Top 150 Most Famous Quotes of All Time

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  1. 150

    It opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
    — Quote by Milton Berle

  2. 149

    Happiness is not ready made. It comes from your own actionns.
    — Quote by Dalai Lama

  3. 148

    Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
    — Quote by Simone de Beauvoir

  4. 147

    There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
    — Quote by Thomas Aquinas

  5. 146

    The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
    — Quote by Lao Tzu

  6. 145

    If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
    — Quote by Zig Ziglar

  7. 144

    Man is not made for defeat.
    — Quote by Ernest Hemingway

  8. 143

    Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
    — Quote by Marcus Aurelius

  9. 142

    The greatest prayer is patience.
    — Quote by Buddha The greatest prayer is patience.

  10. 141

    The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
    — Quote by Helen Keller

  11. 140

    The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  12. 139

    It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
    — Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

  13. 138

    If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.
    — Quote by Abdul Kalam If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

  14. 137

    A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
    — Quote by Jesus

  15. 136

    Champions keep playing until they get it right.
    — Quote by Billie Jean King

  16. 135

    Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life.
    — Quote by Robin Sharma

  17. 134

    You don't have to be great to start. But you do have to start to be great.
    — Quote by Zig Ziglar

  18. 133

    You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
    — Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

  19. 132

    Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
    — Quote by Khalil Gibran Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

  20. 131

    God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
    — Quote by Mother Teresa

  21. 130

    Creativity is intelligence having fun.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  22. 129

    Speak little, do much.
    — Quote by Benjamin Franklin

  23. 128

    As a well-spent day brings happy sleep so life well used brings happy death.
    — Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

  24. 127

    When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
    — Quote by Wayne Dyer

  25. 126

    In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
    — Quote by Abraham Lincoln

  26. 125

    I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  27. 124

    The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
    — Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

  28. 123

    I never dream of success. I worked for it.
    — Quote by Estee Lauder

  29. 122

    The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
    — Quote by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

  30. 121

    Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
    — Quote by Mark Twain

  31. 120

    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
    — Quote by Winston Churchill Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

  32. 119

    Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  33. 118

    The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
    — Quote by Nelson Mandela

  34. 117

    Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
    — Quote by Helen Keller

  35. 116

    Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2 : Never forget rule No.1.
    — Quote by Warren Buffett Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2 : Never forget rule No.1.

  36. 115

    If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  37. 114

    Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
    — Quote by Sigmund Freud

  38. 113

    What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
    — Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

  39. 112

    Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
    — Quote by George Bernard Shaw Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

  40. 111

    Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
    — Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

  41. 110

    There is nothing permanent except change.
    — Quote by Heraclitus

  42. 109

    Children are our most valuable resource.
    — Quote by Herbert Hoover

  43. 108

    You can't blame gravity for falling in love.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  44. 107

    Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.
    — Quote by Martin Luther King

  45. 106

    Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
    — Quote by Jim Rohn

  46. 105

    Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
    — Quote by Paulo Coelho Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.

  47. 104

    Decide what you want, and then act as if it were impossible to fail.
    — Quote by Brian Tracy

  48. 103

    The darkest night is ignorance.
    — Quote by Buddha

  49. 102

    The beginning is the most important part of the work.
    — Quote by Plato

  50. 101

    When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
    — Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

  51. 100

    The only way to predict the future is to create it.
    — Quote by Abraham Lincoln

  52. 99

    I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.
    — Quote by Thomas Jefferson

  53. 98

    The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
    — Quote by Sun Tzu

  54. 97

    No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
    — Quote by Aesop

  55. 96

    Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
    — Quote by Henry Ford Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

  56. 95

    Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  57. 94

    If the plan doesn't work, change the plan, but never the goal.

  58. 93

    Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
    — Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

  59. 92

    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
    — Quote by Henry David Thoreau

  60. 91

    A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  61. 90

    Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.
    — Quote by John C. Maxwell

  62. 89

    There is nothing impossible. The word itself says I'm possible.
    — Quote by Audrey Hepburn

  63. 88

    Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
    — Quote by Aristotle Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

  64. 87

    Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
    — Quote by Buddha

  65. 86

    Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
    — Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

  66. 85

    Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
    — Quote by Thomas Edison

  67. 84

    The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
    — Quote by Mark Twain

  68. 83

    If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
    — Quote by Dalai Lama

  69. 82

    The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing...
    — Quote by Socrates

  70. 81

    What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
    — Quote by Henry David Thoreau

  71. 80

    If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
    — Quote by Oprah Winfrey

  72. 79

    The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
    — Quote by Tony Robbins

  73. 78

    All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
    — Quote by Walt Disney

  74. 77

    In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

  75. 76

    It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
    — Quote by Aristotle

  76. 75

    Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.
    — Quote by Albert Einstein

