October 12

October 12 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ~ Christopher Reeve
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle, and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild. ~ Kristen Bell as "Veronica" in Veronica Mars episode "Meet John Smith" (originally aired 12 October 2004)
 * proposed by MosheZadka


 * 2006
 * I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who have written on this subject demonstrate and prove, as do the eclipses of the moon and other experiments that are made from east to west, and the elevation of the North Star from north to south. ~ Christopher Columbus
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole. ~ Edith Stein (born 12 October 1891)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The concept which assumes that everything in the Church is irrevocably set for all times appears to me to be a false one. It would be naive to disregard that the Church has a history; the Church is a human institution and like all things human, was destined to change and evolve; likewise, its development takes place often in the form of struggles. ~ Edith Stein
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. ~ Aleister Crowley
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle. ~ Aleister Crowley
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help, and thus we are able to recapitulate in the one word motherliness that which we have developed as the characteristic value of woman. Only, the motherliness must be that which does not remain within the narrow circle of blood relations or of personal friends; but in accordance with the model of the Mother of Mercy, it must have its root in universal divine love for all who are there, belabored and burdened. ~ Edith Stein
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki for the Yom Kippur solemnities of this year.


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019
 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of her recent death.


 * 2023


 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:20, 12 October 2023 (UTC)


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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


 * I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything. ~ Luciano Pavarotti
 * used 8 September 2007, proposed by Kalki


 * There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. Love is the law, love under will. ~ Aleister Crowley ~
 * used 31 October 2007, proposed by Kalki

Suggestions
Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will. ~ Aleister Crowley
 * 3 Kalki 08:55, 10 October 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 04:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:36, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to. ~ Luciano Pavarotti
 * 2 Zarbon 04:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:36, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

As a bricklayer I tried to build my walls straight, as a policeman I tried to arrest criminals, and as a judge I tried to bring people to trial when there was good reason to do so. ~ Antonio Di Pietro
 * 2 Zarbon 04:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:36, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 --ᘙ (talk) 09:16, 8 January 2024 (UTC)