John Philip Sousa, the composer of the song. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
John Philip Sousa – 1854 – Musician
“I have always believed that 98% of a student’s progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.”
James Naismith – 1861 – Inventor
“Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.”
Herbert Samuel – 1870 – Statesman
“It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.”
Robert Musil – 1880 – Writer
“It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it!”
Gus Kahn – 1886 – Musician
“I’d rather be lonely than happy with somebody else.”
Walter Johnson – 1887 – Athlete
“I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.”
Harold Ross – 1892 – Editor
“Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers – same thing exactly.”
Edsel Ford – 1893 – Businessman
“There are no crown princes at Ford.”
Carl Rakosi – 1903 – Poet
“Friends are not made, but recognized.”
Ray Conniff – 1916 – Musician
“If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond.”
Frank Carson – 1926 – Comedian
“I don’t think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.”
Edsel Bryant Ford (1893 – 1943), president of Ford Motor Company (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Zig Ziglar – 1926 – Author and Motivational Speaker (Hilary Hinton Ziglar)
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
Mark McCormack – 1930 – Businessman
“Commit yourself to quality from day one . . it’s better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.”
Mike Nichols – 1931 – Director
“Nerves provide me with energy . . . It’s when I don’t have them, when I feel at ease, that’s when I get worried.”
Eugene H. Peterson – 1932 – Clergyman
“People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.”
Brian Weiss – 1944 – Scientist
“What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear – and we must learn how to overcome fear.”
Sally Field – 1946 – Actress
“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.”
Maria Shriver – 1955 – Journalist
“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”
Ethan Hawke – 1970 – Actor
“There’s something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.”
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