gail's quote is, "One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are." In my opinion I don't agree with this quote 100%. My reason is because she is saying to put high regards for the "few" people that care about you. I have done the same thing and there are some people I can and can't trust. It is a long story but a friend I had for 6 years had betrayed me now we have not been the same since. I put my trust in him and he really was my best bud for the whole time...until that incident. So I do agree but sometimes it is not always true, so you have to watch for the people that could possibly be shaky.
The word for this post is Homage: reverence or respect.

Mohammed

Mohammed was a prophet. It is estimated that Mohammed was born around the year 570 A.D. so roughly 1500 years ago. Mohammed was the person who created the Koran, along with his God's help. Throughout his life time that is what he spent it doing...supporting the religion that he so proudly believed in. Later Mohammed died on June 11th, 632, at least that is what we think.
Mohammed's quote says, "Patience is the key to contentment." I do agree with this, it is basically the same thing as, "patience is a virtue." Meaning, if you have patience what you are waiting for will eventually come to you. Which is exactly what Mohammed was trying to make a point of. I use this in my own life. I try to be patient because when your not patient sometimes you may miss something, or you can mess something up, and if you just keep your cool and hold on things will work out in the end.
the word for this post is, malaise: a feeling of depression or unease.

Patsy Clairmont

It seems that Patsy, since she is alive, has a very limited biography. It comes to me that when people are alive it's very hard to find their life story. So far it says she is a speaker at the Woman of Faith conference. She has written many books to go along with her feminist area of expertise.
Patsy's quote today is, "Normal is just a setting on your dryer." This is an unexpected kind of wonder some quote. I do agree with the point she is trying to make with this quote though. How do we truly know who is and is not normal. Everybody is obviously different in their own way, shape and form. So why is it all of us think we need to meet a certain criteria of society, none of us are normal and we all have some sort of unusual habit that society might frown upon. It's just the object to keep it a secret. So yes, I agree with Patsy that normal is also just the type of Pokemon on your game.
The word for the post is Latent: Potential; but not yet visible.

Denzel Washington

Yeah that's right, Denzel Washington! He was born on December 28th, 1954 in Mount Vernon New York. After graduating from high school he went on to college, majoring in Journalism. While in college he got the acting bug, and decided to move to San Francisco. While there it was not hard for him to become a major actor. Since then he has played in multiple movies including, Man On Fire, Carbon Copy, etc...
Denzel's quote I have here is, "Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life." I somewhat understand him, of course he is saying that acting is just his job, but family I believe is what he truly cares about. I agree family comes first no matter what the circumstance, don't let some manager, or supervisor try and boss you around, because when you have to go to the hospital when your kid broke their leg, you have to go.

Rosalynn Carter

Yay another person that is still alive today :). Anyway Rosalynn here was born on August 18th, 1927 in Plains, Georgia. She was the eldest of 4 siblings, two of which have died. In her youth she was her high school Valedictorian, which is pretty impressive (though we don't know her class size). Later in the 1940's she met a man named James Earl "Jimmy" Carter...Who ended up being our president. Jimmy had to propose to Rosalynn twice to get her to accept, the first was because in her opinion was to soon in their dating, but two months later he proposed again and she accepted, they got married in 1946. In the 60's and 70's she helped her husband run for governor and senator. Later becoming president from 1977-1981. Since that time she has been a public speaker in political issues, and has started some associations and being chair of them to try to make a difference on some public issues. Now she is just living her life, and only showing up in politics not so often anymore.

Her quote that I have is, "A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be." I full on agree with this, a president may sometimes not be ready to take on the position he is about to get, and sometimes you have to deal with things that you don't necessarily want to deal with, examples...Franklin D. Roosevelt- WWII, George W. Bush- 9/11, and President Barack Obama- Floods of 2008, and Oil Spill of 2010, lastly the Iraq war. I'm sure none of these presidents wanted to deal with the issues, but it is their duty, and they certainly did/will do their best to solve the issues for the good of the country.

The word for the post is, Unilateral: On one side alone.

Andre Gide

Today's post is about a man named Andre Gide. He was born in 1869. The biography of him does not give much information on his life. It says as a child he was severly prone to getting sick, and at some point he became gravely ill and nearly killed him. Because of his prone to sickness, it interupted his education for long periods of time. Though he grew up to be an author writing books like, Le Retour de L'U.R.S.S, which was about his trip to Russia. He also wrote an autobiography in his lifetime. Lastly, he died on February 19th, 1951.
The quote I have from Mr. Gide is, "What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most." This is an interesting quote. He is explaining that what has high demands and constantly eats at us can teach us alot, so I personally would see this talking about a father figure or someone you look up to of some kind. I don't think I completely agree with this quote because, I know my parents are not perfect. My mother especially...but even though they try to teach somethings to you, sometimes it is not always the right thing to do, for example, if your dad told you to jump off a bridge would you do it? Gide was born and raised in a very different time than what we live in now. Back then, you listened to your parents otherwise they'd beat you. Now it's them telling you what to do and hope you listen in fear of hitting because of a lawsuit. That's just the way it is, and personally I at an early age could see through some of the faults of my parents and knew they were not always right, so I created my own expectations of things I would and would not do, and so far I've done pretty good in life.
The word for today is, benign: Not harmful; gentle.

