Quotes about History
The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.
- Ronald Reagan
Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists.
- Peter Kreeft
Things look different when history is seen as His-story.
- Peter Kreeft
History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against it.
- Anais Nin
The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!
- Nelson Mandela
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
- Albert Camus
Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.
- Oprah Winfrey
The history of the Church is the rise and progress of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world.
- Philip Schaff
The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.
- Alistair Begg
The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.
- RC Sproul