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“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.” -Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814. He was an English hymn writer and theologian. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and became a member of its priesthood. His is known for the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers” (1849). Frederick William Faber passed on in 1863.
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“Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not seek their own kind.” -Jean Henri Fabre
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“Do not talk about disgrace from a thing being known when disgrace is that the thing should exist.” -William Falconer
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“Don’t tell me about your effort. Show me your results.” -Tim Fargo
“Enjoy life by limiting your emotional baggage to a small carry-on.” -Tim Fargo
“Forget your weaknesses, increase your strengths, and be the most awesome you that you can be.” -Tim Fargo
“If you think you’ll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.” -Tim Fargo
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“I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” -William Faulkner: speech at the Nobel Prize Banquet after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature (10 December 1950)
William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner was born in 1897. He was an American short story writer, essayist, novelist, playwright, and poet. William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner passed on at 64 years of age on 6 July 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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“One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.” -James E. Faust
“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences . . . Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives.” -James E. Faust: ‘Will I Be Happy,’ published in “Ensign” (May 1987) magazine, page 80
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“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.” -William Feather
“Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got.” -William Feather: as attributed in “Forbes” (1984)
“Some people are making such thorough plans for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.” -William Feather
William Arthur Feather was born on 25 August 1889 in Jamestown, New York, United States of America. He was married to Ruth Elizabeth Presley on 30 October 1912. He became a publisher and a writer. He spent much of his life in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, where he owned a printing business and published, “The William Feather Magazine.” William Arthur Feather passed on at 91 years of age on 7 January 1981.
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“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived (oh, not deprived but rather underprivileged). Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.” -Jules Feiffer
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“I claim the right to contradict myself. I don’t want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.” -Federico Fellini
“It is only when doing my work that I feel truly alive.” -Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini was born in 1920. He was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and film maker. He is known for his film “8½” (1963). Federico Fellini passed on in 1993.
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“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.” -Owen Feltham
Owen Feltham was born in 1602. He was an English essayist. Owen Feltham passed on in 1668.
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Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy.
-Catherine Rippenger Fenwick
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“Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” -Tim Ferriss
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“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” -Tina Fey
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“I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things.” -Richard Feynman
“The ‘paradox’ is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ‘ought to be.’” -Richard Feynman
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.” -Richard Feynman
“What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school . . . It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it. You see my physics students don’t understand it . . . That is because I don’t understand it. Nobody does.” -Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman was born in 1918. He was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. Richard Phillips Feynman passed on in 1988.
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“Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.” -Joanna Field
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“Good enough never is.” -Debbi Fields
“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.” -Debbie Fields
Debbie Fields was born in 1956. She is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies.
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“We are making stupendous effort to extend the physical and economic life of the many. But of what high consequence is that extension unless the activity of the mind is also extended unless we strive ever to live better rather than simply to make a better living?” -John H. Finley
John H. Finley is a doctor.
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“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh
“Goals are simply an image in your mind that need to be crystallized on paper by your hand . . . and embraced with your heart . . .” -Doug Firebaugh
“The future looks bright . . . for those who choose to shine . . . and become a star.” -Doug Firebaugh
Doug Firebaugh was born on 9 June 1968 in Birmingham, Michigan, United States of America.
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“The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses.” -John Fischer
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” -Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, United States of America. She became an American jazz singer. Ella Jane Fitzgerald passed on at 79 years of age on 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America.
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“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, also known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was married to Zelda Sayre in 1920. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a screenwriter. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passed on at 44 years of age on 21 December 1940 in Hollywood, California, United States of America.
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“We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising.” -Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald was born as Zelda Sayre in 1900. Zelda Fitzgerald passed on in 1948.
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“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days, when out of dejection and despair, you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.” -Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was born in 1821. He was a French novelist. Gustave Flaubert passed on in 1880.
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“It takes courage to live, courage and strength and hope and humor. And courage and strength and hope and humor have to be bought and paid for with pain and work and prayers and tears.” -Jerome P. Fleishman
“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.” -Jerome P. Fleishman
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“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” -Peggy Fleming
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“Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house that travels on my back.” -Colin Fletcher: “The Complete Walker III”
“Frankly, I fail to see how going for a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains can be judged less real than spending six months working eight hours a day, five days a week, in order to earn enough money to be able to come back to a comfortable home in the evening and sit in front of a TV screen and watch the two-dimensional image of some guy talking about a book he has written on a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains.” -Colin Fletcher: “The Complete Walker III”
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“A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.” -Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch was born on 2 October 1851 in Tarbes, France. He was a military leader during World War 1. Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch passed on at 77 years of age on 20 March 1929 in Paris, France.
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“It’s never too late, never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.” -Jane Fonda
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“By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born on 19 August 1919. He became the publisher of “Forbes” magazine, which was founded by his father, Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ ‘B. C.’ Forbes. Later, the magazine was run by Malcolm’s son, Steve Forbes. Malcolm Stevenson Forbes passed on at 70 years of age on 24 February 1990.
