It was an ordinary day. Just submitted the latest 2020 yearbook to Jostens Yearbook Company for the Landis Run Intermediate School in the Manheim Township School District which is located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The school was opened eight years ago and I have been responsible for the yearbook since the school opened. This year's book had a theme of "Friends" which was conveyed by using quotes about friends and friendship on the class pages which numbered close to 35 pages. One of the school's language teachers had her students search for a favorite quote about "Friendship" and submit it for publication in the yearbook. They had to document who authored the quote and include their name which were both placed next to the quote in the yearbook. Quotes couldn't be more than a certain length or the yearbook company couldn't print them. One evening while working on the yearbook, I too spent an hour or so looking up quotes from famous people. Always fun as well as inspirational to view the thoughts of some of the most famous people in the world be they living or deceased. Check out the following quotes which I have documented with whom spoke or wrote the quote. Perhaps you will find one or a few that have meaning for you. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance. Albert Einstein
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Benjamin Franklin
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened! Dr. Seuss
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Erma Bombek
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt
I like you just the way you are. Fred Rogers
It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.
George Orwell
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Helen Keller
When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand. Jimmy Carter
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. Oprah Winfrey
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. Plato
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
Queen Elizabeth II
A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
Sitting Bull
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson
Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better. Vincent Van Gogh
The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. Will Rogers
I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue. Xenocrates
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens. Zhuangzi
Tell me, and then again show me, so I can know. Zora Neale Hurston
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
Donna Roberts
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