History Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.

— Ryan Allis

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.

— Oscar Wilde

Who knows whether the best of men be known? or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in…

— Thomas Browne

He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

— Confucius

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an…

— William McKinley

Man is remembered by his deeds.

— Knute Nelson

Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.

— Haile Selassie

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.

— James Carlos Blake

What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a man who…

— Jane Addams

He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors.

— Edmund Burke