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Sunday September 20th, 2026
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major ...
H. G. Wells
September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
Herbert George "H. G." Wells was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald
September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940
Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. ...
Walter Lippmann
September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
Walter Lippmann was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of ...
Pope Paul VI
September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, reigned from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978. Succeeding Pope John ...
Martin Heidegger
September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976
Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.
Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher, widely seen as a seminal thinker in the Continental tradition, particularly within the fields of ...
Robert Staughton Lynd
September 26, 1892 – November 1970
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
Robert Staughton Lynd was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City. Robert and his wife Helen Lynd are ...
Arthur Henderson
September 20, 1863 – October 20, 1935
Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.
Arthur Henderson PC was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize ...
Jeremy Collier
September 23, 1650 – April 26, 1726
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Jeremy Collier (23 September 1650 - 26 April 1726) was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian. Born in Stow cum Quy, ...
Jim Henson
September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, actor, film director and producer. Born in ...
Alice Meynell
September 22, 1847 – November 27, 1922
Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results we value it in the act.
Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson Meynell (22 September 1847 - 27 November 1922) was an English writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, ...
Victoria Woodhull
September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927
I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement. In 1872, Woodhull was ...
Elizabeth Kenny
September 20, 1880 – November 30, 1952
He who angers you conquers you.
Elizabeth Kenny was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis . Her ...
Kwame Nkrumah
September 21, 1909 – April 27, 1972
Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.
Kwame Nkrumah, P.C. was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's ...
Michael Faraday
September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.
Michael Faraday, FRS was an English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries ...
A. P. Herbert
September 24, 1890 – November 11, 1971
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH was an English humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist. He was an independent Member of ...
Linda McCartney
September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998
But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney was an American musician, photographer and animal rights activist, and was married to Paul McCartney, of the ...
Florence Scovel Shinn
September 24, 1871 – October 17, 1940
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.
Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871, Camden, New Jersey - October 17, 1940) was an American artist and book illustrator who became a ...
Shel Silverstein
September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999
To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein was an American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He ...
Ivan Pavlov
September 26, 1849 – February 27, 1936
Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. From his childhood days Pavlov ...