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History
Date Name Quote
1-19-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “Everybody can be great because everybody can
serve”
1-20-09) John F. Kennedy. 35th President of the United States. “Ask not what your country can do for you -
ask what you can do for your country”
1-21-09) Mohandas Gandhi. Political and spiritual leader of India. “An eye for an eye, and soon the whole
world is blind”
1-22-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what
are you doing for others”
1-23-09) Baruch Spinoza. 17th-century philosopher. “Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state
of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
1-24-09) Eleanor Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States (1933-1945). “It isn't enough to talk about
peace, one must believe it. And it isn't enough to to believe in it, one must work for it”
1-25-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea
like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers”
1-26-09) Gautama Buddha. Founder of Buddhism. "Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that
brings peace."
1-27-09) Maya Angelou. American poet. “We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude
toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate
--- thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.”
1-28-09) Aristotle. Greek philosopher. “Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just
by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”
Days 11-20
Jan. 29 to Feb. 7
1-29-8) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by
the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”
1-30-09) Mother Teresa. Humanitarian. “A smile is the beginning of peace”
1-31-09) Confucius. Founder of Confucianism. “To know what is right and not to do it is the worst
cowardice.”
2-1-09) Albert Einstein. Physicist. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
2-2-09) Thomas Jefferson. 3rd President of the United States. "It is reasonable that everyone who asks
justice should do justice."
2-3-09) Theodore Roosevelt. 26th President of the United States. “This country will not be a good place for
any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.”
2-4-09) Mother Teresa. Humanitarian. "If you want to work for world peace, go home and love your
families."
2-5-09) Lao Tzu. Chinese Philosopher. “If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between
neighbors; If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home; If there is to be
peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”
2-6-09) Benjamin Franklin. Influential Founding Father of the United States. “I resolve to speak ill of no
man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged
upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.”....
2-7-09) Bono. Musician, songwriter, humanitarian. "You can't fix every problem, but what you can fix, you
must."
Days 21-30
Feb. 8 to Feb. 17
2-8-09) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights leader. “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but
a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
2-9-09) Mohandas Gandhi. Political and spiritual leader of India. “We must be the change we wish to see.”
2-10-09) Ann Landers. Syndicated advice columnist. “The true measure of an individual is how he treats a
person who can do him absolutely no good.”
2-11-09) Abraham Lincoln. US president. “I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”....
2-12-09) Anonymous
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
2-13-09) Nelson Mandela. 11th President of South Africa. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you
have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
2-14-09) George Bernard Shaw. Irish dramatist & socialist. “You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I
dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"”
2-15-09) Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 32nd President of the United States. “The structure of world peace
cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the
cooperative effort of the whole world”
2-16-09) Norman Vincent Peale. Author, The Power of Positive Thinking. “Change your thoughts, and you
change your world.”
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2-17-09) Edmund Burke. English statesman. "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing."....
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Days 31-40 ....
Feb. 18 to Feb. 27 ....
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2-18-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “The believer in non-violence is the person who will
willingly allow himself to be the victim of violence but will never inflict violence upon another”....
....
2-19-09) Ralph Waldo Emerson. American philosopher, essayist, poet. “Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles.”....
....
2-20-09) Mother Teresa. Humanitarian. “I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.”....
....
2-21-09) Albert Einstein. Physicist. “Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by
understanding”....
....
2-22-09) Eleanor Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States 1933-1945. "It isn't enough to talk about peace;
one must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it; one must work at it." ....
....
2-23-09) Mohandas Gandhi. Political and spiritual leader of India. “If you love peace, then hate injustice,
hate tyranny, hate greed. But hate these things in yourself, not in another.” ....
....
2-24-09) Benito Juarez. President of Mexico, regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader.
“Peace is the respect for the rights of others. (El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz)”....
....
2-25-09) Mark Twain. American author. “Always do right—this will gratify some and astonish the rest.”....
....
2-26-07) Margaret Mead. Anthropologist. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has.” ....
....
2-27-09) Alexandr Solzhenitzyn. Russian novelist. "The line separating good and evil passes not through
states, nor between classes nor between parties either — but right through the human heart." ....
....
