July 12

July 12 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. ~ Harry S. Truman
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children — not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women — not merely peace in our time but peace for all time. ~ John F. Kennedy
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~ misattributed to Bill Cosby, (born 12 July 1937)
 * proposed by MosheZadka


 * 2006
 * In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king. ~ Desiderius Erasmus (died 12 July 1536)
 * proposed by AllanHainey


 * 2007
 * There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. ~ Henry David Thoreau (born 12 July 1817)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. ~ William Osler
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. ~ William Osler
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * I have to say, I think that we are in some kind of final examination as to whether human beings now, with this capability to acquire information and to communicate, whether we're really qualified to take on the responsibility we're designed to be entrusted with. And this is not a matter of an examination of the types of governments, nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with economic systems. It has to do with the individual. Does the individual have the courage to really go along with the truth? ~ Buckminster Fuller
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent spaceflight in his own spacecraft.


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:


 * The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * used 29 July 2003, selected by Nanobug


 * That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as anothers. We see so much only as we possess. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * used 18 December 2003, selected by Kalki


 * In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * used 6 September 2004, selected by Kalki


 * There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * used 17 November 2004, selected by Kalki


 * Who knows what beautiful and winged life, whose egg has been buried for ages under many concentric layers of woodenness in the dead dry life of society … may unexpectedly come forth … to enjoy its perfect summer life at last! … such is the character of that morrow which mere lapse of time can never make to dawn. … Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. ~ Henry David Thoreau in Walden
 * used 6 May 2007, proposed by Aphaia

Suggestions
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. - Desiderius Erasmus died today
 * 3 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 14:06 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 8 July 2005 21:31 (UTC)
 * 2 Jeff Q (talk) 10:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 08:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:25, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evils of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind. - Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly
 * 4 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 14:06 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 8 July 2005 21:31 (UTC)
 * 2 Aphaia
 * 0 Jeff Q (talk) 10:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC). Don't know if this was supposed to be ironic, but it seems a rather seriously taken POV these days, to the point of ushering in a new Dark Age (IMHO).
 * If we do go for this quote, we really should include the title of the work (which I've added, thanks to InvisibleSun), lest we encourage folks to use it without irony. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 02:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 08:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:25, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC) I think this quote will confuse main page viewers if promoted.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. ~ Henry David Thoreau (birth date)
 * 3 Kalki 8 July 2005 21:31 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Aphaia 21:29, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Jeff Q (talk) 10:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 08:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:25, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

You've been rejected more times than Doctor Octopus has arms! ~ Gregory Helms
 * 2 for comedic value. Zarbon 04:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 07:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 16:17, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

If you're not getting better, you're getting worse. ~ Gregory Helms
 * 2 Zarbon 04:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 07:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 16:17, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Needs source.

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. ~ William Osler
 * 2 Zarbon 04:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 07:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 16:17, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him method, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-essentials. ~ William Osler
 * 3 Kalki 19:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

One of the first essentials in securing a good-natured equanimity is not to expect too much of the people amongst whom you dwell. ~ William Osler
 * 3 Kalki 19:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. ~ William Osler
 * 3 Kalki 19:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them. ~ William Osler
 * 3 Kalki 19:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. ~ William Osler
 * 3 Kalki 19:04, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Thinking is a momentary dismissal of irrelevancies. ~ Buckminster Fuller
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well. ~ Buckminster Fuller
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)