[go: up one dir, main page]
2026 Reading Challenge

Living History Quotes

Quotes tagged as "living-history" Showing 1-6 of 6
History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and
“History, too, has a penchant for giving birth
to itself over and over again, and those whom it
appoints agents of change and progress
do not always accept their destinies willingly.”
― Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
tags: acceptance, acceptance-of-oneself-and-others, agents-of-change, birth-and-rebirth, black-history-month, change, change-advocates, contemporary-historians, current-history, destiny, fate, giving-birth, harlem-renaissance, hispanic-history, historian-aberjhani, historians, historicity, historicization, history, history-makers, intellectual-history, leadership, lessons-from-history, life-lessons, living-history, making-history, modern-historians, national-history-day, outstanding-people-in-history, philosophy-of-change, postered-poetics-by-aberjhani, reluctant-advocates, will, willpower, wisdom-quotes, women-s-history-month, writing-history
17 likes
Like

Rick Steves
“When we travel, we have the opportunity to see history as it's unfolding. With knowledge of the past, we can better appreciate the significance of what's happening today. That's something a lot of travelers don't take advantage of . . . and it's never been more important.”
― Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
tags: living-history, travel, traveling
2 likes
Like

Rick Steves
“. . . I've learned over the years that if more people knew more about history, our world would be a better place. History is constantly speaking to us. Travelers enjoy a privileged way to hear it—and sometimes an up-close chance to witness history in the making.”
― Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
tags: history, learning-from-the-past, living-history, traveling, world-history
2 likes
Like

Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Rumors become the story du jour. And while our past experiences may have seemed like ancient history to us, every detail of our lives was being sifted and combed as if we were some sort of archaeological dig.”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History
tags: hillary-rodham-clinton, living-history
1 likes
Like

Mercedes Lackey
“I'd been going to study Pre-Flowering History," Tiercel offered.
"Now you're living it," Kave said.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Phoenix Transformed
tags: character-kave, character-tiercel, james-mallory, living-history, location-10055, mercedes-lackey, page-438, study, the-phoenix-transformed
0 likes
Like

Rick Steves
“Knowing the history of a place gives you a context in which to better appreciate it. And a great way to learn that history is on location, from someone who lived it.”
― Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
tags: history, history-of-places, living-history
0 likes
Like

All Quotes | My Quotes | Add A Quote

Browse By Tag