HISTORY

Man learns from History that
Man does not learn from History. ……….Author Unknown

History is a set of lies agreed upon. …….Napoleon Bonaparte

History is the sum total of the things
that could have been avoided. ……Konrad Adenauer

History never looks like history
when you are living through it. ……..John W. Gardner

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past,
trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes,
and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. …….Sir Winston Churchill

Perhaps nobody has changed the course of History
as much as the historians. ………Franklin P. Jones

Every true History must force us to remember that the past
was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future. ……George Macaulay Trevelyan

People are trapped in history,
and history is trapped in them. ……..James Baldwin

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say,
are just fables that have been agreed upon. ……...Voltaire

History is a kind of introduction to more interesting people
than we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not neglect the opportunity.
……..Dexter Perkins
More History is made by secret handshakes,
than by battles, bills, and proclamations. …….John Barth,

Sin writes Histories; Goodness is silent. ……..Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men have need of History because, without it,
the past threatens to overwhelm them. ………Guy Fregaull

History does not unfold: it piles up. ………Robert M. Adams,

Even the most painstaking History,
is a bridge across an eternal mystery. ……..Bruce Catton,

There is nothing more dangerous than History used as a defense,
or History used for preaching;
History used as a tool is no longer history. ……..Marcel Trudel

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time;
It illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life,
and brings us tidings of antiquity. ……..Cicero

DARE

Where is the man who has Dared to do such a thing? ……..Esther 7:5

Dare to be naive. …….Buckminster Fuller

Only those who Dare to fail greatly,
can ever achieve greatly. ……..Robert F. Kennedy

He who would begun has half done.
Dare to be wise; begin. …….Horace
We fail more often by timidity than by Daring. …….David Grayson

It is not because things are difficult that we do not Dare,
it is because we do not Dare that they are difficult. ………Seneca

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share;
Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who Dare. …….V oltaire

To Dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.
To not Dare is to lose oneself. …….Soren Kierkegaard

Dare to risk public criticism. ……Mary Kay Ash

One must work and Dare if one really wants to live. …….Vincent Van Gogh
There's something liberating about not pretending.
Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. …….Drew Barrymore

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ……Robert Burns

Power is given only to those who Dare to lower themselves and pick it up.
Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to Dare! …….Fyodor Dostoevsky

Art means to Dare - and to have been right. ……..Ned Rorem

Dare and the world yields,
or if it beats you sometimes,
Dare it again and you will succeed. ………William Makepeace Thakeray

Those who can bear all, can Dare all. …..Marquis de Vauvenargues

CURIOSITY

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity …….Yiddish Proverb

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness. …….. Bryan H. McGill
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind,
is Curiosity. ……Edmund Burke

Life must be lived and Curiosity kept alive.
One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. …..Eleanor Roosevelt

The cure for boredom is Curiosity.
There is no cure for Curiosity. ………Dorothy Parker

A sense of Curiosity is nature's original school of education. ……Smiley Blanton

Curiosity has its own reason for existence. …….Albert Einstein

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. ……… William A. Ward
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ……James Stephen

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention,
as attention is of memory. …..Richard Whately

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man;
and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections. ……Daniel Boone

Curiosity is one of the most permanent
and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. ……Samuel Johnson

Satisfaction of one's Curiosity
is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. ……Linus Pauling

My Alma mater was books and a good library;
I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my Curiosity. …..Malcolm X

Human Curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force
and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all
in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world. …….Aaron Klug

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds,
the first passion and the last. ………William Samuel Johnson

HONESTY

And my Honesty will testify for me in the future.. Genesis 30:33

A Honest man's word is as good as his bond. …….Cervantes

Where is there dignity unless there is Honesty? ……..Cicero

Every man has his fault, and Honesty is his. ……William Shakespeare

The elegance of Honesty needs no adornment. …….Merry Browne

Dare to be Honest and fear no labor. …….Robert Burns

To make your children capable of Honesty,
is the beginning of education. …….John Ruskin

I have found that being Honest is the best technique I can use.
Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish,
and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. …….. Lee Iacocca

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity. ……. Stephen Vincent Benet

The measure of life is not strength, but Honesty. …….John Lyle

Lands mortgaged may return, and more esteemed, But Honesty once pawned, is never redeemed. …….Thomas Middleton

An Honest man's the noblest work of God. …….Alexander Pope

There is no twilight zone of Honesty in business.
A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white. …….John F. Dodge

I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough,
to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles;
the character of an "Honest Man.". …….George Washington

The elegance of Honesty needs no adornment. …….Merry Browne

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutalitythan out of the honesty. …….Richard J. Needham

CHANCE

There is no such thing as “No Chance”. ………Henry Ford

The more chance there is of stubbing your toe,
the more chance you have of stepping into success. …….Author Unknown

Chance is the providence of adventurers ………Napoleon Boneparte

One Chance is all you need. ……..Jesse Owens

It's Choice, not Chance that determines your destiny .......Jean Nidetch

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. ……….Sophocles

If you want to achieve a high goal,
you're going to have to take some Chances. ………Alberto Salazar

He who leaves nothing to Chance will do few things poorly,
but he will do few things. ……..Edward F. Halifax

Those who trust to Chance must abide by the results of Chance. …….Calvin Coolidge

A wise man turns chance into good fortune. …………Thomas Fuller

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. ………Mark Twain

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of Chance and necessity. …..Democritus

Chance corrects us of many faults
that reason would not know how to correct. ……. Francois Duc de la Rouchefoucard

The opposites of apparent Chance,
are constancy and sensible interposition. …….Deacon William Paley

Where observation is concerned,
Chance favors only the prepared mind. …….Louis Pasteur