Dreams Quote by Joseph J. Ellis

History is full of people with great ideas, but leaders also need to ensure their visions become reality.

— Seth Moulton

It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.

— John Lewis Gaddis

“It’s sometimes a blessing that great historical figures don’t live to see what people do to their visions.”

— Jack L. Chalker

“Nowadays our sense of history is being destroyed by the nature of our history - our memory is short and it grows shorter under…

— Lionel Trilling

“As a reminder, that sometimes, history gives great enough opportunity to those with ideals and who struggle to test their ability to realize their…

— Anonymous

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

— Anonymous

“History is not made by great dreams, but by the petty wants of all respectable, moderately thievish and selfish people, that is, of everyone.…

— Karel Čapek

“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.”

— Daniel Walker Howe

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

— Arnold J. Toynbee

To show the potentialities of a brighter future we must first resuscitate the visions of a better past.

— Josh Bernstein

“History is always a grand fantasy... To reconstruct is to invent.”

— Eca De Queiroz

“Our concern with history is a concern with preformed images already imprinted on our brains, images at which we keep staring while the truth…

— W. G. Sebald