Thomas Paine

(February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was an author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful, widely read pamphlet Common Sense.

Carrie Frances Fisher

(October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, writer, producer, and humorist. She was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. Fisher was known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series.

Socrates

(469 BC–399 BC) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato’s dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.

Gautama Buddha

 A spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha, “Buddha” meaning “awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The time of his birth and death are uncertain: Some say, 563 BCE to 483 BCE, others say, 486 and 483 BCE according to some, 411 and 400 BCE.

Howard William Hunter

(November 14, 1907 – March 3, 1995) was an American lawyer and was the fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1994 to 1995.

Patricia Cornwell

(born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies.

Elvis Aaron Presley

(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is commonly known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”

Dean Ray Koontz

(born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire.

William Lyon Phelps

(January 2, 1865 – August 21, 1943 ) was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He was a well-known speaker who drew large crowds. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous popular books and articles.

John Hershall Glenn

John   (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling three times.He was one of the “Mercury Seven” group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America’s first astronauts…John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling three times.He was one of the “Mercury Seven” group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America’s first astronauts.

Ann Landers

Ann Landers was a pen name created by Chicago Sun-Times advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Eppie Lederer in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)(aged 63) The 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades.

Jagadish Chandra Bose

(November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937), popularly called J.C. Bose and formally with all titles known as Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, was an Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, and also author science fictions. His path breaking achievements were the earliest investigations of radio and microwave optics, and startling discoveries on plant science and its related invention of crescograph. He was the founder father of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent given the sobriquet the fathers of radio science. For his outstanding achievements he received world wide acclaim and given the title of Acharya, the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE, 1903), Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI, 1912), Knight Bachelor (1917) and Fellow of the Royal Society.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

(October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (aged 55) A 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.

Thea Astley

(25 August 1925 – 17 August 2004) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin Awards, Australia’s major literary award, than any other writer. As well as being a writer, she taught at all levels of education – primary, secondary and tertiary.

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

(born August 9, 1933 in Tokyo) is an internationally famous Japanese actress, a talk show host, an author of a best-selling children’s book, a World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF…

Nikki Haley

(born Nimrata “Nikki” Randhawa; January 20, 1972)is an American politician who served as the 116th Governor of South Carolina since 2011.On November 23, 2016 it was announced that Haley would be nominated to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations in the coming administration of President-elect Donald Trump…

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is the leader of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word dalai meaning “Ocean” and the Tibetan word bla-ma (with a silent “b”) meaning “teacher.”

Daniel Irvin “Dan” Rather, Jr.

(born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel AXS TV. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS’s 60 Minutes.

John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy

 (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)  was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his death in 1963. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas…

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ

(September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Loretta Mary Aiken

(March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was an American standup comedian. A veteran of the Chitlin’ circuit of African-American vaudeville, she later appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

 (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) An Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death. 

Troyal Garth Brooks

(February 7, 1962) is an American country music artist. His first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Patrick Henry

(May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.

Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act 1765 and is remembered for his “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech. Along with Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he is regarded as one of the most influential champions of Republicanism and an enthusiastic promoter of the American Revolution and its fight for independence

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

(15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962]) was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1918. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his contributions to the public good

Thomas Paine

(February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was an author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful, widely read pamphlet Common Sense.

William Arthur Ward

 (1921–March 30, 1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written by Ward have been published in such magazines as Reader’s Digest, This Week, The Upper Room.

Dwight David Eisenhower

(14 October 1890 – 28 March 1969), also widely known by his nickname “Ike”, was an American soldier and politician. He served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, and was later elected the 34th President of the United States.

Ralph Nader

(February 27, 1934) is a Lebanese American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and four-time candidate for President of the United States, having run as a Green Party candidate in 1996 and 2000, and as an independent candidate in 2004 and 2008. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.

Henry Ross Perot

(born June 27, 1930), better known as Ross Perot, is an American businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the Reform party presidential candidate in 1996…

Geraldine Anne Ferraro

(August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011) was an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. In 1984, she was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party…

Patrick Layton Paulsen

(July 6, 1927 – April 24, 1997) was an American comedian and satirist notable for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers television shows, and for his supposed campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which had primarily comedic rather than political objectives

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

(October 8, 1941) is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. In 1965, he participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches organized by James Bevel, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders in Alabama.

