English: Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant (Julia Dent Grant), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Julia Grant – 1826 – Wife of President Ulysses Grant
“The sun shines always there for me.”
Mary Mapes Dodge – 1831 – Author
“What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.”
Douglas MacArthur – 1880 – General in United States Army
“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”
Maria von Trapp – 1905 – Singer
“Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.”
Bear Bryant – 1913 – Football Player
“It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.”
Akio Morita – 1921 – Businessman
“Don’t be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.”
Paul Newman – 1925 – Actor
“Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience.”
Bob Uecker – 1935 – Athlete
Maria von Trapp (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Sporting companies pay me not to endorse their products.”
Jack Youngblood – 1950 – Athlete
“Good luck is a residue of preparation.”
Eddie Van Halen – 1955 – Musician
“It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.”
Ellen DeGeneres – 1958 – Comedian
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where she is.”
Anita Baker – 1958 – Singer
“I’m picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it’s not fun, I’m not going to do it.”
Wayne Gretzky – 1961 – Hockey Player
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
Daryn Kagan – 1963 – Journalist
“Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.”
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