TODAYS QUOTES ON HISTORY

[prasanna]

History quotes


“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it”

Winston Churchill  (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)



“History is written by the victors.”

Winston Churchill  (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)



“History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes”

Mark Twain (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)



“Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it”

Oscar Wilde( Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)



“Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.”

Mahatma Gandhi (Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948)



“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death”

Robert Fulghum



“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.”

Robert Francis Kennedy  ( U.S. attorney general and adviser, 1925-1968)

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“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”

Napoleon Bonaparte (French General, Politician and Emperor (1804-14). 1769-1821)



“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”

Oscar Wilde  (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)



“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”

David C. McCullough
(American author b.1933)

[karlenespellman]

Good always triumphs.
Thanks for these.