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm

(November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress,[2] and she represented New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party’s nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

In 2015, Chisholm was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Theodore Roosevelt

 (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party

Janis Lyn Joplin

(January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist.

Belle Livingstone

(1865 – February 7,1957) was a former showgirl and was one of the best-known speakeasy owners in New York. She ran the Fifty-Eighth Street Country Club, which offered its patrons $40 champagne and a miniature golf course.

Iyanla Vanzant

(born Rhonda Eva Harris; September 13, 1953) is an American inspirational speaker, lawyer, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, life coach and television personality…Source

Jane Morris Goodall

(April 3, 1934) British primatologist & UN Messenger of Peace, best known for her 45-year study of social & family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & she has worked extensively on conservation & animal welfare issues. 

Stephen “Stevie” Ray Vaughan

(October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years, he is widely considered one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of music, and one of the most important figures in the revival of blues in the 1980s.

Carl Edward Sagan

 (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences

Howard Earl Gardner

(born July 11, 1943) is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

known by his stage name Molière (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.

Hilary Hinton Ziglar

 ( November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012 ) An American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker born in Coffee County, Alabama the tenth of 12 children. He has published over 48 works. Since 1970, his career has moved from master seller to master motivator. Ten of his 25 books have been best sellers.… Source

Ernst Friedrich “Fritz” Schumacher

(19 August 1911 – 4 September 1977)  was an internationally influential thinker, who saw the world from a systems perspective. His work led him to develop a series of connected ideas in energy, work, technology, development, organisation and ownership, education, traditional wisdom and spirituality

William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr.

KBE (born November 7, 1918) is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class, moderately conservative Protestants. He held large indoor and outdoor rallies; sermons were broadcast on radio and television, some still being re-broadcast

Tyler Knott Gregson

He is a poet, author and professional photographer based out of Helena, Montana. Gregson has accrued fame as a poet on social media platforms such as Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter since 2009.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

(1869-1948) often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi “Great Soul” he was the preeminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence, which helped India to gain independence, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Isabel Allende

(born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the “magic realist” tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called “the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author”

Clive Staples Lewis

(29 November 1898 –  22 November 1963 ) was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is well known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.

John Dewey

(October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology.

Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience, nature, art, logic, inquiry, democracy, and ethics.

Maya Angelou

 
(born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years

Anna Freud

(3 December 1895 – 9 October 1982) was an Austrian-British psychoanalyst.[1] She was the 6th and last child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays. She followed the path of her father and contributed to the field of psychoanalysis…

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

(December 28, 1856 -February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A leader of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912.

Steve Siebold

He is the author of “How Rich People Think” and a writer, speaker, and consultant on the topic of mental toughness.

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE,

Hon RAM, FRCM, ( June 18, 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with Lennon is one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.

Sandra Day O’Connor

(born March 26, 1930) is a retired associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court

Sir Isaac Newton

(25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian, who has been considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived.

Sydney Smith

(3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was a English writer and Anglican cleric. He was ordained at Oxford in 1796. Smith settled in London in 1803 where he rapidly became known as a preacher, a lecturer and a society figure. His success as a preacher was such that there was often not standing-room in Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, where he was morning preacher.

Richard Duane “Rick” Warren

(born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch in Lake Forest, California, that is the eighth-largest church in the United States.

Theodor Seuss Geisel

(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) American writer & cartoonist known for his children’s books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone. He published 44 children’s books, including the bestselling Green Eggs & Ham, The Cat in the Hat, & How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Diane Duane

(born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels.

Khwja Shams-ud-Dn Muammadfee Shrz

He is known by his pen name Hafez (1325/26–1389/90),was a Persian poet who “lauded the joys of love and wine but also targeted religious hypocrisy.” His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of most people in Iran and Afghanistan, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings.

Isaac Asimov

(January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books

William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton

He was born August 19, 1946,is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president.

