July 8

July 8 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Why is all around us here as if some lesser god had made the world, but had not force to shape it as he would, till the High God behold it from beyond, and enter it, and make it beautiful? Or else as if the world were wholly fair, but that these eyes of men are dense and dim, and have not power to see it as it is: perchance, because we see not to the close... ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people. ~ Jean de La Fontaine (born 8 July 1621)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive — to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are. ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (born 8 July 1926)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. ~ Jean de La Fontaine
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do. ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. ~ Jean de La Fontaine
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius — and I count myself among these — have to restore the lost connection once more. ~ Käthe Kollwitz (born July 8, 1867)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2011
 * People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions...

Ranking system:
 * 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
 * 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
 * 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
 * 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
 * 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions
Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory. ~ Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, published that day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 08:42, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 13:38 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 08:14, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

And on the pedestal these words appear:  "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:  Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"  Nothing beside remains: round the decay  Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,  The lone and level sands stretch far away. - (Ozymandias of Egypt -1818) Percy Bysshe Shelley died this day
 * 3 AllanHainey 7 July 2005 13:38 (UTC)
 * 0. This quotation was already used on August 4, 2005. InvisibleSun 08:14, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come. ~ Joseph Chamberlain
 * 3 Zarbon 15:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 20:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 02:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers. ~ John D. Rockefeller
 * 3 Zarbon 05:27, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 20:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 02:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * proposed by Nemo 13:59, 18 January 2012 (UTC)


 * 2 Quite important in his thought. Nemo 13:59, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


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