Attraction Quote by David McCullough

One of the most important factors in life, politics and war, to which historians tend to devote too little attention, is sheer luck, good…

— Robert Rhodes James

Given the brevity of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the…

— Karen Russell

It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The…

— Ken Robinson

In history books, luck is always underplayed and the talent of individuals is usually overplayed.

— Dominic Cummings

History rewards those who can change their minds when the stakes are high.

— Andy Dunn

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

— Jean Cocteau

Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by…

— George W. Bush

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

— Thomas Perry

Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can't control luck. But we can…

— Chip Heath

However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this…

— William Ernest Hocking

“Because history has the functions it has—supplying practical lessons and moral examples, shaping a culture’s identity and even influencing one’s view of destiny—it is…

— Heath White

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables…

— Carl Becker