George Denis Patrick Carlin

(May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) (aged 71) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. Carlin was noted for his black humor as well as his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects

Mohammed

He was a religious, political, and military leader from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. He is believed by Muslims and Bahá’ís to be a messenger and prophet of God. Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God for mank

Lyndon Baines Johnson

(August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963.

It's Not About the Bike, My Journey Back To Life

Lance Armstrong is a four time winner of Tour de France, cancer survivor, husband, father, son, and most importantly a human being. The book has 289 pages. It is divided into eleven chapters and was published in 2001. I started it on August 30, 2014 and finished it on September 11, 2014.

Lance likes to do everything fast. He takes out his own stitches. He stays totally shaven for when gravel gets into his suit his skin is easier to clean and bandage. When he was twenty five years old he got testicular cancer, and had a forty percent chance of survival. He survived.

He says that cancer was the best thing that ever happened because it made him stronger. The disease made him a new man. A couple of days after his 25th birthday he started coughing up blood.
He couldn't take drugs because the racing forbade it. He was embarressed of his swollen testicle. His testicle was enlarged to three times its size. They had to do a full X ray. This was a very rare disease.

He never had a father-figure. His mother had him when she was seventeen. He was physically abused by his step father. He has said that "A bike is freedom to roam, without rules and without adults."He rode his bike 10 miles before he youst to swim. Then he swam five to seven  miles in the morning. His Mom let him do this because she worked and it channeled Lances  personality. When he was thirteen he saw a sign for junior triathlon this combined running swimming and biking. He won third in this event. There was another one in Houston. He won that one as well. His step father, Terry went along as well. Lance found writings to another woman. This led to his moms and Terry breaking up. Nevertheless he helped out as much as he could.

His mother was his best friend and organizer and motivation. He liked running traffic lights and once got hurt 3 days before a race. The doctor said he wasn't going to race. However, since he got bored sitting around, he entered the race. During his Senior year of high school he was invited to Moscow. He missed his school so much he was going to be left behind, his mom called every private school and explained. One of them helped. He went to the prom, since his mom never was in a limo she came along with his girlfriend. He rode in some races that older people could race in, and was told not to win because he could get in trouble, but he did. He was racing for Subaru Montgumery, he got in the lead against yhe coaches wishes. He liked to run traffic lights and got hurt once 3 days before a race, told he couldn't race, but did. His team was not in a good financial state. Lance wanted to win, but his manager told him not to. His teammate Chris defended him in winning. He ended up winning the race.

People were asking, "Who was this guy, and what's he all about?" He was the first American to win so he made his own rules of being very colorful, the press loved him for that. Lance asked his Mom to fly to Philadelphia to watch him race, it would cost her $1000. It was like a lottery ticket. If he won she would regret she wasn't there. He blew his mom a kiss on the last lap of the race, he won. He was the youngest to ever win.

In 1992 Tour de France Lances team lost someone very special but they continued in his memory. A total reexamination of Lances life when he got cancer, his mom was sure he was going to be alright. Chemo was moved from a week to Monday because it was spreading fast.

He went to a sperm bank to give and after he was told he has a very low count. He rode while in treatment to forget his situation for a while. His Mom made him food, but everything tasted like the chemicals they put in his body. He learned all about it, so he could beat it. He went to consult a doctor about his options. He had one Chemo therapy session. Some mysterious entity killed the cancer.

All his sponsors stayed with him throughout the Chemo and everything.
He had friends and family emotional  support during his Chemo to keep his spirits up. He was active in his recovery. They tried to take his benifits away. The worse he felt, the better he got, which was because of the chemo. He still rode with friends a loop around the neighborhood. He got winded in the middle of a ride and had to be driven home.

Latrice Haney was Lances favorite nurse. She fixed him. He showed her pictures of him riding and all the places he's been. He explained that the bike had to fit your body. Armstrong got his license renewed in the middle of his therapy,  to remember how sick he was. To always remember. He used it to brighten up a little boy, who needed encouragement.

Armstrong decided to start a foundation to help others that were in his predicament? His bartender friend helped him out a lot in his free time. He finished chemotherapy December 13, 1996. He met his wife, during a news story about it. She helped launch his cancer foundation. Armstrong became good friends with Kelly Davidson, another cancer patient.

