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"23 David McCullough Quotes & Sayings

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Born: July 7, 1933 | Author | Narrator | Historian | Lecturer |

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

Writing Thinking Clearly Hard
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History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

History Guide Perilous times We
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Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Real success Finding Work Love
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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

Obligation Country Cease Lives
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All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden on others.

Money Needs Prevent Burden
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The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think....Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.

Suffering Afraid Think Dare
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I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.

Think Need History Love
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We learn much by tribulation, and by adversity our hearts are made better.

Learn Tribulation Hearts Made better
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Only those who [do] nothing [make] no mistakes.

Do Nothing Makes Mistakes
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Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

Noyhing Invented Infinite reward GoodBook
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We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.
We Insure Success Deserve
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The great thing about the arts is that you can only learn to do it by doing it.

Great thing Art Learn Doing it
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a leader must look and act the part.

Leader Look Act Part
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Honesty, sincerity, and openness, I esteem essential marks of a good mind,

Honesty Sincerity Openess Mind
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Count the day lost at which the setting sun sees at its close no worthy action done.

Count Day Worthy Action
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A man who works for the immediate present and its immediate rewards is nothing but a fool.

Man Works Present Fool
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Every mind should be true to itself—should think, investigate and conclude for itself,

Mind True Itself Think
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It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.

What Make Nation Way
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Lord, grant that I may always be right, for Thou knowest I am hard to turn,

Lord Grant Right Hard
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patience which I assure you requires more force of character than does action.

Patience Requires Character Action
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To be unable to read was the ultimate measure of wretchedness.

Unable Read Measure Wretchedness
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A man who has not better government of his tongue, no more command of his temper, is unfit for everything but children’s play and the company of boys.

Man Government Command Temper
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You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen,

You Study Good man Citizen
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David McCullough Quotes & Sayings