Can you guess who spoke these words of wit and wisdom? Take a guess, then open up the "Who said it?" box to see the correct answer. (If you need some clues, read about the lives of thirteen people of enduring fame from our Images of Greatness page!)
1) A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
Eisenhower Twain Churchill F. Roosevelt Who said it?Twain
2) In any moment of decision, the best thing to do is the right thing. The worst thing to do is nothing.
T. Roosevelt Stowe Wells Eisenhower Who said it?T. Roosevelt
3) I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Van Gogh Polo T. Roosevelt Churchill Who said it? Churchill
4) Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
Twain Picasso Dickinson Wells Who said it?Dickinson
5) I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Picasso Churchill T. Roosevelt Eisenhower Who said it?Picasso
6) Everytime I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
Wells F. Roosevelt Stowe Twain Who said it?Wells
7) The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Dickinson Eisenhower Wells Twain Who said it?Twain
8) We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Churchill F. Roosevelt Truth T. Roosevelt Who said it?F. Roosevelt
9) Ain't I a woman?
Dickinson Truth Stowe Wells Who said it?Truth
10) Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me.
Twain Van Gogh Dickinson Truth Who said it?Dickinson
11) What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Twain Stowe Polo Van Gogh Who said it?Van Gogh
12) The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone.
Stowe Eisenhower Churchill Wells Who said it?Stowe
13) Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Wells F. Roosevelt Twain Picasso Who said it?Wells
14) I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Churchill Eisenhower T. Roosevelt F. Roosevelt Who said it?Eisenhower
15) Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
F. Roosevelt Churchill Twain T. Roosevelt Who said it?T. Roosevelt
16) Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
Shakespeare Van Gogh Twain Truth Who said it?Twain
17) I have not told half of what I saw.
Stowe Churchill Twain Polo Who said it?Polo
18) A light heart lives long.
Shakespeare Dickenson Twain Truth Who said it?Shakespeare
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Quiz prepared by Mrs. Sunda's 5th grade Gifted Class
