Today we
celebrate Columbus Day. The day represents Christopher Columbus’ arrival to the
America’s October 12, 1492. In 1892, President Harrison asked the people of the
United States to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’
arrival with celebrations in homes, businesses and schools. Columbus Day became
a Federal Holiday in 1937. Although, Columbus Day is on October 12, the
national holiday is celebrated on the second Monday of October. Federal
offices, most state offices, the Post Office, banks, stock exchange and some
schools are closed on Columbus Day.
Columbus Day Quotes You Won’t Forget
1. “Only those who dare to fail greatly
can ever achieve greatly.” Robert F. Kennedy
2. “A ship in harbor is safe – but that
is not what ships are for.” John A. Shedd
3. “One does not discover new lands
without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” Andre Gide
4. “Columbus had all the spirit of a
crusader, and, at the same time, the investigating nature of a modern man of
science.” Edmund Arthur Helps
5. “Every one of us has in him a
continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his
own soul.” Unknown
6. “Every great advance in science has
issued from a new audacity of imagination.” John Dewey
7. “Many great ideas have been lost
because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.” Unknown
8. “The real voyage of discovery
consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust
9. “Mistakes are the portals of
discovery.” James Joyce
10. “The greatest discoveries have come
from people who have looked at a standard situation and seen it differently.”
Ira Erwin
11. “One of the greatest discoveries a
man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was
afraid he couldn’t.” Henry Ford
12. “We must go beyond textbooks, go out
into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore
and tell the world the glories of our journey.” John Hope
13. “Exploration is really the essence of
the human spirit.” Frank Borman
14. “To get through the hardest journey
we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.” Chinese
Proverbs
Thanks to
the following websites for helping me compile this list of inspirational
quotes: www.beliefnet.com www.quotegarden.com www.brainyquote.com www.altiusdirectory.com
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