Happy Birthday!

My birthday happens to fall in February, so I thought it might be fun and interesting to recall the birthdays of some quoteworthy February celebrants. . . .

February 7, 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
"It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong."

February 7, 1812 - Charles Dickens
"Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

February 8, 1931 - James Dean
"Only the gentle are ever really strong."
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

February 26, 1802 - Victor Hugo
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

February 27, 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."