What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

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.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.