History Quotes - Page 15

• The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

  William James

  Fear, Past, Mind

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• History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life.

  Marcus Garvey

  Land, African American, Mark

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Children, Infancy Is, Former

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• Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind.

  W. H. Auden

  Past, Men, Historical

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "D. H. Lawrence"

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• The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Memorial Day

  John Brown ch. 13 (1909)

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• History is the action and reaction of these two, nature and thought.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Two, Action, Reactions

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.270, Penguin

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• History, history! We fools, what do we know or care.

  William Carlos Williams

  Care, Fool, Knows

  William Carlos Williams (2009). “In the American Grain (Second Edition)”, p.61, New Directions Publishing

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• It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

  Rebecca West

  Smell, Differences, Sometimes

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.77, Open Road Media

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• Some people make headlines while others make history.

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  People, Headlines

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• History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.

  F. M. Powicke

  Men, Mind, Weight

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• History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Essence, Legacy, Biographies

  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays "On History" (1838) See Thomas Carlyle 12

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• I am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislatures, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.

  Jane Addams

  Believe, Men, Done

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  I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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• History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

  John F. Kennedy

  Patriotic, Past, Rushing

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• That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

  John Buchan

  Guarantees, Study, Supreme

  John Buchan (2016). “THE THREE HOSTAGES (Mystery & Adventure Classic): An International Children’s Kidnapping Racket With A Race against Time (Including Memoirs & Biography of the Author)”, p.390, e-artnow

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• We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.

  Michael Eisner

  Art, Money, Business

  "Michael Eisner: Monster, inc". www.independent.co.uk. December 07, 2003.

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• History is the memory of things said and done.

  Carl L. Becker

  Memories, Done, Said

  Carl L. Becker (1960). “Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life”

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• Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

  Edgar Saltus

  Skepticism, Bedfellows

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• From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

  Jesse Jackson

  Flower, People, Soul

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• Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Hype, Political, President

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• If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, Differences, Diversity

  1963 Speech, American University, Washington DC, 10 Jun.

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• All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'

  John F. Kennedy

  Patriotic, Pride, Men

  Remarks in Rudolf Wilde Platz,West Berlin, Germany, 26 June 1963.

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• Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Political, Tragedy

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Acceptance

  1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.

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• The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Change, Wisdom, Time

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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