Approval of others Quote by Janny Wurts

“Word of his great strength, intelligence, and perseverance had spread even this far, and yet his youth was such that my father knew he…

— Daniel Wallace

“Let us not, in the pride of our superior knowledge, turn with contempt from the follies of our predecessors. The study of the errors…

— Charles MacKay

“There was within him a deep unexpressed conviction that all would be well, but that one must not trust to this and still less…

— Leo Tolstoy

“How he led is no mystery. His techniques were time-honored. He knew his men. He saw to it that they had dry socks, enough…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“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

“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair arm, his…

— Wendell Berry

“No past experience, however rich, and no historical research, however thorough, can save the living generation the creative task of finding their own answers…

— Alexander Gerschenkron

“Grandfather looked away from me and out to sea, and when he spoke, it was as though he spoke to himself. “The obligations of…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Feeling that everyone else was so much more powerful and sophisticated than he was, he had lost sight of his true values, suspended his…

— Ken Follett

“Humans, I was discovering, believed they were in control of their own lives, and so they were in awe of questions and tests, as…

— Matt Haig

“His life had been spent pursuing excellence and amassing a great fortune, but now that it was ending, there was no one he was…

— Steven Decker

“When the ships had lifted, they returned across the river to the silence of death. Then his grandfather told him, "Many fine things your…

— Jack Vance