Birthdays occurring on February, 7

1870

Alfred Adler was born on February 7, 1870 Austrian psychiatrist whose influential system of individual psychology introduced the term inferiority feeling, later widely and often inaccurately called inferiority complex, 1870-1937 What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live! More quotations from Alfred Adler

1883

Eric Temple Bell was born on February 7, 1883 Scottish born American mathematician, biographer, educator and writer, 1883-1960 Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions. More quotations from Eric Temple Bell

1883

Eubie Blake was born on February 7, 1883 American pianist and composer of ragtime music and show tunes. 1883-1983 Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion. More quotations from Eubie Blake

1885

Sinclair Lewis was born on February 7, 1885 American writer, 1885-1951 The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, ''The trouble with this country is...'' More quotations from Sinclair Lewis

Deaths occurring on February, 7

1921

Peter Kropotkin died on February 7, 1921 America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society. More quotations from Peter Kropotkin

1937

Elihu Root died on February 7, 1937 American lawyer and statesman. Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912. 1845-1937 Men do not fail; they give up trying More quotations from Elihu Root

1938

Harvey S. Firestone died on February 7, 1938 American industrialist founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.,1868-1938 Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. More quotations from Harvey S. Firestone