Lisa, Lances wife gave him a kitten which they named Chemo. But then they broke up. Then they got back together. She became his hairstylist. She took him to Europe to The Tour dr France. He felt like he never saw either. He divorced her because they couldn't find any simalarities after his cancer.

Kik, Lances next girlfriend,  boss said a disparaging remark about Lance at a party. After the party Lance wrote him a nasty email. Kik was proud of him but at the same time she feared her boss might fire her. When Lance told her they had a long talk over principles and employment.

Bill, who was Lances agent was trying to find him another team he could ride with. It waa difficult because every team said he won't ride as he youst to. Bill finally found one that was just forming, The USPS team. In January he would return to racing. He asked Kik to marry him before he went to Europe. Kik accepted.

Bill, his agent, quit. His first race he came in fourtenth. He almost quit because he didn't like the life style. He wanted to leave. But as for Kik she didn't want to because all her hard work in learning the language and beginning to make friends. Bill, made him wait until the Ride the Roses race in September.

While just riding in France he saw an eerie sight.  He saw his name still on the rode, as it was painted on before his cancer. He took his bike on his honeymoon. Nothing bothered Kik very much. She liked the challenges a new place brought on. They wanted children, however Lance was infertile due to the cancer so the needed his sperm when he donated it before. Lance was fine talking about such matters after his testicular cancer, however Kik was very embarressed. Lance had paid $100 a year to keep his sperm. Kik was given viles Lupron to stick herself at 830 daily every night. On the last night she dropped it and panicked and then called the nurse in the hospital. They found a pharmacy that was still open that had Lupron and Kik got it in her at 845.

They were having a baby at the next Tour de France. The cancer completely reshaped Lances body. He wasn't riding in the races he considered of small impact. Some days Armstrong ran out of has in the middle of his training, he would call Kik and she would drive out and pick h up. She also would drive and bring him food on the riding. Och predicted Lances win his next Tour de France.

He was called Mr. Millimeter because of his anal retentiveness. Armstrong would rather have a medal for surviving cancer, then  medal for the Tour De France.

Iain S. Thomas

He is the #1 bestselling author of I Wrote This For You, Intentional Dissonance, 25 Love Poems For The NSA, How To Be Happy and other books.

Margaret (Maggie) Hilda Roberts Thatcher

 (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist called her the “Iron Lady”, a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.

Leonard Simon Nimoy

 (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, poet, singer and photographer. He was known for his role as Mr. Spock in the original Star Trek series (1966–1969), and in multiple film, television and video game sequels.

Baruch Spinoza

(24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677, later Benedict de Spinoza) was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin.By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe,he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy…

Warren Edward Buffett

(born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century and consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people.

Diane von Fürstenberg

She was formerly Princess Diane of Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin; 31 December 1946) is a Belgian-born American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress.

Theodore Roosevelt

 (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party… Source

Pope Saint John XXIII

(born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) reigned as Pope from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963 and was canonized on 27 April 2014…

Epictetus

 (AD c. 55 – 135) was a Greek sage and Stoic philosopher.Philosophy, Epictetus taught, is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline…

Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy

 ( November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was a democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. From 1961 to 1964, he was the U.S. Attorney General. In March 1968, Kennedy began a campaign for the presidency. On June 5 at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.

James Brian Jacques

(15 June 1939 – 5 February 2011) was an English writer, best known for his Redwall series of novels and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series.

John Robert Wooden

 (October , 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood”, he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row as head coach at UCLA

Lois Lowry

(born Lois Ann Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer credited with more than thirty children’s books.

Nikki Rowe

She was born in the early 1990s and has lived on the Sunshine Coast for almost eight years. She seeks to heal souls and lives with the truth of life found in her heart and is driven by a vision of a world brought together.

Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis

She is a licensed psychologist, poet, dancer, and minister. Dr. Bryant-Davis, an Associate Professor at Pepperdine University, is Past-President of the Society for the Psychology of Women. The North Carolina Arts Council named her Emerging Artist of the Year

Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel

(September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the Algemeiner Journal newspaper.

