Labor Day – September 2
“The road to success is always under construction.”
– Lily Tomlin
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
National Cheese Pizza Day – September 5
“You can’t make everyone happy. You’re not pizza.”
– Unknown
“Pizza is the entire food pyramid in one bite.”
– Unknown
Read a Book Day – September 6
“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
– John Green
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”
– C.S. Lewis
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
– Ray Bradbury
National Grandparents Day – September 8
“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet.”
– Unknown
“Grandchildren don’t make a man feel old; it’s the knowledge that he’s married to a grandmother.”
– G. Norman Collie
“A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.”
– Charles and Ann Morse
International Literacy Day – September 8
“Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.”
– Carl Sagan
“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference and choose their news sources accordingly.”
– Thomas Sowell
World Trade Center Attack – September 11, 2001
“Sept. 11 reminds us that the American spirit still shines in times of testing,” Austin said. “After the attacks, amid the horror and the grief, many Americans felt a deeper sense of duty to their communities and to their country. And all around the country with hearts breaking for the slain and the suffering, Americans looked within themselves and felt called to give back.”
– Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
“The 9/11 terrorist attacks killed 2,977 people and injured thousands at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Commemorative events are held at all three sites on the anniversary of the attacks. At the annual observance held at the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan, family members of the victims read aloud the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.”
– from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum website
Positive Thinking Day – September 13
“The people who succeed aren’t the ones who avoid failure; they’re the ones who learn how to respond to failure with optimism.”
– Darren Donnelly
“Tactfulness is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Thoughtfulness always makes a good impression.”
– dovetanentmarketing.com
Citizenship Day – September 17
“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who don’t vote,”
– George Jean Nathan
“The measure of a good citizen is how they contribute positively to their community.”
– Unknown
International Talk Like a Pirate Day – September 19 – Arggg…
Q: Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet?
A: Because they can spend years at C.
Q: How much did the pirate pay for his peg and hook?
A: An arm and a leg.
Q: Where can ye find a pirate who has lost his wooden legs?
A: Right where ye left him.
National Dog Week Fourth Week of September
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.”
– Christopher Morley
“The dog is the god of frolic.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.”
– Charles M Schulz
World Gratitude Day – September 21
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
– Robert Brault
Good Neighbor Day – September 28
“A good neighbor increases the value of your property.”
– Czech proverb
“When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.”
– thehappycandle
National Hispanic American Month
“Your individuality is important, but so is belonging. Recognize the parts of your culture that have shaped your past, and the parts you want to carry with you into the future.”
– Sol Peralta
“It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.”
– Rita Moreno
National Good Manners Month
“Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.”
– Abel Stevens
“To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.”
– Barry M. Goldwater