Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes

Did you know. . .

. . .that today is the birthday of Grand Canyon National Park?
Congress established the Park in 1919. The Grand Canyon is over
277 miles long and a mile deep and was created more than
six million years ago.

1961, 26 February
Mohammed V, King of Morocco dies, he is succeeded by his son King Hassan II.

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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I
could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got
to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had
learned in seven years."

-- Mark Twain

Did you know. . .

. . . that today is National Read Your Warranty Day? Take your car in
for a check-up. Make sure your car is safe.

1964, 27 February
Three hundred missionaries are deported from the Sudan for alleged support for anti-government forces

1842, 27 February
Charlotte Ray, first Black woman lawyer, graduated Howard University

1988 - Debi Thomas 1st Black to win winter Olympic medal
Figure skater Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win a medal (bronze) at the winter Olympic Games

1869 - Congress Adopts 15th Amendmant
Congress adopted the 15th constitutional amendment, making it illegal for the US or any single government to deny or abridge the right to vote "on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude."
   
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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is
to produce more leaders, not more followers."

-- Ralph Nader

Did you know. . .

. . . that today is Cat in the Hat Day? On the birthday of
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904), we honor Dr. Seuss and all his
wonderful stories. Celebrate today by reading one of your
favorite stories!

1961, 2 March
Following his deportation from South Africa, for being an outspoken critic of the government's Apartheid policies, Dr Ambrose Reeves resigns as Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg.

1956, 2 March
French-Morocco, Maroc, is granted independence.

2001, 2 March
The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

-- Dr. Seuss

Did you know. . .

. . .that today 1999 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky appears on national television to explain her affair with President Bill Clinton

1954, 3 March
Colonial government in Kenya begins negotiations with Mau Mau leaders.

1995, 3 March
US Marines kill several gunmen in Mogadishu whilst supporting the pullout of UN peacekeepers from Somalia.

1966, 3 March
Guinean President Ahmed Sékou Touré offers asylum to Kwame Nkrumah, following Nkrumah's ousting as premier of Ghana on 24 February 1966. Nkrumah becomes co-president of Guinea. There is some debate whether this was purely an honorary title - Touré threatened to restore Nkrumah as president of Ghana by force.
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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a
could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be
a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might-
have-been has never been, but a has was once an are."

-- Milton Berle

Did you know. . . ,

. . .that on March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."

1980, 5 March
Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo forms a coalition government with Robert Gabriel Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party, the Zimbabwe African People's Union or ZAPU, won twenty seats in the new Assembly - all in his tribal homeland of Matabeleland. Mugabe originally offered Nkomo a ceremonial Presidency, but this was rejected and the post of Minister of Home Affairs was accepted instead.

1983, 5 March
Six hundred members of the opposition party, ZAPU, are arrested by Robert Mugabe's ZANU government.
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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"There are no such things as limits to growth, because there
are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence,
imagination, and wonder."

-- Ronald Reagan

Did you know. . ,

. . . .that today 1929, 10 March
Egyptian women are granted (limited) divorce rights by the national government.

1969 - James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to killing Martin Luther King. (M.L.K)
James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in a Memphis court to charges of killing Martin Luther King Jr. He was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison. The House Select Committee on Assassinations said later that Ray fired the shot that killed King but that he was probably one element in a larger conspiracy.

1943, 10 March - World War II: North Africa
General Erwin Rommel has lost the battle for North Africa and, under the guise of sick leave, departs from Tunisia.

Today's Inspirational Quote:

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough
problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you
had last year."

-- John Foster Dulles

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Did you know. . ,

. . . that today
1983: Nkomo flees Zimbabwe 'death threats'
The Zimbabwe opposition leader flies into London as his country appears to be on the brink of civil war.

1967, 13 March
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe is sentenced to death in absentia (he has left for exile in Spain) by Mobutu's government in the Congo.

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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The
greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that.
That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may
not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be
maximized."

-- Mike Ditka

You know epi, I never thought you this diplomatic; i'm suprised you haven't sniggered at someone yet. And all those nice, wise sayings, mmh. But I wish you hadn't added that horoscope thingy; it's too cynical, see. And its spoiling your thread's diplomatic, respectable, "un-epi-like" image. But hey, its just my opinion.

And my own home-made inspirational quote: I wasn't here for a long time; I was here for a good time. Like someone we all know says, NO LONG TING!!

You're blowing hot and cold, lady. And by the way, Laws were made to broken - Isaac Asimov.

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.



Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.


Memory is the mother of all wisdom.


The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.



Second thoughts are ever wiser.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.” John Jakes quotes

Any idea is do-able;
but it requires hard work,
prayer, tenacity and focus 

Did you know. . . ,


. . . . that March 17, 1988
Apple Computer sues Microsoft Corporation for copyright infringement in its Windows design. After Apple developed a highly successful graphical user interface for its Macintosh computer released in 1984, Microsoft fought back with an operating system of its own, called "Windows." In 1995, Apple lost the lawsuit, in which it claimed that the similarities of the Windows and Macintosh environments extended too far

1941, 17 March - World War II: North Africa
The residence of the Mendoub of Tangiers, who was ejected from Morocco by Franco's Spanish forces yesterday, is handed over to the German consul.

1941, 17 March - World War II: North Africa
The 11th African Division, part of General Alan Cunningham's force moving up from Kenya, has completed a 17 day dash along the Italian built Strada Imperiale from Mogadishu, in Italian Somaliland, to Jijiga, Abyssinia.

1965, 17 March
Farouk, the last king of Egypt, dies at the age of 45.

Today's Inspirational Quote:

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”

Bishop Desmond Tutu

Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.”

Og Mandino

Did you know. . .

. . .  that today is Elation Launch Day? In 1998, Carnival Cruise
Lines inaugurated Elation, the first cruise ship to use a new
propulsion system that pulls rather than pushes a vessel
through the water. The 70,000 ton ship cost a mere $300
million,

1922: Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Home Rule movement, is sentenced to six years' imprisonment for civil disobedience.

1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agreed to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.

1925: Thousands of people are injured and 689 killed when a tornado, the worst in United States history to date, passes through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.

1554: Princess Elizabeth, heir apparent to the throne in England, is imprisoned for suspected complicity in Wyatt's Rebellion against her half sister, Queen Mary I of England.
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Today's Inspirational Quote:

"Everyone is shy --- it is the inborn modesty that makes us
able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows.
Achievement comes not by denying shyness but, occasionally, by
setting it aside and letting pride and perspiration come
first."

-- Kirkpatrick Sale