History Quotes

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius



A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mahatma Gandhi



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



History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Winston Churchill



I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Thomas Jefferson



Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
Winston Churchill



The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Mark Twain



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



The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt



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



If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Desmond Tutu



We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
John F. Kennedy



To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Margaret Thatcher



Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana



Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Margaret Thatcher



Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington



Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
Edmund Burke



That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
Aldous Huxley



A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret Thatcher



I came, I saw, I conquered.
Julius Caesar



A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
George S. Patton



Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
George S. Patton



This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong



France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster.
Johnny Depp



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