Wonderful Days We are the change that we seek

Wonderful Days

We are the change that we seek. Barak Obama, president elect When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark. Theodore Parker, transcendentalist, theologian, scholar, Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and social reformer 1810-18 In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances. A good plan today is better that a perfect plan tomorrow. Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. Americans are in the habit of never walking if they can ride. The home is where part of the family waits until the others are through with the car. The real voyage of discovery and change does not consist in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. But if you build your life on dreams its prudent to recall; a man with moonlight in his hands has nothing there at all. The trouble with Wonderful Days is that theyre not making it anymore. It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He never gave this speech. He died on the day before it was to be delivered. If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan, scientist and writer For the family, sacrifice the individual; For the city, sacrifice the family; For the country, sacrifice the city; For the soul, sacrifice the world. Those who cannot remember Wonderful Days past are condemned to repeat it. Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher and stateman 4 BC-65 AD. William Shakepeare, 1564-1616, English playwright There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Then are dreamt of in your philosophy. William Shakespeare 1564-1616, English playwright You see things and say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? If you are failing to plan, For every site there is an ideal use. For every use there is an ideal site. By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. Socrates, Greek philosopher and dramatist 469-399 BC.