Skip to content
Historical Snapshots
Honor people. Understand the past.

Category: Quotes

A collection of quotes with an emphasis on sharing life experiences and wisdom from people throughout history.

Quotes

Clara Barton Quotes

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Clara Barton Quotes “It was May—the cherry trees were in bloom. For the first time in three years I had been able to sit for an evening among a company of perso...

Quotes

W.E.B. DuBois quote on studying history

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Quote “What do we care about peoples that lived a thousand, two thousand, ten thousand years ago? It does interest you, because no man lives to himself; e...

Quotes

Harriet Beecher Stowe quote on Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Harriet Beecher Stowe quote: “I wrote what I did because as a woman, as a mother I was oppressed and broken-hearted, with the sorrows and injustice I saw,...

Quotes

Lucy Stone quote: “Half a century ago…

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Lucy Stone quote: “Half a century ago women were at an infinite disadvantage in regard to their occupations. The idea that their sphere was at home, and o...

Quotes

“Every man I meet is in some way my superior…

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Quote: “Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that, I can learn of him.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson — “‘Every man I...

Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quote: “Most of the luxuries…

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. Wi...

Quotes

Ida Tarbell: Standard Oil Company book origin

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Quote Intro: Ida Tarbell wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company,” to show the corruption and other nefarious activities of the Standard Oil ...

Quotes

Viktor Frankl: “Love is the ultimate and the highest goal.”

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Quote: “A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by ...

Quotes

Thomas Jefferson quote: “The tumults in America…

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Thomas Jefferson quote: “The tumults in America, I expected would have produced in Europe an unfavorable opinion of our political state. But it has not. O...

Quotes

President Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

Quotes President Calvin Coolidge quotes on race in the U.S. “During the war 500,000 colored men and boys were called up under the draft, not one of whom s...

Posts navigation

« Previous 1 2 3 … 20 Next »
© 2023 Historical Snapshots
Powered by WordPress | Theme: Graphy by Themegraphy