Who said “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”?
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Neil Armstrong
He said it in 1969 as the first human on the Moon.
💡 Did you know? It capped the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
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Who said “I have a dream”?
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Martin Luther King
He spoke in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial.
💡 Did you know? He fought nonviolently for civil rights.
Who said “Ask not what your country can do for you …”?
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John F. Kennedy
From his 1961 inaugural address.
💡 Did you know? In Berlin he said “Ich bin ein Berliner”.
Who is credited with “Be the change you wish to see in the world”?
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Mahatma Gandhi
He led India to independence nonviolently.
💡 Did you know? His principle was called “satyagraha”.
To whom is “Imagination is more important than knowledge” attributed?
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Albert Einstein
He created the theory of relativity.
💡 Did you know? Many quotes are attributed to him (some wrongly).
Who said “It always seems impossible until it's done”?
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Nelson Mandela
He was jailed 27 years and became South Africa's president.
💡 Did you know? He received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who said “I know that I know nothing”?
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Socrates
A symbol of philosophical humility.
💡 Did you know? He taught by persistent questioning.
Who is said to have said “You too, Brutus?”?
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Julius Caesar
Supposedly as his assassins struck.
💡 Did you know? Better known as “Et tu, Brute?”.
Who said “I think, therefore I am”?
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René Descartes
Latin “Cogito ergo sum”.
💡 Did you know? A cornerstone of modern philosophy.
To whom is “Success is not final, failure is not fatal” attributed?
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Winston Churchill
He led Britain through the Second World War.
💡 Did you know? He won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is said to have muttered “And yet it moves” about the Earth?
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Galileo Galilei
Italian “Eppur si muove”.
💡 Did you know? He defended the heliocentric model.
Who wrote “Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently”?
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Rosa Luxemburg
She was a socialist theorist and revolutionary.
💡 Did you know? She was murdered in Berlin in 1919.
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