September 16

September 16 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power. ~ Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. ~ Wilhelm Stekel
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * A planned life is a dead life. ~ Lauren Bacall (born 16 September 1924)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense. ~ Ann Richards (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. ~ Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (born 16 September 1678)
 * proposed by David


 * 2008
 * It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One follows Nature and Nature's God; that is, he follows God in his works and in his word. ~ Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (born 16 September 1678)
 * proposed by Dbiv


 * 2009
 * Descend, descend, Urania, speak To men in their own tongue! Leave not the breaking heart to break Because thine own is strong. This is the law, in dream and deed, That heaven must walk on earth! O, shine upon the humble creed That holds the heavenly birth. ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Thou whose deep ways are in the sea, Whose footsteps are not known, To-night a world that turned from Thee Is waiting — at Thy Throne. The towering Babels that we raised Where scoffing sophists brawl, The little Antichrists we praised — The night is on them all. ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * We have come by curious ways To the Light that holds the days; We have sought in haunts of fear For that all-enfolding sphere: And lo! it was not far, but near. We have found, O foolish-fond, The shore that has no shore beyond.  Deep in every heart it lies With its untranscended skies; For what heaven should bend above Hearts that own the heaven of love? ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2018


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Ningauble


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
We have believed and we do believe now that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
 * 2 Kalki 22:40, 15 September 2005 (UTC) A good quote, which I would rank higher on other days, but it has no clear correlation with the date and thus is not likely to become preferred over any good ones which do.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 08:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly. ~ Lauren Bacall (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 22:40, 15 September 2005 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 08:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 23:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 11:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Nations, like men, have their infancy. ~ Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (born 16 September 1678)


 * 4. David | Talk 21:10, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 08:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 00:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC) Very true, but not profoundly striking of itself.
 * 2 Zarbon 23:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

A shadow leaned over me, whispering, in the darkness, Thoughts without sound ~ Alfred Noyes
 * 3 Zarbon 04:03, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:38, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

''Your God still walks in Eden, between the ancient trees, Where Youth and Love go wading through pools of primroses. And this is the sign we bring you, before the darkness fall, That Spring is risen, is risen again, That Life is risen, is risen again, That Love is risen, is risen again, and Love is Lord of all.'' ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki 23:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

''Enough of dreams! No longer mock The burdened hearts of men! Not on the cloud, but on the rock Build thou thy faith again; O range no more the realms of air, Stoop to the glen-bound streams; Thy hope was all too like despair: Enough, enough of dreams.'' ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki 23:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 11:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Memory, out of the mist, in a long slow ripple Breaks, blindly, against the shore. ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky. ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Ye that follow the vision Of the world's weal afar, Have ye met with derision And the red laugh of war; Yet the thunder shall not hurt you, Nor the battle-storms dismay; Tho' the sun in heaven desert you, "Love will find out the way." ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Your dreamers may dream it The shadow of a dream, Your sages may deem it A bubble on the stream; Yet our kingdom draweth nigher With each dawn and every day, Through the earthquake and the fire "Love will find out the way." ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Getting whatever you want to get, Is like drinking tea from a fishing net. ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 N6n 11:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

''Like the dawn upon a dream Slowly through the scented gloom Crept once more the ruddy gleam O'er the friendly nursery room. There, before our waking eyes, Large and ghostly, white and dim, Dreamed the Flower that never dies, Opening wide its rosy rim.'' ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Beauty is a fading flower, Truth is but a wizard's tower, Where a solemn death-bell tolls, And a forest round it rolls. ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 2 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

''He died and He went down to hell! You know not what you mean. Our rafters were of green fir. Also our beds were green. But out of the mouth of a fool, a fool, before the darkness fall, We tell you He is risen again, The Lord of Life is risen again, The boughs put forth their tender buds, and Love is Lord of all!'' ~ Alfred Noyes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 N6n 11:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)