Famous Quotes

"If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history."

Bo Bennett on History

More quotes about History

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

  Confucius on History

• "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

  Abraham Lincoln on History

• "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

  Mahatma Gandhi on History

• "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

• "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

  Thomas Jefferson on History

More quotes by Bo Bennett

• "Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization."

• "Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."

• "Spend some time this weekend on home improvement improve your attitude toward your family."

• "An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame."

• "Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness."