History Quotes Quotes

“The absolute truth is the biggest myth in human history.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.”
― W.H. Auden

“There is more to history than simply writing it down. One must live it.”
― Guy Haley

“Great teachers are great tour guides - they show us the sights, the sounds, the beauty, the pain, and the ones who made the difference,”
― Bert McCoy, A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life

“We need to be reminded that 112 Filipino soldiers died to fight for the freedom that South Korea enjoys today; and that we have always opened our doors to refugees, from the Jews during World War II to the people Indochina during the Vietnam War.

When we realize that we Filipinos, far from passive victims of history but that of the world, we begin to overcome the feeling of smallness that sets back our geopolitical imagination.

What our past should give us is not an enmity for those who oppressed us, but an empathy for those who experience oppression.
What our past should give us is neither a feeling of victimization nor entitlement, but a dignity of a people that has suffered much--but has overcome more.”
― Gideon Lasco, The Philippines Is Not a Small Country

“He who understands only his own generation remains but a child.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Being on the right side of history is actually very simple: Be a libertarian, keep the morality of being good and fair to everyone above your religious and political beliefs, and always be on the side of science!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Arguably, it is a possibility, not a certainty, that makes history fascinating.”
― Barbora Jiřincová, Slavic Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization

“We are not mere witnesses to history but its living pulse!
What unfolds does not simply cross our path; it moves because of us, shaped by our very existence.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“Before the end of the day there will take place what became known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral … All Ike Clanton needed, and had really been seeking all morning, was an audience. He launched into a soliloquy: “You fellows haven’t given me any show at all. You’ve treated me like a dog. Fight is my racket, and all I want is four feet of ground. If you fellows had been a second later, I would have furnished a coroner’s inquest for the town. I will get even with all of you for this. If I had a six-shooter now, I would make a fight with all of you.”
― Tom Clavin, Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell

“Keep rowing the boat away from the shore down a stream less traveled before,
Knowing a black hole pulls into its mystery, Where nothing familiar survives in its history.”
― Ritu Negi, Collywobbles

“Hoʻokahi o kuʻu noi i ka poʻe: e mālama i ko lākou moʻolelo, ma kahi e mau ai...nā moʻopuna aku ana, nā kualua, a makemake nā moʻopuna, e lohe i ko kākou leo.

I have only one favor to ask of people: to take care of their stories, let them be kept in a permanent place...so that their grandchildren and great-grandchildren can come and hear our voices.”
― Mary Kawena Pukui

“Welll behaved man rarely make history!”
― NK

“Life is a story, and mine is making history.”
― Marion Bekoe

“History is just a glimpse of your future.”
― Mohammed Ben Ayub

“Englishman, although you have conquered the French, you have not yet conquered us! We are not your slaves. These lakes, these woods and mountains, were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance; and we will part with them to none.”
― Minweweh

“Look again. You’re not just looking at a woman. You’re looking at history in motion.”
― Marion Bekoe

“History is a mirror reflecting human triumphs and mistakes. By studying it, we gain insights into societal patterns, the consequences of decisions, and lessons for the future. Awareness of the past empowers wiser choices today.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“The Freedom of Kenya wasn’t won by one tribe, yet some keep editing the script for profit. Until we unlearn that myth, compensation will always fund a falsehood.”
― Don Santo

“History claims the front page, but not everyone makes it to the print.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“In the moments that make history, people fade from memory.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“When medicine serves ideology, things get weird.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“History remembers the victors, but it’s shaped by those who simply happened to survive.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“It sounds absurd, but hang on. History has a soft spot for the unlikely.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“In the Middle Ages, the default debt relief method was not printing money, but burning your bankers at the stake.
Modern society has evolved slightly. We no longer torture or incinerate anyone.
We just… keep borrowing.
Which is admittedly a little more humane.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“In the end, history doesn’t sit there like a fossil, waiting for us to dust it off. It’s more like a mirror — and the angle of the glass changes with whoever is holding it.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“The danger lies not in misunderstanding what happened, but in mistaking our own reflection for the truth.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“History isn’t just what happened — it’s what we believe happened, and those beliefs have the stubborn habit of marching forward with us.”
― Barbora Jirincova, History That Rattles: The Strange, Surprising and True History of Survival

“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.”
― General George H. Patton, Jr.

“Let his musings be recorded, he thought. The historitors’ purpose was the truth. Too often now, the members of the Logos censored themselves.”
― Guy Haley