Julia Cameron

Suprise!! Another person in my long list of people that is actually still alive. Julia Cameron was born on March 4th, 1948. She was born and raised in Chicacgo, as a teen she started college in Georgetown University, after graduation she started her writing career at the Washington Post, and later at Rolling Stone. It appears she was married once, for two years. In Julia's lifetime she was a director most of the time. She made many movies that you might have seen today as well. She has taught at the Smithsonian and today she lives somewhere in New York City.
Her quote is, "Creativity, like human life itself, begins in darkness." I agree with this quote simply because in order to get better at something you need to try to get better, if you dont practice then you wont get better. It's like when I first started playing Football, I had appsolutely no idea what I was doing, but after being thrown into the game for a few quarters, it started making a little more sense to me (This of course was during practice not a real game).
The word for today is Wistful: Displaying a gentle desire or sad longing.

Ovid

This next person was another one of those people that lived a very long time ago, in ancient rome I believe. Apparently, Ovid was born on March 20th, 43 B.C.E. While in Rome, he wasnt very good in politics, which is what his father wanted him to do, but he was good at writing. He had a small group of followers that followed his writing. At some point in about 8 or 9 C.E Ovid was exiled from Rome, his writings were taken out of the country, due to his exile. He was taken to Romania to spend the last of his days, he explains in some letters that the exile was not all that bad, because he was overall a nice guy people tended to like him. Famous poets/writers were influenced by him were: Edmund Spenser, John Milton, and William Shakespeare. He died sometime in 18 C.E. But it is not for sure information.
The quote I have from this famous man is, "Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it." I would imagine this is true, because it is pretty much saying, when you fight for your integrity it means more to you then when it did when you just have it. I think alot of people think that way, most of the time abou war, or perhaps in the Saw series.
Today's word is, Scanty: MInimal or hardly sufficien.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth was born on November 12th, 1815 in Johnstown New York. In her life time she was known as a famous feminist leader, today she is known as being one of the most gifted feminist leaders in all of American history. In her youth she had a total of 11 brothers and sisters, all of the males died and most of the girls, leaving Elizabeth and 3 of her sisters. As she grew up, she wanted to be equal to a male to please her father from losing all of his sons. Later in life she became a big time feminist, she fought against womans suffrage and even refused to take her husbands last name after marriage, because of the "obey" husband thing. Towards the end of her life, she was trying to change laws on marriage and stopped focusing on womans suffrage so much. She died on October 26th, 1902.
The quote I have from Mrs. Stanton is, "Nothing stregthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility." Truthfully, i have apsolutely no idea what this quote is trying to mean, I would ask someone but I am not around anybody at this time. If I can make a guess, it might be trying to say you can't judge something until you try it, like saying you don't like pickles if you've never even tried one. But otherwise, it's kind of a confusing quote. lol.
Thw word for today is, Insipid: Lacking taste; bland.

Aesop

I am doing a quote by a man named Aesop, he was perhaps to have lived between the years of 620 to 560 B.C. I know this is a long time ago, so this part may be relatively short. His birthplace is uncertain, and probably will never be known. There is not much known about him actually except for some fables that he has written. These include, The Lion and the Mouse, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Goat, The Fox and the Crane (Crow), The Fox and the Grapes, The Dog and the Bone, The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, The Boy who Cried Wolf, The Hen that Laid Golden Eggs, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The North wind and the Sun, The Ass in the Lion's Skin, and the Old man and Death.
His quote is, "It is no use fixing our minds on higher things if we ignore what is going on around us." Truthfully, I'm not sure I agree witht his quote, just because I think we should always look forward. Sometimes we need to ignore what is going on around us and move forward, getting past the present is what makes you have a better future.
The word for today is, Exacting meaning: Greatly demanding.

