Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

Might does not make right, it only makes history.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.