June 12

June 12 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that's why I'm grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop and to express all that's inside me! ~ Anne Frank (born 12 June 1929)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters. ~ Yamamoto Tsunetomo (born 12 June 1659)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again. ~ Anne Frank
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2008
 * We are adhering to life now with our last muscle — the heart. ~ Djuna Barnes
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009
 * My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in. ~ Otto Skorzeny (born 12 June 1908)
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * Everyone's got the same insecurities as you Believe me it is true Do not be afraid To show people the real you. ~ Justin Heazlewood
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that gives access to hidden treasure. ~ Djuna Barnes
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2015


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2020


 * proposed by JessRek6


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Give me a dozen men who are not afraid to die, and I'll accomplish what all the Generals and Admirals with all their Armies and Battleships cannot. ~ Otto Skorzeny (born June 12)
 * 3 because this redefines courage and seriously outlines the great secret missions that he undertook. Zarbon 04:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:07, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well. ~ Len Wein
 * 2 Zarbon 17:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:07, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

It is possible to tell things by a handshake. ~ George H. W. Bush
 * 2 Zarbon 17:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:07, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 12:24, 6 June 2016 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 12:24, 6 June 2016 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 12:24, 6 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream. ~ Charles Kingsley (birthday)
 * Ficaia (talk) 05:42, 22 May 2024 (UTC)