Albert Einstein

Yes, the man I will be quoting today will be one of the best scientists of all time, none other than Albert Einstein. Believe it or not, Einstein was not even born in America, he was German. Born on March 14th, 1879 in Wurttemberg, Germany. Roughly about a month later his family moved to Munich. His education for the first 20 years of his life was pretty hectic. He started his education in Munich, later moving to Italy to further his education, and when he was a mere 17 years old, he moved to Switzerland to start his education to become a physics and mathematics teacher. He got his diploma in 1901 and could not find a teaching job so became a technical assistant, later in 1905 he obtained his doctor's degree. Later, Einstein moved back to Berlin to become a professor at the University of Berlin. In 1933, he renounced his citizenship to Germany and emmigrated to America where he became a physics professor at the University of Princeton. He obtained his citizenship in 1940 and retired in 1945. During his time in Berlin he had come up with several theories, like the Theory of Relativity, Theory of Radiation, and Theory of Statistical Mechanics. In Einstein's life he was married twice, the first person he married, he had two children with, then in 1919 they divorced and Einstein married his cousin. She died in 1936, and Einstein later died on April 18th, 1955 at Princeton in New Jersey.
The quote for Einstein is, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Of course, this is something that would come from Albert Einstein. He changed the way people think of Physics. In order for him to even come up with new theories, and disprove some of the older theories, he had to have a new mind set, and think of new ways to find out the real answers that are out there. Maybe you could take this quote into consideration, because everyone out there has the opportunity to be something great. You just have to work at it.
Thw word for this post is, Nemesis meaning: A powerful rival.

Shirley Hufstedler

Shirley Hufstedler was born on August 24th, 1925. She grew up knowing she would have a good career. Shirley went to the University of New Mexico and obtained her Bachelor's degree in 1945. She was the first person to ever be the Secretary of Education. Now a days she holds a seat at Stanford University and has been a guest speaker for years, giving speeches at colleges all over America. Suprisingly, she is also the first person I've blogged about that is still alive today.
The quote I have from Shirley is, "Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportuniites are worth the risk." Honestly, it sounds like she likes to play next to the shark pool. In the article I read, she was had a quote that said, "if you play it safe in life, you’ve decided that you don’t want to grow anymore." Which definitely tells me this is a woman who likes to take risks. Apparently, she has happened to make all of the right decisions when taking those risks, so lucky her. But, in my opinion she the point she is trying to get across is, if an opportunity comes up to move up higher, take it, even if it could be a risk. I personally don't take too many risks, though I probably should, because if I did more than likely I would have quit my first job by now since I have a better one.
The word of the day is Morose meaning: Gloomy or bad tempered.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Truthfully, when I saw this name I thought it would be a woman...obviously I was mistaken. Jean was born on June 28th, 1712. in Geneva, Switzerland. Jean was a well known man in his day. In his lifetime he was a philosopher, author, political theorist, and a composer. Also he was one of the greatest figures of the French Enlightenment. The first 13 years of his life were pretty rough. 9 days after he was born his mother died. and when he was 10 his father fled the country to avoid imprisonment. Getting a job at 13, but was later dismissed to watchmaking. He was locked out of the city gates and had not money or any obvious talents. Jean had a lot of jobs in his lifetime, most of them he did not like. Later in 1743, his first musical work was published. Later Jean was banished from France and moved around trying to find out where to go. Eventually, Jean was allowed back to France and settled in Paris, where he died on July 2nd, 1778. It's not official but it is suspected that he died of kidney disease.
Jean's quote today is, "The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless." I definitely agree with him. Just look at kids. They can run around and play with their toys for hours, and they just keep coming up with different scenarios in their heads. But in reality, monsters don't come and you don't come to save the day. You get an education and get a job, you get married and have kids, and you settle and pay bills until you die at the age of 80, that is the reality. Sometimes it makes me want to find a way to hide in my imagination.
The word for today is, Guise: External appearance.

Oliver Goldsmith

Another post another day. Today we will be going over a man named Oliver Goldsmith. He was born in 1730, he lived in a town called Lissoy, where he started becoming intrigued by writing. When he was 8 years old he got smallpox...of course he recovered but after recovery he was disfigured for the rest of his life. He attempted to go to college many times but dropped out. His uncle finally decided to do something with him, he sent him to Edinburgh University to study medicine, which he was interested in. After graduation he moved to London to improve his skills. In 1759 he wrote a book called, An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe. Which was a big hit, and got him to start earning money when ever he wrote. In his lifetime he was an Irish poet, a dramatist and an essayist. He died in 1774.
The quote for today is, "The first blow is half the battle."...this is an OK quote, but I don't particularly think it falls under every scenario. For example, in a boxing match, hitting your opponent in the face once doesn't mean that the fight is over. But perhaps if your at the doctor's office and getting two shots, one blow from a shot would be half the battle.
Personally I don't use this quote in day to day life, but if you feel it applies to you in a positive way, then go ahead and keep using it. Maybe something little can change someone.
The word for the post is, Eclectic: Drawn from many sources.

