History Quotes

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

18227 quotes

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"History teaches us the consequences of our actions."
Owen D. Young
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"History repeats when lessons are forgotten."
Owen D. Young
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"History teaches us that the boldest dreamers often become the greatest achievers."
Frank Woolworth
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and retail mirrors this truth."
Marshall Field
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"History judges not the loudest but the most righteous."
Marshall Field
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"I have always believed in American innovation."
Walter Chrysler
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"History teaches us that persistence overcomes impossible odds."
Harvey Firestone
"I have always been interested in how and why pioneer settlers had to get along."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"History teaches us that human progress is inevitable."
Guglielmo Marconi
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"The measure of a civilization is not what it builds, but what it preserves."
Owen D. Young
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"We honor those who came before us by improving what they built."
Owen D. Young
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"The past teaches us; the present defines us; the future awaits those who dare."
Frank Woolworth
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"The past teaches, the present challenges, and the future beckons."
Walter Chrysler
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"History shows us that the greatest businesses outlive their founders because they serve a cause larger than profit."
James Cash Penney
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"History is written by those who document it."
George Eastman
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"History teaches that those who ignore its lessons are condemned to repeat them."
Owen D. Young
"History teaches us the consequences of our choices; we must study and learn from it."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"History teaches us that empires built on arrogance eventually crumble."
Alfred P. Sloan
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"A man who cannot learn from his past is condemned to repeat it."
Owen D. Young
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"History is written by those who understand that ideas shape the world."
Owen D. Young
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"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
Walter Chrysler
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"A successful man is one who builds on the wisdom of those who came before him."
Walter Chrysler
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"History is the teacher of those willing to learn from the past."
Harvey Firestone
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"History's lessons are available to all who bother to study them carefully."
Harvey Firestone
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"A man who refuses to learn from the past is condemned to repeat its mistakes."
Owen D. Young
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"The history of my life is written in my accomplishments"
Guglielmo Marconi
"History shows us that men and women are capable of incredible achievements."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"History teaches us that nothing is permanent except change itself."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"We must respect the past while building the future."
Walter Chrysler
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"History is bunk."
Henry Ford