Powerful quotes from history

It’s not just history buffs who may know these famous quotes from history curated by the Papergy review team, but you may too!

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." - Aristotle

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself." - Charlie Chaplin

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston S. Churchill

"I think; therefore I am." - René Descartes

"Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." - Sun Tzu

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit." - Khalil Gibran

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates

"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying." - Jeanne d'Arc

"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold." - Bob Marley

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Powerful sayings and famous historical quotes

You may know a few of these historical quotes, so if you are a history buff, why not enjoy them all curated by the Papergy review team?

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." - Michelangelo

“I pay no attention whatsoever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings." - Mozart

"I came, I saw, I conquered." - Julius Caesar

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please." - Karl Marx

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more." - Nikola Tesla

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - John F. Kennedy

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