  77. 74

    We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
    — Quote by Martin Luther King

  78. 73

    Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossile to be silent.
    — Quote by Victor Hugo

  79. 72

    Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
    — Quote by Benjamin Franklin Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

  80. 71

    Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.
    — Quote by Lao Tzu

  81. 70

    Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
    — Quote by Martin Luther King

  82. 69

    I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
    — Quote by Abraham Lincoln

  83. 68

    A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.
    — Quote by Frank Zappa

  84. 67

    Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
    — Quote by Thomas Edison

  85. 66

    World peace begins with inner peace.
    — Quote by Dalai Lama

  86. 65

    Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
    — Quote by Marilyn Monroe

  87. 64

    Everything has its beauty, but not everyone see its.
    — Quote by Confucius Everything has its beauty, but not everyone see its.

  88. 63

    And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!
    — Quote by Anne Frank

  89. 62

    To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.
    — Quote by Oscar Wilde

  90. 61

    Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
    — Quote by Lao Tzu

  91. 60

    Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
    — Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

  92. 59

    It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
    — Quote by George Washington

  93. 58

    Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
    — Quote by John F. Kennedy

  94. 57

    Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
    — Quote by Soren Kierkegaard Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

  95. 56

    Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
    — Quote by Les Brown

  96. 55

    For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
    — Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

  97. 54

    Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
    — Quote by Oscar Wilde

  98. 53

    Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
    — Quote by Martin Luther King

  99. 52

    Not all those who wander are lost.
    — Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

  100. 51

    Take your dreams seriously.

  101. 50

    Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
    — Quote by Samuel Beckett

  102. 49

    If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
    — Quote by Mark Twain

  103. 48

    The only way to do great work, is to love what you do.
    — Quote by Steve Jobs

  104. 47

    A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
    — Quote by George Bernard Shaw

  105. 46

    Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
    — Quote by Thomas Carlyle

  106. 45

    The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.
    — Quote by Helen Keller

  107. 44

    Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.
    — Quote by Ali Ibn Abi Talib

  108. 43

    You cannot save people. You can only love them.
    — Quote by Anais Nin

  109. 42

    Change your thoughts and you change your world.
    — Quote by Norman Vincent Peale Change your thoughts and you change your world.

  110. 41

    Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
    — Quote by Thomas Jefferson

  111. 40

    Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
    — Quote by Robert Schuller

  112. 39

    Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
    — Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

  113. 38

    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
    — Quote by Maya Angelou

  114. 37

    You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
    — Quote by Desmond Tutu

  115. 36

    There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
    — Quote by George Sand

  116. 35

    There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
    — Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh

  117. 34

    Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
    — Quote by Benjamin Franklin

  118. 33

    Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgement. Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgement.

  119. 32

    It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
    — Quote by Confucius

  120. 31

    Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
    — Quote by Mark Twain

  121. 30

    If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
    — Quote by Napoleon Hill

  122. 29

    Do it with passion, or not at all.

  123. 28

    Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
    — Quote by Winston Churchill

  124. 27

    Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
    — Quote by John Galsworthy Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

  125. 26

    Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
    — Quote by Nelson Mandela

  126. 25

    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
    — Quote by Anais Nin

  127. 24

    Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
    — Quote by John Lennon

  128. 23

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
    — Quote by Helen Keller Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist i

  129. 22

    Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
    — Quote by Margaret Mead

  130. 21

    A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
    — Quote by Elbert Hubbard

  131. 20

    Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
    — Quote by Maya Angelou

  132. 19

    The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
    — Quote by William Arthur Ward

  133. 18

    Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
    — Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

  134. 17

    When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
    — Quote by Zig Ziglar When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision

  135. 16

    Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
    — Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

  136. 15

    Don't walk in front of me. I may not follow. Don't walk behind me. I may not lead. Walk beside me, just be my friend.
    — Quote by Albert Camus

  137. 14

    Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
    — Quote by William Blake

  138. 13

    Learning never exhausts the mind.
    — Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

  139. 12

    Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
    — Quote by Mother Teresa

  140. 11

    Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
    — Quote by Maya Angelou Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

  141. 10

    Forgive your enemies but never forget their names.
    — Quote by John F. Kennedy

  142. 9

    Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
    — Quote by Dalai Lama

  143. 8

    Don't count the days; make the days count.
    — Quote by Muhammad Ali

  144. 7

    You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  145. 6

    Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
    — Quote by George Orwell

  146. 5

    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
    — Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

  147. 4

    Friends show their love in times of trouble.
    — Quote by Euripides

  148. 3

    Where there is love, there is life.
    — Quote by Mahatma Gandhi Where there is love, there is life.

  149. 2

    I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
    — Quote by Abraham Lincoln

  150. 1

    Believe you can, and you're halfway there.
    — Quote by Theodore Roosevelt


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