Catherine Ann “Cat” Cora

(born April 3, 1967) is an American professional chef best known for her featured role as an “Iron Chef” on the Food Network television show Iron Chef America…

Augustine of Hippo

(13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, or Blessed Augustine, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.

Hans Fróði Hansen

(born 24 August 1975 in Leirvík, Faroe Islands) is a retired football player and now manager from the Faroe Islands, who had started a second career as fashion and beauty advisor under the name Hans F. Hansen of Scandinavia

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova

(2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century.

Tyrion Lannister

(also referred to as “the Imp” or “the Halfman”) is a fictional character in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus

(c. AD 46 – c. AD 120 (aged 74) was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. n addition to his duties as a priest of the Delphic temple, Plutarch was also a magistrate in Chaeronea.

Linda Ellerbee

(born August 15, 1944) is an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C. correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network’s Nick News with Linda Ellerbee…

Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress noted for her flamboyant and diverse contributions to the music industry via her fashion, live performances, and music videos. With global album and single sales of 27 million and 125 million, respectively.

Maya Angelou

 (born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years.

Wilma Pearl Mankiller

(November 18, 1945 – April 6, 2010) was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. A liberal member of the Democratic Party,she served as principal chief for ten years from 1985 to 1995.

Fred McFeely Rogers

(March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author, and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences.

John R. “Johnny” Cash

(February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was a singer-songwriter, actor, and author, widely considered one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century…

Pema Chödrön

(born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown on July 14, 1936) is a notable American figure in Tibetan Buddhism. A disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she is an ordained nun, author, and acharya, senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage Trungpa founded

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton

(born October 26, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. The wife of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, she was First Lady of the United States during his tenure from 1993 to 2001. She served as a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

Medgar Wiley Evers

(July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and gain social justice and voting rights.

Thomas Jefferson

(April 13 1743 – July 4, 1826 (aged 83) The third President of the United States (1801–1809), and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers. To date, Jefferson is the only president to serve two full terms in office without vetoing a single bill of Congress. Jefferson has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest of U.S. presidents

Marilyn Monroe

(born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was an American actress and model. Famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon. 

Willy Nywening

She is a retired English and special education teacher. In 1997, she published a daily inspirational anthology called Sister Stories. The Journey Home is inspired by her father, who was orphaned at seven.

Helen Schucman

He is a Ph.D. (14 July 1909 – 9 February 1981) was a research psychologist from New York City, most famous for her work in producing A Course in Miracles. From 1958 through 1976 she was a professor of medical psychology at Columbia University in New York

Gubran Khalil Gubran

  (January 6, 1883 April 10, 1931) A Lebanese American artist, poet, & writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon. He is chiefly known for his 1923 book The Prophet, a series of philosophical essays written in English prose. Gibran is considered to be the third most widely read poet in history, behind Shakespeare & Lao-Tzu.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

(May 24, 1878 – October 5, 1969) was an American pastor. Fosdick became a central figure in the “Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy” within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s and was one of the most prominent liberal ministers of the early 20th Century.

Prem Pal Singh Rawat

(born 10 December 1957, is an Indian American also known as Maharaji, and formerly as Guru Maharaj Ji and Balyogeshwar. Rawat’s teachings include a meditation practice he calls “Knowledge”,and peace education based on the discovery of personal resources such as inner strength, choice, appreciation and hope.

Audrey Hepburn

(born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) British actress & humanitarian. Hepburn remains one of the world’s most famous actresses of all time who was ranked as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema.

Cher

The woman who was born Cherilyn Sarkisian, but who only needed one of those syllables to become a star, was born on this day in 1946. Since releasing "I Got You Babe" with Sonny Bono in 1965, Cher has continually reinvented herself and given us reason upon reason to keep on loving her. Happy birthday, Cher! 

The Dalai Lama

He is the leader of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word dalai meaning “Ocean” and the Tibetan word bla-ma (with a silent “b”) meaning “teacher”…

Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn

 (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009) An American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry…

Clifford Michael Irving

(born November 5, 1930) is an American novelist and investigative reporter. Although he has written and published twenty novels, he became best known for a fictional “autobiography” of millionaire recluse Howard Hughes, which was to be published in 1972.