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova was a famous Russian Dancer who was born on January 31st, 1881. Anna's father died when she was only a mere two years old, leaving her and her mother to be very poor. At the age of 8 is when Anna became interested in ballet dancing. She attended a play called "The Sleeping Beauty." Two years later she was accepted to the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School. For a long period of her life she went on tours almost all the time, going to many different countries to show off her dancing skills. Though people were not particularly familiar with ballet in America, people were still impressed by what they were watching. She died January 22nd, 1931, from pneumonia. She had refused to rest, even though she grew ill. She collapsed and died within a week of her fiftieth birthday.
Anna's quote I have sitting in front of me says, "To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success." For her I'm not so sure this is true, since she refused to stop working, she died from it. But I do agree with this quote. Naturally, if you try hard towards a goal you will get it. Whether that is in your job, at school, or even at home, eventually you will get it if you try hard enough.
The word of the day is Flourish: To grow strong or thrive.

Joseph Campbell

I dont know if it's just me or if my list just happens to generate a bunch of people that don't live in our time period. Sorry about that. But today my quote is from a man named Joseph Campbell. He was born on March 24th, 1904, in New York, New York. He had a younger sister named Alice. As a child he became obsessed with Native American Culture, even dedicated himself to find out the most amount of information on the matter. He even admitted to the adult stacks in the local library. He went to Columbia University where he was a member of the track team. Being on the track team made him able to go all over the world to run. In his travels he met a man who sparked his interest in Hinduism and Buddhism. His major ended up being European philosophy. He is most well known for his publications of comparative mythology. Joe died in 1987 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The quote from Joe is, "Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging." People see this a lot in movies. Just look at Rocky. A nonfamous boxer was able to make it all the way up to the championship, and even after taking a pounding, he ended up on top (even though it really did seem like he was going to lose for the majority of the fight). Also The Karate Kid is another great example. Daniel was beaten almost to a pulp, and even had one of his legs particially broken, but yet he was able to defeat the challenger with a swift kick, making him the champion of the martial arts tournament. If you dont understand by now, it means when you are backed into a corner sometimes you will come out on top, even though the odds are against you. Personally, I used to be in wrestling in middle school, and I was in a match where I was facing a 250 lb. guy against me...a 145 lb. Somehow I pulled myself together and got him in a headlock and won the match. Hopefully you will be able to test this on yourself someday, it truly amazes you when you realize what you have just done.
The word for today is Depreciate: To lessen in value.

Charlotte Bronce

Today's quotist is Charlotte Bronce. It seems that there isn't much information on her so I will try to give you as much as I can. She lived from 1816-1855. She was the third born of four sisters. When she was 8 years old she was sent to a Clergy Daughter's School. After a short time of being there, her two eldest sisters, got sick, they were sent home, and later died. After this event, Charlotte and her younger sister were brought home to stay. Later in her life after moving around a lot, she decided to publish some of her sisters poems, the following year, herself and two of her other sisters got books published. Soon after, the rest of her sisters died from unknown reasons. Later in 1854, Charlotte caught pneumonia. She was pregnant at the time and thought of being sick as the perfect opportunity to end her life. She could have gotten a cure but decided to let it kill her. After a long illness, she died in 1855. 3 years later, a publisher looked at her book The Professor and they decided to publish it.
Charlotte's quote that I have is, "The shadows are as important as the light." This quote I believe would probably tie in with, "keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer." In my opinion, what I think that means is everyone thinks that the good side is always the important part but sometimes important things come out of the dark also.

Sorry, there is not word of the day today.

William Hazlitt

Today's quote is over a man named, William Hazlitt. He was born on April 10th, 1778 in England. When he was small him and his family sailed to America. After spending a short time there, Hazlitt left America to go back to England after saying, "a great deal better for America if the white people had not found it out." Which is kind of true. Anyway, he went to New College for a few years, and dropped out because he did not think he was fit enough to go there. He didnt know that his professor actually thought very highly of him. Hazlitt started getting into painting and got married. After a short time he left his wife for another woman and got a divorce. Later marrying a rich widow who later divorced him. He died on September 18th, 1830. His last words were, "I have had a happy life."
The quote for today is, "As is our confidence, so is our capacity." In my opinion, possibly what he meant was the capacity of the population is the same as our confidence. Our population keeps growing and so does our confidence. But eventually the capacity of a city will meet it's limit and so will our confidence. This is my interpretation of the quote, but in reality...capacity can mean anything. So if you have your own let me know :).

The word of the day is Lucid, meaning...Clear or easily understood.