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“All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find it on your own terms.” -Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was born in 1942. He became an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles as fictional characters Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.
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“I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.” -George Foreman
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“Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.” -E. M. Forster: “Howards End” (1910)
Edward Morgan Forster, commonly known as E. M. Forster, was born in 1879. He was an English novelist, short story writer, essayists, and librettist. His 1908 novel “A Room with a View” is his most optimistic work, while “A Passage to India” brought him his greatest success. Edward Morgan Forster passed on in 1970.
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“I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick: “Riverside Sermons”
“Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
“No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick: “Living Under Tension”
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He became a Protestant Christian minister in the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches and a writer. Harry Emerson Fosdick passed on at 91 years of age on 5 October 1969 in Bronxville, New York, United States of America.
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“If you could only love enough, you would be the most powerful person in the world.” -Emmet Fox
Emmett Fox was born in 1886. He became a scientist, a philosopher, and a writer. Emmett Fox passed on in 1951.
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“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” -Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox is a pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox, who was born on 9 June 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an American actor, writer, and producer.
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“If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” -Anatole France
Anatole France is a pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, who was born in 1844 in Paris, France. He became a journalist, a novelist, a poet, and a critic. Jacques Anatole François Thibault passed on in 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales was born in 1567. He was a French Catholic bishop of Geneva. Francis de Sales passed on in 1622.
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“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” -Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi was born in 1181. He was an Italian Catholic monk, friar, and preacher. He founded the Franciscan Order of Priests, the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi passed on in 1226. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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“It simply is not true that war never settles anything.” -Felix Frankfurter
“There can be no security where there is fear.” -Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was born in 1882. Felix Frankfurter passed on in 1965.
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” -Viktor E. Frankl
“It did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.” -Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was born in 1905. He was a Holocaust survivor. Viktor Emil Frankl passed on in 1997.
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“Life is not meant to be easy.” -Malcolm Fraser
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“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” -Grant Frazier
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“My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.” -Frederick II
Frederick II, also known as Frederick the Great, was born in 1712. He was a king of Prussia (1740 - 1786). Frederick II passed on in 1786.
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“Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” -Arthur Freed
I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain;
What a wonderful feeling, I’m happy again.
-Arthur Freed
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“The long-range solution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it costly for employers to employ people; we subsidize people not to go to work. We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” -Milton Friedman: as quoted in “US News & World Report” (March 1977)
Milton Friedman was born in 1912. He was an American economist. Milton Friedman passed on in 2006.
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“If you roll out the red carpet for a billionaire, they won’t even notice it. If you roll out the red carpet for a millionaire, they expect it. If you roll out the red carpet for a thousandaire, they appreciate it. If you roll out the red carpet for a hundredaire, they tell everybody they know.” -Patricia Fripp
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“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” -Erich Fromm
“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” -Erich Fromm
“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm was born on 23 March 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. He became a philosopher, a social psychologist, and a psychoanalyst. Erich Seligmann Fromm passed on at 79 years of age on 18 March 1980 in Muralto, Switzerland.
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“Don’t aim for success. If you want it, just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” -David Frost
David Paradine Frost was born on 7 April 1939 in Tenterden, England. He became a television host, a media personality, a journalist, a comedian, and a writer. He is known as the host of the satirical television program “That Was the Week That Was” starting in 1962. David Paradine Frost passed on at 74 years of age on 31 August 2013 aboard the cruise ship MS Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean Sea.
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“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.” -James Froude
James Anthony Froude was born in 1818. James Anthony Froude passed on in 1894.
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A man convinced against his will,
stands opposed ever still.
A man convinced he is right,
gives the effort twice the fight.
-Jeffrey Fry
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“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” -Margaret Fuller
“Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!” -Margaret Fuller: “Summer on the Lakes, in 1843” (1844)
Sarah Margaret ‘Margaret’ Fuller was born on 23 May 1810 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. Sarah Margaret ‘Margaret’ Fuller passed on at 40 years of age on 19 July 1850 in the sinking of the oceangoing ship ‘Elizabeth’ off the coast of Fire Island, New York, United States of America.
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“A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial.” -Thomas Fuller
“My dame feeds her hens with mere thanks and they laid no eggs.” -Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was born in 1608 in Northamptonshire, England. He became a preacher, a historian, and a writer. Thomas Fuller passed on at about 53 years of age on 16 August 1661.
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“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“If you sleep till Noon, you have no right to complain that the Days are short.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
Thomas Fuller was born on 24 June 1654 in Rosehill, Sussex, England. He became a physician, a preacher, and an adage collector. Thomas Fuller passed on at 80 years of age on 17 September 1734.
