# Quote of the Day for October 1, 2026

> Twelve hand-picked inspirational quotes for October 1, 2026, refreshed every morning.

Thursday, October 1, 2026 · twelve hand-picked quotes for today.

## Quote of the day

> “As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.”

Phil Crane

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## Eleven more for today

1. “My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.” — Natalie Portman · Family

2. “Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.” — Michel de Montaigne · Dreams Quotes

3. “Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.” — Erich Fromm · Dreams Quotes

4. “My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.” — John Mayer · Dreams Quotes

5. “Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?” — Erich Fromm · Learning Quotes

6. “Don't let schooling interfere with your education.” — Mark Twain · Learning Quotes

7. “Education is the cheap defense of nations.” — Edmund Burke · Learning Quotes

8. “No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.” — Louis L'Amour · Learning Quotes

9. “The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.” — John Frusciante · Wisdom

10. “The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.” — Pope John Paul II · Wisdom

11. “Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.” — Barbara de Angelis · Wisdom

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