Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted,but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate. β Henry David Thoreau
History is the story of events, with praise or blame. β Cotton Mather
That's history. I say history because it happened in the past. β Murray Walker
History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses. β Charles Angoff
The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas. β Pyotr Chaadayev
There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. β Ulysses S. Grant
History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another. β Jacob Burckhardt
World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings. β Denis Healey
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise. β Cleopatra
Great minds discuss ideas.Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.
Historical Events Quotes
Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong. β Elliott Erwitt
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. β Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events. β Arthur Erickson
Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.
When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War. β Trevor Nunn
Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more. β Louis L'Amour
I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject. β Ibrahim Babangida
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.
History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different from the events themselves, much as the minds of the gods cannot be read just by witnessing their deeds. β Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. β Pinchas Lapide
A complex is a cluster of energy in the unconscious, charged by historic events, reinforced through repitition, embodying a fragment of our personality, and generating a programmed response and an implicit set of expectations. β Carl Jung
History - an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant β John Barth
Changes In History Quotes
No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions. β Subhas Chandra Bose
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. β Harry S Truman
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. β Harry S. Truman
Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. β Aldous Huxley
We may have made one of the biggest and most stupid collective mistakes in history by getting so worried about global warming. β Nigel Farage
There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change. β Edward Witten
The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.
Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mist of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past. β Margaret Thatcher
In the twenty-five years that have passed since the ending of the World War when the people of this country emerged from generations of humiliation under foreign occupation, we have accomplished much to our credit, overcome many difficulties and changed the course of our history. β Tunku Abdul Rahman
Like it or not, everything is changing. The result will be the most wonderful experience in the history of man or the most horrible enslavement that you can imagine. Be active or abdicate. The future is in your hands. β Milton William Cooper
We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history- a change in the actual belief structure of Western society. No economic, political, or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind. By deliberately changing their images of reality, people are changing the world. β Willis Harman
Significant Events Quotes
There is a quiet courage that comes from an inward spring of confidence in the meaning and significance of life. Such courage is an underground river, flowing far beneath the shifting events of one's experience, keeping alive a thousand little springs of action. β Howard Thurman
We tend to take a great deal for granted, because you feel like you're going to live forever. It's only if you lose a friend, or maybe have a near-death experience, [that] many events and people in your life suddenly attain real significance. β Brandon Lee
We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative. β James Redfield
Always be prepared to have the time of your life.
Pregnancy and motherhood are the most beautiful and significantly life-altering events that I have ever experienced. β Elisabeth Hasselbeck
The days, months, and years eventually reveal, like a Polaroid, a clear picture of how significant events and decisions ultimately shape our lives. β Hoda Kotb
The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation. β Eudora Welty
By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives. β Alan Greenspan
Important Events Quotes
Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. β Thomas Berry
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months. β Jessica Savitch
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. β Vince Lombardi
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
The secret to achieving inner peace lies in understanding our inner core values β those things in our lives that are most important to us β and then seeing that they are reflected in the daily events of our lives. β Hyrum W. Smith
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams.... Man...is above all the plaything of his memory. β Andre Breton
Love for one's motherland is one of the most powerful and uplifting feelings. It manifested itself in full in the brotherly support to the people of Crimea and Sevastopol, when they resolutely decided to return home, this event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever. β Vladimir Putin
Change is a process, not an event.
In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection. β William Lyon Phelps
How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles. β Richard Burton
What is important is not what someone is but what he is waiting for. Not the events of life but its possibilities. β Dorothee Solle
We are not apt to think of the importance of events as they transpire with us, but we feel the importance of them afterwards. β Wilford Woodruff
World Events Quotes
The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together. β Plotinus
I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself. β Virginia Satir
I'm not sure what it was like to walk into the Coliseum, but I bet it was something like this. The best place in the world to watch a sporting event. β Wright Thompson
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
I learned from great investors like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch that you have to look at stocks not based on world events or economic data but almost in spite of them. β Francois Rochon
Learn to go first. Introduce yourself. Ask them out. Host the event. Voice an idea. Tell people what you want. Youβll face more rejections when things go wrong, but youβll get all of the credit when things go right. The world rewards those who go first because so few people do. β Mark Manson
The research suggests that, with a few exceptions, major events or traumas that occur even three months earlier have little to no effect on our present happiness. The reason is that we are able to make our own happiness. We change the way we see the world so that we can feel better. β William Ury
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.
