Endeavor Quote by Carl L. Becker

History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.

— J. H. Plumb

Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world

— Ludwig von Mises

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it…

— Henry Steele Commager

You cannot afford to rely on history, you have to make it.

— Martin O'Neill

Without the imaginative insight which goes with creative literature, history cannot be intelligibly written.

— C. V. Wedgwood

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world…

— Howard Nemerov

History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect. ...History will justify anything. It teaches precisely nothing, for it contains…

— Paul Valery

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

— Gwen Ifill

History is the self-consciousness of humanity.

— Johann Gustav Droysen

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

History is a condensation of all of our greatest triumphs and all of our worst mistakes. Perhaps,by studying,it we can better ourselves as a…

— Albert Ong

I think history is only ever invisible when it abets your sense of self, your desires, your ambitions, when it carries your life along…

— Garth Greenwell