March 20

March 20 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Where there is great love there are always miracles. ~ Willa Cather
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. ~ Ovid (born 20 March 43 BC)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society. ~ Henrik Ibsen (born 20 March 1828)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * It is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers that exists again in us, but all sorts of old dead ideas and all kinds of old dead beliefs and things of that kind. They are not actually alive in us; but there they are dormant, all the same, and we can never be rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper and read it, I fancy I see ghosts creeping between the lines. There must be ghosts all over the world. They must be as countless as the grains of the sands, it seems to me. And we are so miserably afraid of the light, all of us. ~ Henrik Ibsen (born 20 March 1828)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative. ~ Arthur C. Clarke (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2009
 * What is all that men have done and thought over thousands of years, compared with one moment of love. But in all Nature, too, it is what is nearest to perfection, what is most divinely beautiful! There all stairs lead from the threshold of life. From there we come, to there we go. ~ Friedrich Hölderlin
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ~ Henrik Ibsen
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * When we dead awaken. … We see that we have never lived. ~ Henrik Ibsen
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * I knew the Spring was come. I knew it even Better than all by this, that through my chase In bush and stone and hill and sea and heaven I seem'd to see and follow still your face. Your face my quarry was. For it I rode, My horse a thing of wings, myself a god. ~ Wilfrid Scawen Blunt ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2014


 * proposed by DanielTom


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki in regard to his recent death.


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki for the March Equinox of 2018.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2020


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard to the first full day of Spring in the northern hemisphere of Earth.


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. ~ Henrik Ibsen
 * 3 because strength is heightened ten-fold by serenity, devoid of human obsessions and needs. Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC) (Perhaps it can be said that the strongest human in the world is she or he who has the fortitude to stand alone, but that wouldn't mean ipso facto that she or he does does stand alone is the strongest human in the world.)

Nothing is stronger than habit. ~ Ovid
 * 3 because those governed by habit will become accustomed to it and the harder it will become to separate oneself from it. Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. ~ Ovid
 * 3 because convenience is a very powerful ally. To decipher motives based on convenience and to conceive of opportunities solely based on belief when needed, is how people become successful...it takes more than being at the right place at the right time. Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Time, the devourer of all things. ~ Ovid
 * 3 because the description of time here is solid, a personification of the very word, characterizing time as a learner of man's history, and a devourer who has never subsided or been subdued. Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC), but I would prefer to include the original Latin as well: Tempus edax rerum
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy. ~ Louis Sachar
 * 2 Zarbon 14:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Yet still are you holy to me, as the might of the earth That bore you away, audaciously perishing! And I would follow the hero into the depths Did love not hold me. ~ Friedrich Hölderlin
 * 3 Zarbon 14:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

What is the wisdom of a book compared with the wisdom of an angel? ~ Friedrich Hölderlin
 * 2 Zarbon 14:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ~ B. F. Skinner
 * 2 Zarbon 14:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ~ B. F. Skinner
 * 2 Zarbon 14:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 16:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 1 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

''Tho' Doubt's beleaguering forces hem us in, Yet Truth upon the Serpent's head shall trample. The cause of Love shall win — Yes, Love shall win!'' ~ Henrik Ibsen ~
 * 3 Kalki 15:26, 19 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:15, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

The gods have their own rules. ~ Ovid
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 04:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 Allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul. ~ Ovid
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 04:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 (leaning toward 1) allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. ~ Ovid
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 04:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. ~ Ovid
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 04:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

He who possesses liberty otherwise than as an aspiration possesses it soulless, dead. One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. ~ Henrik Ibsen
 * 3 bystander (talk) 16:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish. The great secret of action and victory is to be capable of living your life without ideals. Such is the sum of the whole world's wisdom. ~ Henrik Ibsen
 * 3 bystander (talk) 16:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. ~ Henrik Ibsen
 * 2 bystander (talk) 16:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC) I have no strong desire to see this used, but I find it humorous.
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC) with a slight lean toward 4 (of course not agreeing with the suggestion literally, but accepting it as ironically humorous).
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement. ~ B. F. Skinner
 * 3 bystander (talk) 16:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 16:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

[Note: 20 March 2003 was the day the Iraq War began. This quote is from an article about the Iraq War. Source of quote.]


 * 4 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3. A bit long. – Illegitimate Barrister 09:14, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

[Note: 20 March 2003 was the day the Iraq War began. This quote is from an article about the Iraq War. Source of quote.]


 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 21:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC).
 * 2.75. A bit political. It'd be better if the quote were "The dead are dead, and they can't come back. They won't dance at any inaugural ball, or even attend their alumni reunions. They won't attend presidential banquets, or even eat at the local coffee shop. Not ever again." That way, it'd be more general. – Illegitimate Barrister 09:02, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 3. March 20 was when the U.S. Republican Party was founded. – Illegitimate Barrister 09:02, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 2.75. March 20 was when the U.S. Republican Party was founded. – Illegitimate Barrister 09:08, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 3. March 20 was when the U.S. Republican Party was founded. – Illegitimate Barrister 09:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 2.75. March 20 was when the U.S. Republican Party was founded. – Illegitimate Barrister 11:29, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 2.75. March 20 was when the U.S. Republican Party was founded. – Illegitimate Barrister 11:29, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 2.75. March 20 was when the U.S. Republican Party was founded. – Illegitimate Barrister 21:07, 6 August 2015 (UTC)


 * 3. --ᘙ (talk) 11:41, 29 December 2021 (UTC)