History Quote

our_historymartinlutherkingjr1“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.”         Robert Kennedy

 

“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”               Edmund Burke

“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”   Napoleon Bonaparte

 

“History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.”          Malcolm X
“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”   Franz Kafka
“Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.”         Eckhard Pfeiffer

Why is History important?

why study historyFew will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

Robert Kennedy

“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.” 
Robert Penn Warren

“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”           B. C. Forbes

“History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ”   David McCullough