Quotes About History

America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can't do what used to be done with that kind of strength.

We were each other's only link to the past . . . that was the strength of our bond, and also our weakness.

Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.

The more I learn about the evolution of ideas, the more I have become aware that I am simply an unrepentant Old Whig-with the stress on the "old.

It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.

When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.

Christendom has often achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves

If we successful, we will enter into the history of mountaineering, we will have the opportunity to its success to sacrifice our colleagues.

We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail

You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of chess theory, of chess culture.

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career.

If we measured success by longevity, then dinosaurs must rank as the number one success story in the history of land life.

Yesterday's success belongs to yesterday.

I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.

Slavery had very little to do with the economic success of the West. Just look at the facts and figures and how much slavery actually contributed to development.

This being understood, let us proceed with our history.

It is a bad year for kings," said Gondy, shaking his head; "look at England, madame." "Yes; but fortunately we have no Oliver Cromwell in France," replied the Queen. "Who knows?" said Gondy; "such men are like thunderbolts—one recognized them only when they have struck.

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So is it true, what our enemies say about us: nothing learned, nothing forgotten? (Talleyrand)

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Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Strada, Jornandes, Dante, Montaigne, Shaksepeare, Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Bossuet. I name only the most important.