Quotes/Word of the Day
Day 2: 9/10-9/11
"Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, the city of yearning."
Giotto di Bordone (Italian early Renaissance painter)
Day 3: 9/14-9/15
"Teamwork makes the dream work."
John Maxwell (Author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership)
Day 4: 9/16-9/17
Habeus Corpus - Translates literally to ‘produce the body’, in criminal justice, this means that prosecutors have to provide evidence for a crime in order for someone to be found guilty
Day 5: 9/18-9/21
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author of the Sherlock Holmes Stories)
Day 6: 9/22-9/23
Piecemeal - done bit by bit or in pieces, characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period of time
Day 7: 9/24-9/25
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."
James Marston Jr. (Journalist)
Day 8: 9/29-9/30
"Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is their due."
Justinian I (Emperor of the Byzantine Empire)
Day 9: 10/1-10/2
"Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances."
Sanford Meisner (Actor and acting coach)
Day 10: 10/5-10/6
"Iconography, good iconography, strives to convey invisible reality in a visible form."
Peter Pearson (Artist, Iconographer)
Day 11: 10/7-10/8
Schism - a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief
Day 12: 10/12-10/13
Monotheism - belief in the existence of one god, or the oneness of God
Day 13: 10/14-10/15
"On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop."
Paolo Coelho (Brazilian Novelist)
Day 14: 10/16-10/19
Prophet - a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
Day 15-17: 10/20-10/27
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion...if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love."
Nelson Mandela - President of South Africa 1994-1999
Day 18: 10/28-10/29
"The closer you can get to your setting and to primary sources, the more authentic your history will be."
David B. Coe (Fantasy Book Author)
Day 19: 10/30-11/02
"To attain “success” without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure."
Nathaniel Branden (Psychotherapist known for his study of Self-esteem)
Day 20: 11/03-11/04
No Quote/Word of the Day - Unit 2 Test Given
Day 21: 11/09-11/10
"There are two powers by which this world is chiefly ruled: the sacred authority of the priesthood and the authority of kings."
Pope Gelasius I (Pope from 492-496)
Day 22: 11/11-11/12
Sovereign - a supreme ruler, especially a monarch
Day 23: 11/13-11/16
No word/quote of the day, self care days
Day 24: 11/17-11/18
"Wisdom is welcome wherever it comes from."
Bandamanna Saga C. 10
Day 25: 11/19-11/20
Sack - to plunder (a place, such as a town) especially after capture; to strip of valuables
Day 26: 11/23-11/24
No word/quote of the day
Day 27: 11/25-11/30
No word/quote of the day
Day 28: 12/1-12/2
No word/quote of the day
Day 29: 12/3-12/4
Hierarchy - a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
Day 30: 12/7-12/8
"A tale is but half told when one person tells it."
The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Day 31: 12/9-12/10
“History is all around us and you, my lucky few, are living in some of it.”
M.J. Colewood, The Last Treasure of Ancient England
Day 32: 12/11-12/14
No word/quote of the day
Day 33: 12/15-12/16
No word/quote of the day
Day 34: 12/17-12/18
No word/quote of the day
Day 35: 12/21-12/22
“Every big castle was once started with a single block; despise no small beginnings. A little step taken every day builds up the hope of greater accomplishments. Do something every day!”
Israelmore Ayivor (Blogger and Self-Help Speaker)
Day 36: 12/23-1/4
No word/quote of the day
Day 37: 1/5-1/6
No word/quote of the day
Day 38: 1/7-1/8
“Jerusalem doesn’t belong only to Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims and Jews, but to the world.”
A. B. Yehoshua
Day 39: 1/11-1/12
No word/quote of the day
Day 40: 1/13-11/14
No word/quote of the day
Day 41: 1/15-1/19
No word/quote of the day
Day 42: 1/20-1/21
"Be great in act as you have been in thought."
William Shakespeare in The Life and Death of King John
Day 43: 1/22-1/25
"Rise and rise again until lambs become lions."
William Shakespeare in The Life and Death of King John
Day 44: 1/26-1/27
"But what does it mean, the plague? It’s life, that’s all."
Albert Camus in The Plague
Day 45: 1/28-1/29
No quote/word of the day (MP2 Test)
Day 46: 2/1-2/2
No quote/word of the day (Self-Care Days)
Day 47: 2/3-2/4
"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."
Dr. Mae Jemison, the First African American woman in space
Day 48: 2/5-2/8
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
Langston Hughes, American Poet
Day 49: 2/9-2/10
"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
Michael Jordan, Basketball Player
Day 50: 2/11-2/16
No quote/word of the day
Day 51: 2/17-2/18
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Shirley Chisholm, The First African American Woman in Congress
Day 52: 2/19-2/22
No quote/word of the day
Day 53: 2/23-2/24
No quote/word of the day
Day 54: 2/25-2/26
No quote/word of the day
Day 55: 2/25-2/26
No quote/word of the day
Day 56: 3/1-3/2
No quote/word of the day
Day 57: 3/3-3/4
No quote/word of the day
Day 58: 3/5-3/8
No quote/word of the day
Day 59: 3/9-3/10
No quote/word of the day
Day 60: 3/11-3/12
No quote/word of the day
Day 61: 3/15-3/16
"The path from dreams to success does exist, may you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it."
Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go to space
Day 62: 3/17-3/18
No quote/word of the day
Day 63: 3/19-3/22
No quote/word of the day
Day 64: 3/23-3/24
No quote/word of the day
Day 65: 3/25-3/26
No quote/word of the day
Day 66: 4/7-4/8
No quote/word of the day
Day 67: 4/9-4/12
No quote/word of the day
Day 67: 4/13-4/14
“Shinto is still, in a manner of speaking, the soul of Japan, and even young Westernised Japanese who take no part in its manifold ritual, are conditioned, as their parents and grandparents were, by its fundamental characteristics.”
Shinichi Nagai, Gods of Kumano
Day 68: 4/15-4/16
No quote/word of the day
Day 69: 4/19-4/20
No quote/word of the day
Day 70: 4/21-4/22
No quote/word of the day
Day 71: 4/23-4/26
No quote/word of the day