A Quote by Joel Garreau

Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

Joel Garreau

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Joel Garreau
American - Journalist
Born: 1948

Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.

Charles Krauthammer

I believe that constant effort, tireless effort, pursuing clear goals with sincere effort is the only way

Dalai Lama

Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

Thucydides

Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity.

Medard Boss

No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, the very future of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individual.

Frank Herbert

It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history

Margaret Beckett

The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings.

Luis Gutierrez

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world

Keith Miller

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world.

Keith Miller

I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot of imaginative effort to figure out how people lived in an era that is not yours. And in that understanding of people from a different era, I feel, is an important gateway into humanity. Because you understand human behavior. In order to understand humanity, history is important.

Sarnath Banerjee

History balances the frustration of 'how far we have to go' with the satisfaction of 'how far we have come.' It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time.

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

I believe history of humankind has always faced challenges. I don't think that any other period in history was less problematic then the one in which we live.