"The footnote would seem to be the smallest detail in a work of history. Yet it carries a large burden of responsibility, testifying to the validity of the work, the integrity (and the humility) of the historian, and to the dignity of the discipline."

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Source : Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage

Gertrude Himmelfarb

#Integrity Quotes #Humility Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“It was what you did, Wolgast understood; you started to tell a story about who you were, and soon enough the lies were all you had and you became that person.”
“After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.”
“You think you know who you are, and then other people have these other ideas.”
“Everything worth doing involves risk.”

Source : Linda Lael Miller (2015). “Linda Lael Miller Montana Creeds Series Volume 2: A Creed in Stone Creek\Creed's Honor\The Creed Legacy”, p.494, HQN Books
“I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.”
“If u desire to grow in your relationship w God - don't do it alone. Find a community of people heading in the same direction.”

Source : FaceBook post by Andy Mineo from Feb 23, 2014
“success is not a matter of circumstance, but of power to meet circumstance.”
“That ‘hundreds and hundreds’ was taken totally out of context. When I was making a point to this person, I was making a point that over my 31 years in the National Football League I’ve seen a lot of changes. There were hundreds and hundreds of things over those years that I’ve seen that have gotten better. Domestic violence is one of those.”

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