Best History Books Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Majors are difficult to win whether Tiger's there or not, and it's not like there will be an asterisk by the winner's name in the history books. But I want to win a major when Tiger's there.”

“In history books, luck is always underplayed and the talent of individuals is usually overplayed.”

“I have to tell you, when I hear the song 'Jiya ho Bihar ke Lala,' I want to throw the history books out of the window and dance!”

“Most history books are about power.”

“If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.”

“I fight for my name. For my dad's last name to be recognized in the history books of boxing.”

“Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.”

“I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure.”

“The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.”

“I want to etch my name into the history books myself, both at club and international level.”

“I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.”

“As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.”

“If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong.”

“I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.”

“When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.”

“She died when I was 16 and I just think no history books, nothing is ever going to talk about my grandmother. She was kind of invisible. She couldn't speak English so didn't have many friends. I think of her any time I think of the word 'sacrifice.'”

“The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because history is written by the victorious.”