Benjamin Franklin

Today I am going to bring Benjamin Franklin to the site. I forgot my source of quotes at home, so I decided to do one that I would like to do personally.
Alright so Benjamin was born on January 17th, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. Benjamin was definitely an accomplished man. He was a publisher, an author, an inventor, a politician, I'm sure I'm missing something in there but you get the point. When Ben was a young lad he started out working at his father's shop, but did not like it and went to work at his brother's newspaper. After learning everything he could there, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became a printer, later moving to England to become a master printer, and lived among the writer's in New England. Franklin eventually created his own newspaper in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He is also the man who did the experiment with the kite and the key in a thunderstorm.
The quote for today is, "A penny saved is a penny earned", this happens to be one of Ben's most famous quotes. Almost everyone could say that they have heard this. But what he means is if you save your money, it's almost the same as getting a paycheck, because you are not spending your money on pointless things.
Personally I use this, by saving money. I am not a big spender, so what do I do, I save money. And I strongly advice everyone to save money, even if it's 100 dollars here and there. It's always worth doing so.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

This man is from a very long time ago. He was born on January 3rd, 106 B.C. He was from Rome (where most of the people were from around this time, just kidding). Cicero was a philosopher in his time. He also served in the military in his time and was a great soldier. Cicero is supposedly known to have died December 7th, 43 B.C.E. This is all possibly not true, because it seems nearly impossible to find information on someone who lived so long ago. But if you look on google this is what it tells you.
The quote I have from Marcus Tullius Cicero says, "The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends." To me it seems like it is saying that if your having good luck you'll be able to see which of your friends are reliable. To me that isn't something I truly look forward to. Yes, it is always nice to know which of your friends are true friends or not, but if you ever have to question it, then why be their friend? A true friend would always be there for you and would not do things to hurt you physically or mentally.

The word for today is: Laconic, which means brief in speech.

Virginia Moore

Today I have a woman named Virginia Moore. She was born in Virginia on July 11th, 1903. She was fortunate to have access to a good education in her youth. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree, her Master's Degree, and her PH.D from Columbia, (it does not say what her major was). She started as a freelance writer in the beginning, but later went on to write three books of poetry, a number of short stories, and more than a few biographies. She died on June 11th, 1993.
The quote I have from Mrs.Moore, says, "True self-respect, being very different from false pride, leads inevitably to respecting others." Again, I would agree with this quote. More than just my own opinion though. In psychology, you learn that depending on someone's mood, reflects on how they treat other people. For example, if you met a friend sometime recently and you go to the mall with her and she acts mean towards you. Don't just perceive it as "shes a negative person" that could not be true. You don't know how her days been, maybe her boyfriend broke up with her, or maybe she lost something very dear to her, these could be eating at her and you don't know it. So respecting yourself will lead you to respecting others.
I have a hard time following this quote for many reasons. I have a hard time trusting people, I know it sounds harsh but it's true. Also, when I'm in a bad mood, it's nearly impossible to get me out of it, so the best thing to do is just leave me alone for a short period of time while I get everything straight in my head.
I know other people may take this quote differently but I'm just trying to direct you in the right direction of what it could possibly mean.

Moli'ere

Moli'ere was an important actor of his time. He was approved by King Louis XIV, and was granted a large sum of cash and a theatre. When he was a boy, he was allowed a great education, and had access to the King's courts, due to his father's occupation. His original name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, but later changed it to not embarass his father, being an actor an all. He wrote many plays in his time including, The Blunderer, The Pretentious Ladies, and The Doctor in Spite of Himself. These plays are what got him famous. Moli'ere was born on January 15th, 1622, and died on February 17th, 1673. Because he was an actor the church would not allow him to be buried on holy ground. But Louis pardoned this because he liked Moli'ere so much, so he was buried at the Cemetary of Saint Joseph.
The quote for today is "It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." I agree with this quote as well simply because this is a basic thing. What he means is we are accountable for what we do, like winning the Medal of Honor. But we are also held accountable for not doing something, like witnessing a crime and not going to the police about it, if they find out that you did "nothing" then you will be charged as if you were an accomplice. I will be frank with you, don't really know how to use this quote so I guess it is something you need to just keep in mind.
The word for today is this, Tedious: which means Boring or tiresome.
Have a great day!!

Philip Massinger

The man named Philip Massinger, has little to no facts about his life. He was born in 1583 which can only mean, the older they are the harder it is to find facts about them. But so far what I've found is he was the only boy out of 5 children. His father's name was Arthur Massinger, who got a master's degree from Oxford, and was a trusted servent of many people. Sir Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Sir William Herbert, and the 3rd Earl of Pembroke were the men he was a servent of. He died in 1603. It is also known that Philip wrote many plays in his lifetime. Philip was found dead on March 18th, 1640, and was buried at what is now known as the Southwark Cathedral. Which if anyone is interested is located in London, and has been known to be there since 606 A.D.
Philip's quote today says, "He that would govern others, first should be master of himself." This quote sounds a lot like other quotes I have heard off of movies and such. Pretty much meaning, if you are to direct others you must first master oneself. I like this quote because I find it true. I myself could say that I have always followed this quote, simply because I don't feel comfortable directing someone on what to do, unless I know what I'm doing. That could be on several levels, work, relationship issues, a simple problem. I would suggest that you take this quote into consideration yourselves, because it is very valuable.
The word for the day is Luminous which means, Glowing or giving off light.

