" That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well." - Abraham Lincoln
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FAMOUS THOUGHTS ABOUT HISTORY...
"If you don't know where you come from, you don't know who you are." - James Burke
"Life must by lived forward, but it can only be understood backward." - Soren Kierkegaard
"History is who we are and why we are the way we are." - David McCullough
"The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past." - Frank J. Dobie
"To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child." - Cicero
"If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ” - Michael Crichton
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhyme." - Mark Twain
"History never looks like history when you are living through it." - John W. Gardner
"History will be kind to me because I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill
"People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.” - Milan Kundera
* The Lincoln pictures used on this site are the courtesy of Weebly.
All other pictures were taken by Mrs. Schirtzinger, retired history teacher.
"If you don't know where you come from, you don't know who you are." - James Burke
"Life must by lived forward, but it can only be understood backward." - Soren Kierkegaard
"History is who we are and why we are the way we are." - David McCullough
"The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past." - Frank J. Dobie
"To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child." - Cicero
"If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ” - Michael Crichton
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhyme." - Mark Twain
"History never looks like history when you are living through it." - John W. Gardner
"History will be kind to me because I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill
"People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.” - Milan Kundera
* The Lincoln pictures used on this site are the courtesy of Weebly.
All other pictures were taken by Mrs. Schirtzinger, retired history teacher.