April Fool’s Day – April 1
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
– Richard P. Feynman
“You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.”
– George W. Bush
International Children’s Book Day – April 2
“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
– Garrison Keillor
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
– Mason Cooley
World Health Day – April 7
“A healthy outside starts from the inside.”
– Robert Urich
“Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.”
– William Shakespeare
“There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone’s business.”
– Vikram Patel
“What most people don’t realize is that food is not just calories: It’s information. It actually contains messages that communicate to every cell in the body.”
– Dr. Mark Hyman
Civil Rights Act becomes law – April 11, 1964
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
– Ida B. Wells
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
“A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.”
– John Lewis
Webster’s Dictionary first published – April 14, 1828
“Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don’t mean much to you, may stick with someone else for a lifetime.”
–Rachel Wolchin
“Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.”
– Yehuda Berg
“Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.”
– Abraham Joshua Herschel
Humorous Day – April 19 Rooneyisms – (from Andy Rooney)
I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
I’ve learned…. That money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve learned…..That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Earth Day – April 22
“The Earth is what we all have in common.”
– Wendall Berry
“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.”
– Bill Nye
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.”
– Jane Goodall
Arbor Day – April 26
“It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees.”
– Wilson Flagg
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
– Nelson Henderson
“Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.”
– Julius Sterling Morton
National Library Week – second week
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.”
– Sidney Sheldon
“I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.”
– Laura Bush
“To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads.”
– Jon Bing
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
– Walter Cronkite
“The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.”
– Timothy Healy
Autism Awareness Month
“Autism is uniqueness and difference personified.”
– Amanda J. Friedman
“Being a typical teenager isn’t easy. When you have autism, it can be extra difficult. We need more public awareness about these hurdles as well as compassion towards these young people.”
– Holly Robinson Peete
National Garden Month
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.”
– Alfred Austin
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.”
– May Sarton
“God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.”
–Anonymous
“When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.”
– Minnie Aumonier
National Turn Off the TV and Read Month
“Turn off the TV and read a book. It’s called thinking outside the box.”
– facebook.com/grammarly