Aspect Quote by Ellsworth Huntington

History is the long struggle of man, by exercise of his reason, to understand his environment and to act upon it. But the modern…

— Edward Hallett Carr

“History is a record of human nature in action.”

— James Carlos Blake

History is the narrative of people searching for a place to go.

— Anonymous

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

— David McCullough

History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

— David Hume

History is an intricate web of of timing, people, circumstances, and serendipity.

— Don Rittner

History is a compass that you locate yourself on the map of human geography, politically, culturally, financially.

— John Henrik Clarke

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

What is history, indeed, but a record of change?

— Jawaharlal Nehru

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.

— Donald Creighton

History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

History is a means of access to ourselves.

— Lynn Townsend White, Jr