Best history & failing Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.”

Ifs Giving Asks History Democracy Failing Judgment Forgotten Abundance Hardship

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“The advance of human freedom - the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time - now depends on us. Our nation - this generation - will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.”

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to interest it intelligently in the past, then all their historical learning is valueless except in so far as it educates themselves.”

Ifs Past Purpose Values Interest History Failing Historical Neglect Historian Educate Valueless

Author:G. M. Trevelyan

“We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.”

Giving Long Jobs History Failing Battle Tools Trials Shock Tire Stay Strong World War 2 Exertion Vigilance

Author:Winston Churchill

“Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period of man's creation, our book becomes more clear, and nature seems to speak to us in language so like our own, that we easily comprehend it. But just as we begin to enter on the history of physical changes going on before our eyes, and in which we ourselves bear a part, our chronicle seems to fail us-a leaf has been torn out from nature's record, and the succession of events is almost hidden from our eyes.”

Source: A complete guide to the Lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist, with mr. Wordsworth's Description of the scenery of the country, &c. and Three letters upon the geology of the Lake district, by prof. Sedgwick

“Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically.”

Sometimes Leader Careers History Failing Drama Dignity Great Leader

Author:Phil Crosby

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