History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Quote by David C McCullough

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Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.

Throw away those books and cassettes on inspirational leadership. Send those consultants packing. Know your...

Throw away those books and cassettes on inspirational leadership. Send those consultants packing. Know your...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom...

The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits...

The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

There are many little ways to enlarge your childs world. Love of books is the...

There are many little ways to enlarge your childs world. Love of books is the...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...