Action Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power -…

— Umberto Eco

“The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. Even when they do not…

— C.Wright Mills

If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

— Albert Camus

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

— Norman Mailer

Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

— Tanith Lee

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

— Jean De La Bruyere

“Historians often minimize or discount the impact that any one individual can have on human destiny-and for good reason. Given the broad tides in…

— Kevin Fedarko

“What drives history is the human ambition to alter one’s condition to match one’s hopes.’3”

— Andrew Marr

History is told through the eyes of men about men.

— Rachel Brosnahan

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.

— C. Wright Mills

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“Because history became his (Keenan's) genuine passion, he tended to see the world in terms of deep historical forces that, in his mind, formed…

— David Halberstam