Marie Curie

This post is obviously about a woman named Marie Curie. She was a famous Physicist in Paris/Poland from the end of the 19th century until 1934. Born on November 7th, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She grew up with a great education. Around her late 20's she moved to Paris to pursue her studies. This is where she met her husband Pierre Curie, who was a Head of the Physics laboratory at the Sorbonne. She got a degree in Doctor of Science. Later, in 1906 her husband died, and she took over his spot as Head of the Physics Laboratory. She was the first woman to ever hold such a position. Her research was mostly done over the element called Radium, where she was trying to figure out how to separate Radium from radioactive residues. In 1929, President Hoover gave her $50,000 to the research of Radium, (I bet he wouldn't of given that to her if he would have known what was in store for the country that same year). Anyway, she is a widely known and looked up to scientist. She died on July 4th, 1934 after a short illness.
The quote I have for you today by Marie Curie is, "I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done." This is a great quote! It shows the motivation she had to get things done. She was a scientist, so she obviously looked forward and not backward at her work.
In my opinion, you could use these words in many different ways. If you are looking for a way to get your homework done in a more efficient time then take this quote into consideration. If you look toward what still needs to be done, then all of the things you have already gotten done, then you will get more accomplished.
The common word of the day is Cynosure which means, An object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration.

Something New

Though nobody is reading this, I have decided I am going to put something new along with my quotes. I will put a word and a definition, because I think it is important to always learn something new everyday. If there is any word you would like me to put on one of my posts, then go ahead and leave a comment below. Lastly, would like to let everyone know that I blog 3 times a week, whether it is two in one day or spread out throughout the week. Any questions or concerns just leave me a comment. Otherwise, ttyl everyone.

Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda has been a very successful person in his life so far. He was born on January 2nd, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He struggled living through his teens due to tuberculosis, which was a leading cause of deaths during the time. He was devastated by the attacks on his country in World War II, this gave him the idea to work for peace. Yes, in case you were wondering, he is indeed still alive. Which means, currently he is 83 years old.
The quote I have on my list from this remarkable man is, "The determination to win is the better part of winning." Which, obviously this quote is a no brainer. Always feeling the thrill is more than likely what makes us want to win again. Or perhaps the challenge. I might have to slightly disagree with Daisaku though, simply because there are different types of winning to be said. First, there is the simple challenge from one friend to another. That I would say would definetly fit in with his quote. But a challenge against somebody you do not know, that can be another story, or possibly even trying to win a tournament. Because at that very point in time you are trying to win the tournament, yes the thrill is fun, but the thrill of actually winning the entire thing. I would say that is what would make me want to go again, is being able to win. Though it is still fun to face a friend, and just feel that impulse of not knowing who is going to win or who is not.

Winston Churchill

Of course, we all know who Winston Churchill is. He was the leader of the British army during World War 2. But he did so much more than that. Churchill was born in 1874, he lived a long life, filled with fulfillment. He was appointed the First Lord of Admiralty, also the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Defense, also remaining a member of Parliment for the remainder of his life. After getting all of these great achievements, he was deemed a knight by Queen Elizabeth the second, also being made a United States citizen, by John F. Kennedy in 1963. He was awarded great honors in his life time and he definetly deserved them. He died on January 24th, 1965, only being a knight for two years. But I still think this was a cool guy. I would have liked to meet him in life if I was alive back then.
Onto the quote, Winston wrote, " Success is not fatal, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts." Obviously, it is saying that no matter how successful you are or how much you fail, never give up hope. There may always be the chance that you will make the achievement you have been trying to reach.
I try this out a lot, it helps me with school. When I fail something, i go straight to the teacher after school, and ask him for help. It's as simple as that. They always say yes, unless they say otherwise, but that should not happen becasue you should never give up, whether your in a bad mood, having a bad day, your girlfriend broke up with you, it does not matter, go have fun, before you grow 2 old and can not, do those things that children usually do.

Marie O'Conner

So the first thing I found out about this quote while looking up the background information for her was, her name is Mary O'Conner not Marie, which means my source messed up which I think is messed up. But also if I look up Mary O'Conner it wants to give me this woman who was in Playboy apparently, so just warning you incase you ever want to look her up. After doing some more digging past the Playboy woman, and the fake name I found that there was a Mary O'Conner, she was born on March 25th, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia, and she lived until August 3rd, 1964. Her father died in 1941 of Lupus. She became a famous novelist, and writer. She wrote a total of two novels and a lot of essays. She went to the University of Iowa to study journalism. In her family, it was Lupus was hereditary, in which she ended up getting in 1930, dieing in 1964.
The quote I have of hers says, "It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted." In my opinion, i take this as her saying if you do not want to be busy, then do not be busy. You are always busy, hence the busy bee, the bee is praised. You may annoy someone because of you being so busy all of the time, and which I take as the "mosquito is swatted."
In my daily life, I am not always so busy, not running around wise but doing homework wise I am always busy. At this very moment I am doing homework for a class, instead of hanging out with my dear friends, since it is the weekend. I'm sure they get slightly annoyed by that. But, I hope they understand that this is the way things have to be in order for good grades. Aside from that, I know of some other people that are normally busy. Someone in my family, seems to always be busy. They run around doing everything on their agenda, all the time. Which I do not know if that is a good or bad thing, because if you ever want to get out of the house, they are always there. But if you just want to stay home and watch television, then they most likely are not.

