Tom and I had a great time on Saturday teaching three classes at the Riverton Family Search Center, and hearing some of your best life stories. We had several patrons approach us after, wanting some of the great quotes we used in our presentations. So here they are--a little inspiration for your Monday morning!
“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Inside the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy, a tragedy.”
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.”
“No harm is done to history by making it something someone would want to read.”
“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.”
“I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.”
“I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were.”
“Do not suppose life changes so much that your experiences will not be interesting to your posterity...You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life.”
“A life that is not documented is a life that within a generation or two will largely be lost to memory. What a tragedy this can be in the history of a family.”
“To be a person is to have a story to tell.”
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