James Douglas “Jim” Morrison

(December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was a American singer, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in rock music history. He was also the author of several books of poetry and the director of a documentary and short film.

Albert Einstein

(14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and the most influential physicist of the 20th century

Jane Morris Goodall

(April 3, 1934) British primatologist & UN Messenger of Peace, best known for her 45-year study of social & family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & she has worked extensively on conservation & animal welfare issues. 

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr.

(October 1, 1924) was an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served as a U.S. Naval officer, was a peanut farmer, served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia (1971–1975).

Claude Elwood Shannon

(April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American electrical engineer and mathematician, has been called “the father of information theory”, and was the founder of practical digital circuit design theory

Carl Edward Sagan

(November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996)
was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) (aged 78) An American philosopher, lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century

Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown

(born February 17, 1945) is a motivational speaker, author, radio DJ, former television host, and former politician. As a politician, he is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. As a motivational speaker, he uses the catch phrase “it’s possible!” and teaches people to follow their dreams as he learned to do.

Theodor Seuss Geisel

(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) American writer & cartoonist known for his children’s books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone. He published 44 children’s books, including the bestselling Green Eggs & Ham, The Cat in the Hat, & How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Steve Maraboli

He is a life-changing Speaker, bestselling Author, and Behavioral Science Academic. His empowering and insightful words have been shared.

Eckhart Tolle

( Born 1948 ) A German-born Canadian resident, best known as the author of the The Power of Now and A New Earth, which were written in English. In 2011, he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. In 2008, a New York Times writer called Tolle “the most popular spiritual author in the nation (United States).”

Peggy O’Mara

She was the editor and publisher of Mothering Magazine from 1980 to 2011. In 1995 she founded mothering.com and was its editor-in-chief until 2012. Peggy’s books include Natural Family Living, Having a Baby Naturally, and A Quiet Place.

Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone

(born March 10, 1974)is a co-founder of Twitter, Inc and also helped to create and launch Xanga, Odeo, The Obvious Corporation and Medium.

Merle Ronald Haggard

(April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era.

Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis

She is a licensed psychologist, poet, dancer, and minister. Dr. Bryant-Davis, an Associate Professor at Pepperdine University, is Past-President of the Society for the Psychology of Women. The North Carolina Arts Council named her Emerging Artist of the Year

Abraham Harold Maslow

(April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was an American psychologist. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a “bag of symptoms.”

Muhammad Ali

(born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist. Considered a cultural icon, Ali has both been idolized and vilified.

James Byron Dean

(February 8, 1931- September 30, 1955) was a American film actor, he is a cultural icon. Best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955) and Giant (1956) Dean’s enduring fame and popularity rests on his performances in only these three films, all leading roles. His premature death in a car crash cemented his legendary status.

Steven Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder, chairman, & CEO of Apple Inc. Jobs also co-founded & served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006....Pixar.

Joel F. Salatin

(born 1957) is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include Folks, This Ain’t Normal; You Can Farm; and Salad Bar Beef. Salatin raises livestock using holistic management methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals. Meat from the farm is sold by direct-marketing to consumers and restaurants

Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr.

(11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. His 20-year leadership of Selfridges led to his becoming one of the most respected and wealthy retail magnates in the United Kingdom.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)(aged 63) The 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades.

Marvin Jeremy Ashton

(May 6, 1915 – February 25, 1994) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 until his death.

Earl Nightingale

(March 12, 1921 – March 28, 1989) was an American motivational speaker and author, known as the “Dean of Personal Development.” He was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956.

François-Marie Arouet

(21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778 (aged 83) Better known by the pen name Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade

Jane Morris Goodall

(April 3, 1934) British primatologist & UN Messenger of Peace, best known for her 45-year study of social & family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & she has worked extensively on conservation & animal welfare issues.

Stephen William Hawking

CH CBE FRS FRSA is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

John Robert Wooden

 (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood”, he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row as head coach at UCLA.

