Stephen Ambrose Famous Quotes
"The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future."
"During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history."
Stephen Ambrose Quotations
"My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father."
Clifton Paul Fadiman
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
Gerry Spence
"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus."
Oprah Winfrey
Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a great one- as the wind blows out a candle but fans fire into flame. (Maxims)
La Rochefoucauld
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
Pierre Corneille
"The elective system ... offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression that they had nibbled at dozens of canaps of knowledge and never had their fill."
Ted Morgan
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Antoine De SaintExupery
"You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind."
Homer
"Seize today, and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow."
Horace