History Quote by Dew Platt

“I do not turn to history to draw from it an easy lesson of hope, but to confront my experience with that of others,…

— Zbigniew Herbert

“History reminds us of the inherent weakness in the human condition and the very real possibility that our fellow human beings are capable of…

— John Fea

“Discovering the history of an individual saves you a lot of time, energy, money, and many more towards your own goal(s) in life. Later,…

— Isaac Nash

“ Wisdom When I have ceased to break my wings Against the faultiness of things, And learned that compromises wait Behind each hardly opened…

— Sara Teasdale

“The experience of history should lead us to hope and strive to make the world better, not to despair and resign ourselves to fate.”

— Alan Beattie

“Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. The narrator must seek to imbue…

— Francis Parkman

“History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoints agents of change and progress…

— Aberjhani

“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly…

— Carl Sagan

“Truth to tell, at any point in our lives we’ve forgotten more than we know about our own history. The world moves on, and…

— Dathan Auerbach

“The actions of a single person can change the course of the world and create history.”

— Michael Scott

“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good, and wise;…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“History teaches us things about ourselves, but you have to listen for the lessons. You have to be really still to hear the whispers.”

— Amber Kizer