Harriet Martineau, by Richard Evans (died 1871). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Harriet Martineau – 1802 – Writer
“You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.”
Charles Kingsley – 1819 – Clergyman
“All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
Anthony Eden – 1897 – Politician
“This is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.”
Norman Hartnell – 1901 – Designer
“I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful.”
Uta Hagen – 1919- Actress
“We must overcome the notion that we must be regular…it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to mediocre.”
James Houston – 1921 – Artist
“Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer.”
George Herbert Walker Bush – 1924 – 41st President of the United States
“We are a nation of communities…a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.”
Richard M. Sherman – 1928 – Musician
Uta Hagen (Photo credit: hat-archive)
“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
Anne Frank – 1929 – Author
“I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.”
Len Wein – 1948 – Cartoonist
“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”
Marvin Olasky – 1950 – Educator
“On sensitive issues, talk isn’t cheap – it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.”
Walter Russell Mead – 1952 – Educator
“Life isn’t easy, and leadership is harder still.”
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