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title: "16 History Best Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 16 History Best quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best History Best sayings and thoughts."
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> [My aim is to go down in history as one of the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristiano-ronaldo/my-aim-is-to-go-down-in-history-as-one-of-the-best/)

[Cristiano Ronaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristiano-ronaldo/)

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> [History at its best is vicarious experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-morgan/history-at-its-best-is-vicarious-experience/)

[Edmund Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-morgan/)

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> [Those that innovate the future understand history the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/those-that-innovate-the-future-understand-history-the-best/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/rick-warren-230_funny_those-that-innovate-the-future-understan_23385.png)

> [The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/the-study-of-history-is-the-best-medicine-for-a-sick-mind/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/livy-3007_education_the-study-of-history-is-the-best-medicin_41485.png)

> [History is the best guide to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/history-is-the-best-guide-to-the-future/)

[Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/bill-dedman-3519_best_history-is-the-best-guide-to-the-future_2871812.jpg)

> [You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-killed-more-people-than-anybody-in-history-be-the-best-at/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [There’s no point to living life unless you make history and the best way to make history is to help others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demi-lovato/there-s-no-point-to-living-life-unless-you-make-history-and-the-best/)

[Demi Lovato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demi-lovato/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/demi-lovato-612_help-others_there-s-no-point-to-living-life-unless-y_2098346.jpg)

> [Of all our studies, it is history that is best qualified to reward our research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/of-all-our-studies-it-is-history-that-is-best-qualified-to-reward-our/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-man-will-not-need-to-study-history-to-find-out-what-is-best-for-his/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/henry-david-thoreau-20_culture_a-man-will-not-need-to-study-history-to_3222988.jpg)

> [History is often best told from the ground, out of a car window or in someone's kitchen, not through some huge production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-fox/history-is-often-best-told-from-the-ground-out-of-a-car-window-or-in/)

[Josh Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/josh-fox-10700_best_history-is-often-best-told-from-the-grou_2806220.jpg)

> [“We've just lost our way, that's all. But what if you could give us a chance to do better? Just one chance?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-elton/we-ve-just-lost-our-way-that-s-all-but-what-if-you-could-give-us-a/)

[Ben Elton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-elton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/ben-elton-12329_best-shot_we-ve-just-lost-our-way-that-s-all-but-w_228360.jpg)

> [“..history is best explained dramatically, because for God's sake nobody's going to tell me that massive Homeric war so to speak, between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/history-is-best-explained-dramatically-because-for-god-s-sake-nobody/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/jack-kerouac-182_history_history-is-best-explained-dramatically-b_1752897.jpg)

> [History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/history-is-always-best-written-generations-after-the-event-when/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/theodore-white-19249_accepted_history-is-always-best-written-generatio_1742012.png)

> [ “\[Veda:\] History is the best kind of story. We each write our own stories about good versus evil, failure and success, love… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-lave/veda-history-is-the-best-kind-of-story-we-each-write-our-own-stories/)

[Jessica Lave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-lave/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/jessica-lave-25020_good-versus-evil_veda-history-is-the-best-kind-of-story-w_3055790.jpg)

> [They say that 'history is an argument without end.' In Thompson's skillful hands, this momentous argument between two old friends on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-alter/they-say-that-history-is-an-argument-without-end-in-thompson-s/)

[Jonathan Alter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-alter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/jonathan-alter-27761_analysis_they-say-that-history-is-an-argument-wit_2131878.jpg)

> [“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/the-study-of-history-is-the-best-medicine-for-a-sick-mind-for-in/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/livy-3007_country_the-study-of-history-is-the-best-medicin_216164.png)

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