History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"You know what the fellow said—in Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance."
Orson Welles
"History teaches us that progress requires persistence and sacrifice."
Elizabeth Taylor
G
"I believe that one's past is prologue to one's future, and that understanding where we come from helps us know where we're going."
Grace Kelly
Q
"History is written by those who dare to be different."
Queen
"We carry our histories within us"
Pink Floyd
"History teaches us lessons for the future"
Led Zeppelin
J
"History repeats itself for those who don't learn it."
John Wayne
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
James Stewart
"The pages of history are written by those who dare"
Led Zeppelin
O
"History is a vast early warning system."
Orson Welles
"History repeats itself not because we forget, but because we refuse to listen."
Pink Floyd
"History repeats itself because we fail to learn its lessons."
James Stewart
J
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
John Wayne
J
"History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes."
John Wayne
"The past haunts us if we let it, but it can also teach us."
Pink Floyd
"The pages in history whisper forgotten truths"
Led Zeppelin
O
"Real culture is not about the past—it's about the present moment."
Orson Welles
"I believe that history is written by those brave enough to live boldly."
Elizabeth Taylor
M
"History is filled with people who did the right thing."
Marlon Brando
"History repeats itself because we fail to learn from it."
James Stewart
"History is written by those who understand its patterns."
James Stewart
"The past is a room we can visit but never truly leave"
Pink Floyd
B
"History teaches us lessons for the future."
Bing Crosby
B
"History is our greatest teacher."
Bing Crosby
J
"History judges us by what we do in the present."
John Wayne
"The immigrant song echoes through the ages"
Led Zeppelin
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
James Stewart
B
"History is the teacher of those who listen."
Bing Crosby
B
"History repeats because we fail to learn its lessons."
Bing Crosby
J
"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them."
John Wayne