March 21

March 21 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you. ~ Samuel Johnson
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Between individuals, as between nations, respect for the rights of others is peace. ~ Benito Juárez (born 21 March 1806)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. ~ Jean Cocteau
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly — and Lo! The Bird is on the Wing. ~ Omar Khayyám ~ (Quote relating to Spring, on the date of the Vernal equinox for most of the world this year.)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * If Spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change! But now the silent succession suggests nothing but necessity. To most men only the cessation of the miracle would be miraculous and the perpetual exercise of God's power seems less wonderful than its withdrawal would be. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * The creative process lies not in imitating, but in paralleling nature — translating the impulse received from nature into the medium of expression, thus vitalizing this medium. The picture should be alive, the statue should be alive, and every work of art should be alive. ~ Hans Hofmann
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * In the scenery of spring, nothing is better, nothing worse; The flowering branches are of themselves, some short, some long. ~ Ryōkan ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * The year's at the spring, And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearl'd; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn; God's in His heaven — All's right with the world! ~ Robert Browning ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * I do not want to avoid immersing myself in trouble — to be a mess — to struggle out of it. I want to invent, to discover, to imagine, to speculate, to improvise — to seize the hazardous in order to be inspired. I want to experience the manifestation of the absolute — the manifestation of the unexpected in an extreme and unique relation. I know that only by following my creative instincts in an act of creative destruction will I be able to find it. ~ Hans Hofmann
 * proposed by bystander


 * 2013


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2014


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki, on his assessment of the significance of his current historical visit to the island of Cuba.


 * 2017


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki — poetry on poets for World Poetry Day, March 21.


 * 2019
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * Democracy is the destiny of humanity; freedom its indestructible arm. ~ Benito Juárez
 * used on 5 May 2005, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera. ~ Modest Mussorgsky
 * 2 Zarbon 05:32, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Sounds and ideas are hanging in the air; I am devouring them and stuffing myself. ~ Modest Mussorgsky
 * 2 Zarbon 05:32, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I continue to feel that if you're going to go on being this stupid, you should try to be more polite; or alternately, if you're going to go on being this rude, you should try not to say such dumb things. ~ Teresa Nielsen Hayden
 * 2 Zarbon 03:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:27, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. ~ Samuel Ullman
 * 2 Zarbon 03:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC) date of birth is 13 April, according to Wikipedia.

Politics is the art of human happiness. ~ Herbert Fisher
 * 2 Zarbon 03:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

All political decisions are taken under great pressure, and if a treaty serves its turn for ten or twenty years, the wisdom of its framers is sufficiently confirmed. ~ Herbert Fisher
 * 2 Zarbon 03:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 03:24, 17 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 03:24, 17 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 2.5 DanielTom (talk) 13:48, 18 March 2018 (UTC) the most famous lines in Chinese poetry to celebrate World Poetry Day, March 21.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:19, 20 March 2024 (UTC)