David Mccullough

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

Only those who [do] nothing [make] no mistakes.

You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them." (Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)

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

I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.