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“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.” -Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814. He was an English hymn writer and theologian. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and became a member of its priesthood. His is known for the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers” (1849). Frederick William Faber passed on in 1863.
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“Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not seek their own kind.” -Jean Henri Fabre
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“Do not talk about disgrace from a thing being known when disgrace is that the thing should exist.” -William Falconer
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“Don’t tell me about your effort. Show me your results.” -Tim Fargo
“Enjoy life by limiting your emotional baggage to a small carry-on.” -Tim Fargo
“Forget your weaknesses, increase your strengths, and be the most awesome you that you can be.” -Tim Fargo
“If you think you’ll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.” -Tim Fargo
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“I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” -William Faulkner: speech at the Nobel Prize Banquet after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature (10 December 1950)
William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner was born in 1897. He was an American short story writer, essayist, novelist, playwright, and poet. William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner passed on at 64 years of age on 6 July 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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“One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.” -James E. Faust
“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences . . . Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives.” -James E. Faust: ‘Will I Be Happy,’ published in “Ensign” (May 1987) magazine, page 80
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“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.” -William Feather
“Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got.” -William Feather: as attributed in “Forbes” (1984)
“Some people are making such thorough plans for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.” -William Feather
William Arthur Feather was born on 25 August 1889 in Jamestown, New York, United States of America. He was married to Ruth Elizabeth Presley on 30 October 1912. He became a publisher and a writer. He spent much of his life in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, where he owned a printing business and published, “The William Feather Magazine.” William Arthur Feather passed on at 91 years of age on 7 January 1981.
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“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived (oh, not deprived but rather underprivileged). Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.” -Jules Feiffer
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“I claim the right to contradict myself. I don’t want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.” -Federico Fellini
“It is only when doing my work that I feel truly alive.” -Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini was born in 1920. He was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and film maker. He is known for his film “8½” (1963). Federico Fellini passed on in 1993.
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“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.” -Owen Feltham
Owen Feltham was born in 1602. He was an English essayist. Owen Feltham passed on in 1668.
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Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy.
-Catherine Rippenger Fenwick
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“Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” -Tim Ferriss
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“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” -Tina Fey
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“I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things.” -Richard Feynman
“The ‘paradox’ is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ‘ought to be.’” -Richard Feynman
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.” -Richard Feynman
“What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school . . . It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it. You see my physics students don’t understand it . . . That is because I don’t understand it. Nobody does.” -Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman was born in 1918. He was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. Richard Phillips Feynman passed on in 1988.
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“Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.” -Joanna Field
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“Good enough never is.” -Debbi Fields
“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.” -Debbie Fields
Debbie Fields was born in 1956. She is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies.
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“We are making stupendous effort to extend the physical and economic life of the many. But of what high consequence is that extension unless the activity of the mind is also extended unless we strive ever to live better rather than simply to make a better living?” -John H. Finley
John H. Finley is a doctor.
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“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh
“Goals are simply an image in your mind that need to be crystallized on paper by your hand . . . and embraced with your heart . . .” -Doug Firebaugh
“The future looks bright . . . for those who choose to shine . . . and become a star.” -Doug Firebaugh
Doug Firebaugh was born on 9 June 1968 in Birmingham, Michigan, United States of America.
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“The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses.” -John Fischer
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” -Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on 25 April 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, United States of America. She became an American jazz singer. Ella Jane Fitzgerald passed on at 79 years of age on 15 June 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, United States of America.
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“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, also known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was married to Zelda Sayre in 1920. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a screenwriter. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passed on at 44 years of age on 21 December 1940 in Hollywood, California, United States of America.
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“We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising.” -Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald was born as Zelda Sayre in 1900. Zelda Fitzgerald passed on in 1948.
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“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days, when out of dejection and despair, you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.” -Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was born in 1821. He was a French novelist. Gustave Flaubert passed on in 1880.
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“It takes courage to live, courage and strength and hope and humor. And courage and strength and hope and humor have to be bought and paid for with pain and work and prayers and tears.” -Jerome P. Fleishman
“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.” -Jerome P. Fleishman
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“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” -Peggy Fleming
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“Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house that travels on my back.” -Colin Fletcher: “The Complete Walker III”
“Frankly, I fail to see how going for a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains can be judged less real than spending six months working eight hours a day, five days a week, in order to earn enough money to be able to come back to a comfortable home in the evening and sit in front of a TV screen and watch the two-dimensional image of some guy talking about a book he has written on a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains.” -Colin Fletcher: “The Complete Walker III”
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“A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.” -Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch was born on 2 October 1851 in Tarbes, France. He was a military leader during World War 1. Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch passed on at 77 years of age on 20 March 1929 in Paris, France.