1-19-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “Everybody can be great because everybody can
serve”
1-20-09) John F. Kennedy. 35th President of the United States. “Ask not what your country can do for you -
ask what you can do for your country”
1-21-09) Mohandas Gandhi. Political and spiritual leader of India. “An eye for an eye, and soon the whole
world is blind”
1-22-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what
are you doing for others”
1-23-09) Baruch Spinoza. 17th-century philosopher. “Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state
of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
1-24-09) Eleanor Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States (1933-1945). “It isn't enough to talk about
peace, one must believe it. And it isn't enough to to believe in it, one must work for it”
1-25-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea
like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers”
1-26-09) Gautama Buddha. Founder of Buddhism. "Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that
brings peace."
1-27-09) Maya Angelou. American poet. “We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude
toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate
--- thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.”
1-28-09) Aristotle. Greek philosopher. “Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just
by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”
Days 11-20
Jan. 29 to Feb. 7
1-29-8) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by
the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”
1-30-09) Mother Teresa. Humanitarian. “A smile is the beginning of peace”
1-31-09) Confucius. Founder of Confucianism. “To know what is right and not to do it is the worst
cowardice.”
2-1-09) Albert Einstein. Physicist. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
2-2-09) Thomas Jefferson. 3rd President of the United States. "It is reasonable that everyone who asks
justice should do justice."
2-3-09) Theodore Roosevelt. 26th President of the United States. “This country will not be a good place for
any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.”
2-4-09) Mother Teresa. Humanitarian. "If you want to work for world peace, go home and love your
families."
2-5-09) Lao Tzu. Chinese Philosopher. “If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between
neighbors; If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home; If there is to be
peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”
2-6-09) Benjamin Franklin. Influential Founding Father of the United States. “I resolve to speak ill of no
man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged
upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.”....
2-7-09) Bono. Musician, songwriter, humanitarian. "You can't fix every problem, but what you can fix, you
must."
Days 21-30
Feb. 8 to Feb. 17
2-8-09) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights leader. “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but
a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
2-9-09) Mohandas Gandhi. Political and spiritual leader of India. “We must be the change we wish to see.”
2-10-09) Ann Landers. Syndicated advice columnist. “The true measure of an individual is how he treats a
person who can do him absolutely no good.”
2-11-09) Abraham Lincoln. US president. “I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”....
2-12-09) Anonymous
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
2-13-09) Nelson Mandela. 11th President of South Africa. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you
have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
2-14-09) George Bernard Shaw. Irish dramatist & socialist. “You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I
dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"”
2-15-09) Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 32nd President of the United States. “The structure of world peace
cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the
cooperative effort of the whole world”
2-16-09) Norman Vincent Peale. Author, The Power of Positive Thinking. “Change your thoughts, and you
change your world.”
....
2-17-09) Edmund Burke. English statesman. "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing."....
....
....
....
Days 31-40 ....
Feb. 18 to Feb. 27 ....
....
2-18-09) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader. “The believer in non-violence is the person who will
willingly allow himself to be the victim of violence but will never inflict violence upon another”....
....
2-19-09) Ralph Waldo Emerson. American philosopher, essayist, poet. “Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles.”....
....
2-20-09) Mother Teresa. Humanitarian. “I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.”....
....
2-21-09) Albert Einstein. Physicist. “Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by
understanding”....
....
2-22-09) Eleanor Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States 1933-1945. "It isn't enough to talk about peace;
one must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it; one must work at it." ....
....
2-23-09) Mohandas Gandhi. Political and spiritual leader of India. “If you love peace, then hate injustice,
hate tyranny, hate greed. But hate these things in yourself, not in another.” ....
....
2-24-09) Benito Juarez. President of Mexico, regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader.
“Peace is the respect for the rights of others. (El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz)”....
....
2-25-09) Mark Twain. American author. “Always do right—this will gratify some and astonish the rest.”....
....
2-26-07) Margaret Mead. Anthropologist. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has.” ....
....
2-27-09) Alexandr Solzhenitzyn. Russian novelist. "The line separating good and evil passes not through
states, nor between classes nor between parties either — but right through the human heart." ....
....