Blatchley (Willis Stanley Blatchley), Quote, The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. Blatchley, was making a different philosophical point: 1906, Boulder Reveries by W. One was the day of birth, but the other was the day of death. In 1906 a book called “Boulder Reveries” referred to the “two most important days in a man’s existence”. This article presents a snapshot of what QI has found, and subsequent researchers may discover more information. This is why we were born: To love the Lord our God with all our heart and soul and mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves.īased on current evidence the provenance is anonymous. It has been said that the two most important days of a man’s life are the day on which he was born and the day on which he discovers why he was born. Our times call not for diction but for action. Boldface has been added to excerpts: Pamphlet, Sermons from Riverside, Date of Sermon: January 25, 1970, Title of Sermon: “Give Ye Them to Eat”: Luke 9:10-17, Author of Sermon: Dr. Campbell prefaced the saying with the locution “it has been said”. Campbell delivered a sermon on Januthat was recorded in the pamphlet. The earliest strong match located by QI appeared in a 1970 pamphlet published by “The Riverside Church” of New York City. Quote Investigator: There is no substantive support linking Mark Twain to the statement. Here are two versions of a saying that has improbably been attributed to the man from Hannibal, Missouri:ġ) The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.Ģ) There are two great days in a person’s life-the day we are born and the day we discover why.

I fear that a civilization of the distant future will credit Twain with authorship of every extant text. Campbell? Anita Canfield? William Barclay? William McCartney? Tim Elmore? David Wood? Dave Martin? Helen Burns? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: The number of fake Mark Twain quotations grows significantly every year.

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