History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Past pain cannot be erased, but facing it bravely prevents repeating mistakes.
- In plain terms
- You can't undo history, but courage stops it from happening again.
- What can you take from it?
- Courage prevents repeating past pain.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can we ever truly move on?
- What does facing history require?
Another view
Courage alone may not prevent all future suffering.
More from Maya Angelou
Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.
Permalink to quote #26 How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Permalink to quote #28 Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
Permalink to quote #25
Related quotes
Finally, she broke her silence and spelled it out to Dr. Burkley. Kneeling, John Kennedy's personal physician indicated her ghastly skirt with a trembling hand…
William ManchesterWilliam Manchester quote #1 We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.
James Weldon JohnsonJames Weldon Johnson quote #2 He hath the sor which no man heleth, The which is cleped lack of herte.
John GowerJohn Gower quote #6