William Arthur Ward

 (1921–March 30, 1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written by Ward have been published in such magazines as Reader’s Digest, This Week, The Upper Room

John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy

 (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)  was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his death in 1963. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

Isaac Asimov

(January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Nancy Davis Reagan

(born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American actress and the wife of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989…

Laurence Allen “Larry” Elder

(born April 27, 1952) is an American lawyer, writer and radio and television personality who calls himself the “Sage of South Central,” a district of Los Angeles, California

Abraham Lincoln

 (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) (aged 56) 16th President of the United States (March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.) He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.

Josh Shipp

(born January 20, 1982) is an American teen behavior expert, youth motivational speaker, best-selling author, and TV show host. He is often referred to as “The Teen Whisperer.”

James C. Humes

He  is an author and former presidential speechwriter.Humes, along with William Safire and Pat Buchanan, is credited for authoring the text on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque.

Dalai Lama

He is the leader of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word dalai meaning “Ocean” and the Tibetan word bla-ma (with a silent “b”) meaning “teacher”

Nelle Harper Lee

 (born April 28, 1926) is an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which deals with the issues of racism that the author observed as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Despite being Lee’s only published book, it led to her being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature.

Antonin Gregory Scalia

(March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. Appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Scalia was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court’s conservative wing.

George Washington

(February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the “father of his country”

Maya Angelou

 (born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) American author and poet. She published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years

Charles John Huffam Dickens

(7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was a English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed unrivaled popularity and fame during his career, and he remains popular, being responsible for some of English literature’s most iconic novels and characters.

Wilferd Arlan Peterson

(1900–1995) was an American author who wrote for This Week magazine (a national Sunday supplement in newspapers) for many years. For twenty-five years, he wrote a monthly column for Science of Mind magazine. He published nine books starting in 1949 with The Art of Getting Along: Inspiration for Triumphant Daily Living.”

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

(27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Mary Ann Evans

(22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively “Mary Anne” or “Marian”), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era…

Deepak Chopra

 (October 22, 1946) is an Indian-born, American physician, public speaker, and writer. He is generally specialized in subjects such as spirituality, Ayurveda and mind-body medicine.

Bryant Harrison McGill

(born November 7, 1969) is an American author, aphorist, speaker and activist in the fields of self-development, personal freedom and human rights…

Dwight David Eisenhower

(14 October 1890 – 28 March 1969), also widely known by his nickname “Ike”, was an American soldier and politician. He served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, and was later elected the 34th President of the United States…

Joseph John Campbell

 (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: “Follow your bliss.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) (aged 39) An American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. His main legacy is securing progress on civil rights in the United States. Because of this work, he has become a human rights icon. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

Eckhart Tolle

( Born 1948 ) A German-born Canadian resident, best known as the author of the The Power of Now and A New Earth, which were written in English. In 2011, he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. In 2008, a New York Times writer called Tolle “the most popular spiritual author in the nation (United States)

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman

(21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director, known for playing a variety of roles on stage and screen, often as a complex antagonist…

Michael Jeffrey Jordan

(February 17, 1963) A former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time

Alice Paul

(January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist, feminist, and women’s rights activist, and the main leader and strategist of the 1910s campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote.

David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 11 January 2016), most famous using his stage name David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter, and actor. Bowie was a figure in popular music for over four decades, and was known as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.

Edward Estlin Cummings

(October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962 (aged 67) American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings

Joanne “Jo” Rowling

(31 July 1965), pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.

Give Love, Be Love

The Words Of Mother Teresa

The common theme of Mother Teresa's words reflect her work with the lonely, the sick, the dying and the destitute. Her unending love came through in her work and in her words. She was forever compassionate towards the loneliness felt by "wealthy" people, who on the surface had it all. She was also very concerned about the breakdown of families. Here is a collection of her words which say it all: Here is the link to the rest of the article: http://www.Motivateus.com/stories/mother-teresa.htm (if you can't click, be sure to copy and paste the url into your browser).

Richard Earl Thomas

(born June 13, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons, where he won one Emmy Award, and received nominations for another Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards…Source

Irving Berlin

(born Israel Isidore Baline, May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Jewish, Russian-born American composer and lyricist. Widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history, his music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook

Lailah Gifty Akita

A Ghanaian and founder of Smart Youth Volunteers Foundation.Lailah is an influential lady with the passion of empowering the mind of young people to make a great difference