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“It’s never too late, never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.” -Jane Fonda
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“By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born on 19 August 1919. He became the publisher of “Forbes” magazine, which was founded by his father, Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ ‘B. C.’ Forbes. Later, the magazine was run by Malcolm’s son, Steve Forbes. Malcolm Stevenson Forbes passed on at 70 years of age on 24 February 1990.
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“All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find it on your own terms.” -Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was born in 1942. He became an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles as fictional characters Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.
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“I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.” -George Foreman
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“Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.” -E. M. Forster: “Howards End” (1910)
Edward Morgan Forster, commonly known as E. M. Forster, was born in 1879. He was an English novelist, short story writer, essayists, and librettist. His 1908 novel “A Room with a View” is his most optimistic work, while “A Passage to India” brought him his greatest success. Edward Morgan Forster passed on in 1970.
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“I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick: “Riverside Sermons”
“Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
“No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick: “Living Under Tension”
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He became a Protestant Christian minister in the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches and a writer. Harry Emerson Fosdick passed on at 91 years of age on 5 October 1969 in Bronxville, New York, United States of America.
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“If you could only love enough, you would be the most powerful person in the world.” -Emmet Fox
Emmett Fox was born in 1886. He became a scientist, a philosopher, and a writer. Emmett Fox passed on in 1951.
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“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” -Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox is a pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox, who was born on 9 June 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an American actor, writer, and producer.
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“If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” -Anatole France
Anatole France is a pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, who was born in 1844 in Paris, France. He became a journalist, a novelist, a poet, and a critic. Jacques Anatole François Thibault passed on in 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales was born in 1567. He was a French Catholic bishop of Geneva. Francis de Sales passed on in 1622.
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“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” -Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi was born in 1181. He was an Italian Catholic monk, friar, and preacher. He founded the Franciscan Order of Priests, the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi passed on in 1226. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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“It simply is not true that war never settles anything.” -Felix Frankfurter
“There can be no security where there is fear.” -Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was born in 1882. Felix Frankfurter passed on in 1965.
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” -Viktor E. Frankl
“It did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.” -Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was born in 1905. He was a Holocaust survivor. Viktor Emil Frankl passed on in 1997.
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“Life is not meant to be easy.” -Malcolm Fraser
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“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” -Grant Frazier
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“My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.” -Frederick II
Frederick II, also known as Frederick the Great, was born in 1712. He was a king of Prussia (1740 - 1786). Frederick II passed on in 1786.
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“Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” -Arthur Freed
I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain;
What a wonderful feeling, I’m happy again.
-Arthur Freed
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“The long-range solution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it costly for employers to employ people; we subsidize people not to go to work. We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” -Milton Friedman: as quoted in “US News & World Report” (March 1977)
Milton Friedman was born in 1912. He was an American economist. Milton Friedman passed on in 2006.
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“If you roll out the red carpet for a billionaire, they won’t even notice it. If you roll out the red carpet for a millionaire, they expect it. If you roll out the red carpet for a thousandaire, they appreciate it. If you roll out the red carpet for a hundredaire, they tell everybody they know.” -Patricia Fripp
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“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” -Erich Fromm
“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” -Erich Fromm
“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm was born on 23 March 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. He became a philosopher, a social psychologist, and a psychoanalyst. Erich Seligmann Fromm passed on at 79 years of age on 18 March 1980 in Muralto, Switzerland.
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“Don’t aim for success. If you want it, just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” -David Frost
David Paradine Frost was born on 7 April 1939 in Tenterden, England. He became a television host, a media personality, a journalist, a comedian, and a writer. He is known as the host of the satirical television program “That Was the Week That Was” starting in 1962. David Paradine Frost passed on at 74 years of age on 31 August 2013 aboard the cruise ship MS Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean Sea.
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“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.” -James Froude
James Anthony Froude was born in 1818. James Anthony Froude passed on in 1894.
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A man convinced against his will,
stands opposed ever still.
A man convinced he is right,
gives the effort twice the fight.
-Jeffrey Fry
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“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” -Margaret Fuller
“Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!” -Margaret Fuller: “Summer on the Lakes, in 1843” (1844)
Sarah Margaret ‘Margaret’ Fuller was born on 23 May 1810 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. Sarah Margaret ‘Margaret’ Fuller passed on at 40 years of age on 19 July 1850 in the sinking of the oceangoing ship ‘Elizabeth’ off the coast of Fire Island, New York, United States of America.
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“A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial.” -Thomas Fuller
“My dame feeds her hens with mere thanks and they laid no eggs.” -Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was born in 1608 in Northamptonshire, England. He became a preacher, a historian, and a writer. Thomas Fuller passed on at about 53 years of age on 16 August 1661.
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“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“If you sleep till Noon, you have no right to complain that the Days are short.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
Thomas Fuller was born on 24 June 1654 in Rosehill, Sussex, England. He became a physician, a preacher, and an adage collector. Thomas Fuller passed on at 80 years of age on 17 September 1734.
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