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The Greatest Quotes Of All Time

Seff BrayJuly 30, 2024

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Discover a hand-picked collection of the greatest quotes of all time from some of the greatest authors who have ever lived. Reading a few great quotes every day is a great way to motivate and inspire yourself. This comprehensive list contains some of the best motivational and inspirational quotes you’ll ever read. Have fun!

  • “This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.” – David Nicholls

  • “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama

  • “No matter how poor you think you are, if you have family, you have everything.” – Anonymous

  • “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

  • “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

  • “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana

  • “Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.” – Will Durant

  • “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll

  • “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

  • “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho

  • “Be happy for this moment, for this moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam

  • “To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing.” – Lilian Whiting

  • When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius

  • “Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” – Mark Twain

  • “The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than the one who never fell.” – Roy T. Bennett

  • “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

  • “This above all: to thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare

  • “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” – Neil Armstrong

  • “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

  • “The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

  • “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” – William Shakespeare

  • “Life is too short to give another minute to anyone or anything that doesn’t make you happy.” – Anonymous

  • “Life always offers you a second chance. It’s called tomorrow.” – Dylan Thomas

  • “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings

  • “If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.” – Buddha

  • “Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself, and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” – Dr. Leo Buscaglia

  • “Everyone smiles in the same language.” – Anonymous

  • “If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.” – Marcus Aurelius

  • “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

  • “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

  • “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare

  • “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” – Anonymous

  • Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” – Roy T. Bennett

  • “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

  • “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi

  • “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

  • “You never regret being kind.” – Anonymous

  • “Wake up every single day and be thankful. You are blessed to have the gift of life.” – Anonymous

  • “Those who wish to sing, always find a song.” – Anonymous

  • “Keep going! Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” – Roy T. Bennett

  • “The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen.” – Rumi

  • “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau

  • “To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

  • “Don’t let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It’s your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy.” – Roy T. Bennett

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