English: Reproduced image of American Transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott, standing with coat and top hat. Printed in Christmas Bookshelf. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
John Jay – 1627 – Environmentalist
“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.”
Amos Bronson Alcott – 1799 – Educator
“Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.”
Louisa May Alcott – 1832 – Author
“Never use a long word when a short one will do.”
Cass Gilbert – 1859 – Architect
“It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.”
C. S. Lewis – 1898 – Author (Clive Staples Lewis)
“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”
Harry Essex – 1910 – Writer
“Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.”
John Templeton – 1912 – Businessman
“It is nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.”
Taisen Deshimaru – 1914 – Philosopher
“Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.”
Billy Strayhorn – 1915 – Composer
“Ever up and onward.”
Merle Travis – 1917 – Musician
“The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.”
Madeleine L’Engle – 1918 – Author (Madeleine Camp)
English: Portrait drawing of author Louisa May Alcott. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
John D. Barrow – 1952 – Scientist
“There was no ‘before’ the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.”
Howie Mandel – 1955 – Comedian
“People who annoy people are the luckiest people in the world.”
Cathy Moriarty – 1960 – Actress
“Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It’s not just about reading your lines and saying what’s in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.”
Martha Beck – 1962 – Author
“Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.”
Jonathan Knight – 1968 – Musician
“My belief is that you live your life by example, and not by a caption on a magazine!”
Sheena Iyengar – 1969 – Educator
“Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciation of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing.”
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