We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we make today.

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In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

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History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. — James Fenimore Cooper

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When your back is to the wall and you are facing fear head on, the only way is forward and through it. ― Stephen Richards

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History is written by the winners.

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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

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Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward. Joel Osteen

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History has shown there are no invincible armies. ― Joseph Stalin

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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. — James A. Baldwin

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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. - OSCAR WILDE

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