Civil Rights Leader

My last post of the week will be over another man that you all have heard of. His name is Martin Luther King Jr. He was the Civil Rights Leader during the 1950's and 1960's. If it was not for him, things could still be how they were back then...segregated. Our mind sets would be changed to think that African Americans are not equal to white people. I just think that this is a little exotic and makes me wish I lived in that time period to have been able to see it for myself. This man was definitely one of the most important people in American history. He was born on January 15th, 1929 and died on April 4th, 1968.
His quote that I have here says, "We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." I can see him saying a quote like this in his time. Because to him throughout his entire life he had to face disappointment. Everytime he heard about black men being slaughtered, or never being allowed to sit at the front of the bus. But he never lost hope, he became the Civil Rights Leader and with his help (though he was never able to see it), stopped segregation. So for all of us who think that because I lost this or failed this one test...It is not the end of the world. We could have it worse, like King and Rosa Parks.
I have used this quote a million times, it is something that I think most of us just naturally do to better ourselves. To make us happier. When I fail my tests I have to make myself feel better somehow. And just like you see on the movies, someone comes by and talks them into snapping out of it, by giving them hope. That is something that I would like to do because it makes me a better person, and I want to look up to Martin Luther King Jr. So i will follow his example. He was truly a remarkable man and everyone should hear about his story for the next 500 years.

Francesca Reigler

Francesca Reigler is the next person on my list. I can not find any background information on her. So sorry to disappoint, but I do not know when her time period is or when she was born, or any of that. Her quote was "Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." I find this to be a very interesting quote. And it seems really meaningful and true. I would personally agree with her. I believe I said this once, but I learned something in psychology a few weeks ago. But we do make our own moods. If you are looking to be sad that day, then you are going to get it. If you are looking to be a happy and enthusiastic person the next...you got it! Now what I think Francesca means is that obviously happiness is an attitude, but the work to be happy. Sometimes it can be tough, especially if you are having a bad day and I understand that. But instead of sulking in yourself, why not not waste your life and go out and have fun. There is more to life then simply missing that ex boyfriend or girlfriend that broke up with you last week. You have friends that you could be enjoying at this very moment. Though it may take some work to get in a better mood, why not go looking for some fun, to make that happy attitude.
Personally I use this all the time. I have a hard time on the tests in my Psychology class, and it always makes me in a sad or bad mood, when I try as hard as I could possibly do, and get my grade back only to look at an F or a D-. Happens almost everytime. But I go to my next class and decide that sad is not what I want to be. I am wasting my time on it. So I decide to talk to the person next to me, or even listen to my teacher, because he is cool. These always cheer me up, and even though I was upset for maybe a half hour I'm over it, and advise other people to go off of my example, because "Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same."

The King of Rock n' Roll

Of course we all know who the King of Rock n' Roll is...It is none other than Elvis Presley. He is the one who shaped what todays rock, hard rock, metal and other types of music came to be. Born on January 8th, 1935 died at the age of 42 on August 16th, 1977. The reasons...an overdose on his sleeping pills. For his life time he was definetly the most popular musician of his time. Though he stopped music for 10 or so years to make movies, he came back on. After his death, he became more popular then what he was alive. He sold millions of albums, and won music oscars. Today, from August 10th through the 16th there is an Elvis Week in Memphis, Tennessee, outside of Graceland (Elvis' mansion). Where still to this day, despite his death was almost 34 years ago, hundreds of thousands of fans gather for 6 days to appreciate his memory.
Now onto the quote...Elvis said "Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine." What I think he meant by this is ambition is something that people love to do. So work for it. Work for your dreams. Because, without ambition what are you in life? Maybe, someone that sits on the couch watching TV and eating potato chips nearly everyday.
I personally like this quote, because first, it taught me what the word ambition meant. And being a fan of Elvis myself...makes me look up to him more as being a fun warm-hearted guy. I would consider for anyone to take this quote into consideration, or more likely any of Elvis' quotes. Because he was a smart man that had seen lots of things. Though he died before his time, he still managed to touch the lives of everyone he met, even if they did not realize it at the time.

