Monument Quotes

“Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds not stones are the true monuments of the great.”

“Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.”

“It was a small church. No large cathedral towers overshadowed the purpose of the house of worship. It was a monument to faith rather than a monument to man’s triumph over nature.”

“The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.”

“Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.”

“The thought came back to him, as it often did: To save the culture of your allies is a small thing. To cherish the culture of your enemy, to risk your life and the life of other men to save it, to give it all back to them as soon as the battle was won … it was unheard of, but that was exactly what Walker Hancock and the other Monuments Men intended to do.”

“Sentence every immoral thought for detention and prosecution. Immorality is a powerful gadget that brings down great monuments of success. Don’t entertain immorality.”

“I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments.”

“I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.”

“Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.”