“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” BodySpiritCoursesLeadershipHistorySuccessfulCommitmentDeterminationMissionsDeterminedOptimisticDownsizingGetting Fired Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a point of choosing.” HumansSometimesSeemsActionHistoryMovementDeterminedWideDestinationShoreArcsHuman Actions Author:George W. Bush
“Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the "Principe," has determined the development of European history ever since.” Has BeensRealityAbleCoursesOpportunityViewsPrinciplesHistoryViolenceDevelopmentEuropeDeterminedCompromiseExploitsGlorifyEuropean History Author:Stefan Zweig
“The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and back again, changewhich suddenly dissolves into a moment of extreme catastrophe, a model tragedy because the fate of Europe was determined within this individual fate.” ArtMomentsIndividualHistoryFateDramaBattleModelsEuropeTragedyExtremesDeterminedTensionWorks Of ArtCatastropheBack AgainWaterloo Author:Stefan Zweig
“The economic interpretation of history does not necessarily mean that all events are determined solely by economic forces. It simply means that economic facts are the ever recurring decisive forces, the chief points in the process of history.” MeanDoeFactsForceProcessHistoryEconomicEventsDeterminedChiefsInterpretationRecurring Author:Eduard Bernstein
“Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess.” MenShouldMeanRealAgeTurnsNationsHistorySizeDeterminedTreasureMeasurementWorld War 2Free ManKinshipProximity Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.” PeopleMayWarMovingWinningGivenHistoryMillionsDoubtSacrificeLet MeIndependenceUnionsClimatePerseveranceDeterminedTreasurePreservesCivil WarSouthernSteadyMomentumAmerican Civil WarFieryImpulsiveAvalanchesSecession Author:Sam Houston