Muriel Strode

I have a quote by a woman named Muriel Strode, I've never heard of her, but after doing some research it appears that she is known for her quotes this is probably her most famous one, "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." I like this quote inparticularly because, it kind of represents me and probably any sibling with a big brother or sister. When I was a boy, I wanted to be just like my big brother...literally. There almost was not a shirt that he had that I did not have. I even got my haircut the same way (even though I didn't know any other haircuts anyways). But the point is later my brother started getting into things that I myself was not into myself, and I did not want to follow him down this path. So I branched off, and started being my own person. For the first time in my life I went to the store and bought clothes that I liked, not that I did not like the ones I used to wear, but this was the beginning of a new era for me, something new sounded...well, good. Ever since then I've been doing pretty good, I have a great girlfriend, I fit in with my friends even more than I used to, and it is even easier to make friends. So, even before I read this quote I followed what Muriel said, and I thank her for that.
Some other points of interest I would have to say is that this quote can obviously mean more than one thing, depends on how you take and relate it to your life once you've read it. It can be refering to how you may bring up your kids. That's just an idea that I've got. But I'm sure there are more out there if I were to ask around.
There was not much information on her background, but what I've got is she was born in 1875. She was the second of four children, she was an American poet and writer, and died in 1930. Her most famous quote is the one at the top.
Thank you for reading, there will be three more quotes up next week!

the very second quote

My second quote for my new blog is by a woman named Corra Harris who was famous in the early twentieth century. She lived in Georgia, and wrote hundreds of essays and made thousands of book reviews. She was born in eighteen sixty-nine and died in ninteen thirty-five. Within the time she married a man named Lundy Harris and had three children, Faith Harris was the only one to survive past infancy, but later died in nineteen-nineteen. Corra outlived her daughter by sixteen years. Corra's quote that I have found says, "The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly."
first we must decide what this quote means. I think it means that for the people that are not as brave as others, should fake it and act upon it, so appear to be brave. To me this is not that meaningful of a quote, because I know that I am brave, but to those of you that are not brave out there, you might want to take some of this advice. Some important situations that would help you under these circumstances are, if you might be about to get into a fight, you would definetly want to seem brave there. Or to fake being brave before you give a speech so your not so nervous. I know these are easier said then done, but it could help. One more thing that I just started thinking about. How do you act brave, and not be brave. I guess an example is in the movies, when theres always the big tough guy around, and when the group of people have a big problem on their hands, this "big tough guy" runs and hides out of fear. Sounds pretty logical to me. But to me I would not take this advice, because you don't want someone to depend on you thinking your brave when your really not, so if your standing there watching them get beaten in a fight, they will know that person will come to their aid, not be selfish and run for their lives.

The first quote

My quote for this day is "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" by: Ralph Waldo Emerson. Alright so there is probably not as many people out there that know about Emerson as there probably should be. But as we know, he was born in 1803 and died in 1882. He was probably one of the most important American essayists in our history. He wrote many essays, and was influenced by Montaigne. Some of his works were "Education, Self-Reliance, and The American Scholar".
To the point, what do I think this quote means, well I can give you a story. I am in a psychology class and the other day we were talking about how if your going around looking for things to critique then your going to find things that you can critique, and if you go around looking for happy things... your going to go around finding happy things, this is a simple phrase called mind set. So some examples are Thomas Edison, who spent hundreds of hours simply trying to invent a working lightbulb. He made thousands of them until he stummbled upon the right way eventually. If he was not motivated and enthusiastic to make a light bulb, we may not have any to this day. That was some thing great in my opinion. Or another example is Albert Einstein, he made many theories, and invented many things, not because he was bored...Because he was enthused to do so. He wanted to. And all of us know that Albert Einstein did many great things. One last example I can use is Adolf Hitler, definetly someone who did great things "terrible...But great" (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Ollivander said in the wand shop). Adolf Hitler took over almost all of Europe and nearly brought the worlds booming powers to their knees. Scary I know. But do you think he did those things simply because there was nothing else to do...NO, of course not. So these are the things that Emerson meant, these things are not just something people want to do to pass the time, great things only happen if someone is enthused to continue on something that their interested in.
So my opinion for you all is when you go out tonight in your sad or mad moods, think about something happy, get yourself into a better mind set. Who knows maybe you'll come across something that will amaze all of mankind.

New Way

Alright so I'm going to try this again, (my blog wouldnt let me publish it), but my main point is tht I am changing my blog. I've come to realize over the past few weeks that the whole reviewing movies and books isn't quite working for me as I planned. Because of the lack of time that I've got, I don't have time to read a whole book or two in one week. Between school and two jobs, it's just not possible for me. Plus, because of these reasons, I'm afraid that I haven't been able to be as accurate as I would have liked. So I decided that changing it would be for the best. So my new way is to go over quotes of people that are semifamous or even famous. I'm going to try and apply these quotes to my life, or stories out there. More than likely give a little background information on the people who said the quotes themselves. So this will be to my new blog, and I know it will be a bit more interesting for my fellow readers. Taking any suggestions of information that I can do. Thank you!