At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey. β Daniel Handler
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. β Gaston Bachelard
I think that being isolated from the Hollywood world of premieres and red carpet events was probably good for me because I could ease into those at will and by my own choice. But in other aspects, when it comes to fanfare, Hawaii is nuts and in L.A. they're all so jaded. They don't care. β Evangeline Lilly
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? β J. B. Priestley
Women In History Quotes
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. β Mae Jemison
Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less. β Marie Curie
In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond. β Haile Selassie
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. β Dolores Huerta
Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society. β Sonia Sotomayor
A women's place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that's why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today. β Dolores Huerta
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity. β Vida Goldstein
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' β Eleanor Roosevelt
There can be no doubt that our Nation has had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination. Traditionally, such discrimination was rationalized by an attitude of "romantic paternalism" which, in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage. β William J. Brennan
American History Quotes
Donald Trump is obviously the most pro-gay candidate in American electoral history. β Milo Yiannopoulos
Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State? β Robert E. Lee
Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime. β Angela Davis
Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. β Mae Jemison
With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army. β Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will say to you, 'You are not worthy to enjoy the blessings of democracy or anything else'. β Carter G. Woodson
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution β Frederick Douglass
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. β Thomas Jefferson
Of the people, by the people, for the people. β Sun Yat-sen
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you. β Paul Robeson
Events In Life Quotes
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. β Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence. β Queen Elizabeth II
Teenagers all think their life is a movie. If you break up with someone or you have a fight, you walk around with movie scores playing in your head. You sort of see yourself suffering as you're suffering. There's a lot of melodrama attached to the real events of your life. β Kenneth Lonergan
Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. β Peter Agre
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution. β Deepak Chopra
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear. β Oprah Winfrey
Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with. β Charlotte Rampling
Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected. β Faith Sullivan
Change is an event but a transition is the process that you go through in response to the change. β William Bridges
Goals are a preview of future events and experiences in your life. β Mark Victor Hansen
Great Events Quotes
It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles. β Karen Armstrong
Great minds discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people. β Indian Proverbs
The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly β Harry Reasoner
My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity. β Joely Fisher
All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything. β Napoleon Bonaparte
Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport. β Serge Schmemann
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. β Groucho Marx
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. β Robert Kennedy
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope. β Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. β Horace
World History Quotes
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. β Michelle Obama
The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom. β Phillis Wheatley
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. β Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. β Hermann Goring
The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather than Kennedy is that Onassis probably wouldn't have married Mrs Khrushchev. β Nikita Khrushchev
No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy. β Amartya Sen
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. β Thurgood Marshall
We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains. β Hermann Goring
On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, Δ°stanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens. β Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. β Groucho Marx
If white privilege is a thing, why are people working so hard to be black? All of the award shows and cultural events favor black culture. β Milo Yiannopoulos
The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life. β Constantin Stanislavski
You know why men make more money than women? Because, in the unlikely event that we're both on the Titanic and it starts to sink, for some reason, you get to leave with the kids and I have
to stay - that's why I get the dollar more an hour. β Bill Burr
We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition. β Aristotle
Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events. Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon which to be exhausting ourselves. But if you can find meaning, in the kind of running you have to do to stay on this team, chances are you will be able to find meaning in another absurd past-time: life. β Bill Bowerman
People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly. β Gary Larson
Men have said that the cross of Christ was not a heroic thing, but I want to tell you that the cross of Jesus Christ has put more heroism in the souls of men than any other event in human history. β John G. Lake
When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities. β David Jeremiah
To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set your own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them. β Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results. β Niccolo Machiavelli
We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisely because unexpected, not foreseen by anyone. It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere. β Primo Levi
It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens. β Ptolemy
A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice. β Karl Popper
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. β William James
I went to a psychologist friend and said if 500 people claimed to see Jesus after he died, it was just a hallucination. He said hallucinations are an individual event. If 500 people have the same hallucination, that's a bigger miracle than the resurrection. β Lee Strobel
A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives. β Jane McGonigal
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. β Robert A. Heinlein
Though we can't always see it at the time, if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best interests. We are always being guided in a way better than we know ourselves. β Swami Satchidananda
Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up. β John C. Maxwell
The evidence for Jesus' resurrection is so strong that nobody would question it except for two things: First, it is a very unusual event. And second, if you believe it happened, you have to change the way you live. β Wolfhart Pannenberg
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