November 22

November 22 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel. ~ Terry Pratchett
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * O may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again in minds made better by their presence; live in pulses stirred to generosity, in deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn for miserable aims that end with self, in thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, and with their mild persistence urge men's search to vaster issues. ~ George Eliot (born 22 November 1819)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? ~ George Eliot
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * This is life to come, — Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. ~ George Eliot ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty — it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~ George Eliot
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium. ~ George Eliot
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ~ André Gide
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. ~ George Gissing
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2016


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2017
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki — A statement of JFK for the Thanksgiving Day of 1963, as QOTD of the holiday in 2018.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. ~ George Eliot
 * used 14 November 2003; selected by Kalki


 * I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear. ~ George Eliot
 * used 8 September 2004; selected by Kalki


 * Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~ George Eliot
 * used 22 September 2005; proposed by Kalki


 * My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy. ~ George Eliot
 * used 22 December 2005; proposed by UDScott

Suggestions
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. ~ André Gide
 * 2 Zarbon 03:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone. ~ Charles de Gaulle
 * 2 Zarbon 03:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. ~ Charles de Gaulle
 * 3 Zarbon 03:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

It is better to have a bad method than to have none. ~ Charles de Gaulle
 * 4 Zarbon 03:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

We are taking care of our troops today, hence their loyalty. Formerly a rifle was given to a man and he had to shift for himself. ~ İsmail Enver
 * 2 Zarbon 03:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the man of imagination, fanciful. Even perseverance ends up in a sort of stupidity. Just as, on the other hand, being too willing to understand too many opinions, too diverse ways of seeing, constancy is lost and the mind goes astray in a restless fickleness. ~ André Gide
 * 3 bystander (talk) 00:48, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 12:19, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Economics is a science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses. ~ Lionel Robbins
 * 2.5 ~ DanielTom (talk) 23:03, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:22, 22 November 2017 (UTC)