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Chief Joseph
March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904
I know that my race must change.
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, HinmatóowyalahtqÌ“it in Americanist orthography, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph, succeeded ...
Michelangelo
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both Britain ...
Yitzhak Rabin
March 1922 – November 4, 1995
We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, ...
Dr. Seuss
March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer and cartoonist. He was most widely known for his children's books, which he wrote and ...
Luther Burbank
March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and ...
William Godwin
March 3, 1756 – April 7, 1836
Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.
William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of ...
Knute Rockne
March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931
Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
Knute Kenneth Rockne was an American football player and coach, both at the University of Notre Dame. He is regarded as one of the greatest ...
Rosa Luxemburg
March 5, 1871 – January 15, 1919
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized ...
Channing Pollock
March 4, 1880 – August 17, 1946
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
Channing Pollock was an American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios, including The Evil Thereof. He was married to cat ...
William Dean Howells
March 1837 – May 11, 1920
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
William Dean Howells was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was ...
Georg Simmel
March 1858 – September 28, 1918
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction.
Georg Simmel was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic. Simmel was one of the first generation of German sociologists: his ...
Sholom Aleichem
March 2, 1859 – May 13, 1916
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a leading Yiddish author and playwright from Ukraine. ...
John Jay Chapman
March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933
Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 - November 4, 1933) was an American author. He was born in New York City. His father, Henry Grafton ...
Alexander Graham Bell
March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first ...
Herbert Kaufman
March 6, 1878 – September 6, 1947
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman was an American writer and newspaperman whose editorials were widely syndicated in both the United States and Canada. ...
Ring Lardner
March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, ...
Ralph Ellison
March 1913 – April 16, 1994
Education is all a matter of building bridges.
Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison is best ...
Cyril Falls
March 2, 1888 – 1971
Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.
Cyril Bentham Falls CBE (Mar. 2, 1888 - Apr 23, 1971) was a military historian noted for his work on the First World War. He was born in ...
Frank Norris
March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His ...
Cyrano de Bergerac
March 6, 1619 – July 28, 1655
I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. In fictional works about his life he is featured with an overly ...