I know there are many websites of quotations about life. Many of them just want to be the archive having the most number of quotes online.
There is one site claims to have a million quotes. Who needs that many quotations? Anyway, most of the quotes are not that profound, well-known or widely used.
I have bought books and collected lots of famous life quotes from various sources over the years. I do not dump every of them on this site.
My purpose of compiling and publishing all these quotations, proverbs and wise words here, as a reliable and rich resource; where people can find wide array of great selected quotations which they can use. The key point is usefulness.
Be it for reading pleasure to motivate themselves, or use them in their line of work,
Personally I prefer life quotes which are shorter in length, easy to understand, meaningful and well-crafted. You don't find any quote with a big paragraph of text over here.
Remember, this is not another one of those cut-and-paste quotation sites.
Anyway, read through my collection of selected famous life quotes and sayings by famous people:
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” - Mark Twain
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even." - Horace
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” - Vince Lombardi
“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” - J. K Rowling
"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” - Albert Einstein
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” - Dale Carnegie
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” - Mae West
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” - Robert Frost
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” - Elbert Hubbard
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - Oscar Wilde
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” - André Gide
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." - Amelia Earhart
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." - Lao Tzu
"We become what we think about." - Earl Nightingale
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention." - Kahlil Gibran
"An unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." - Ernest Hemingway
"Either you run the day, or the day runs you." - Jim Rohn
“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.” - Oscar Wilde
"Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it." - Christopher Morley
"To live is so startling it leaves time for little else." - Emily Dickinson
"Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all." - William Goldman
"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon." - Konrad Adenauer
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey
"Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule." - Samuel Butler
Language is the dress of thought." - Samuel Johnson
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward". - Soren Kierkegaard
"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away" - Carl Bard
"Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them." - Lou Holtz
"Live with no excuses and love with no regrets" - Montel
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Forgive your enemies, but never, never forget their names." - John F. Kennedy
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" - Abraham Lincoln
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" - Winston Churchill
"While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases." - William Hazlitt
"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” - Maya Angelou
"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." - Benjamin Franklin
"A leader is a dealer in hope." - Napoleon Bonaparte
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it." - Emily Dickinson
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them." - David Hume
"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life." - Leo Buscaglia
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite." - Mignon McLaughlin
The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy. - Lin Yutang
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant." - Victor Hugo
"Tolerance is another word for indifference." - W. Somerset Maugham
There is one site claims to have a million quotes. Who needs that many quotations? Anyway, most of the quotes are not that profound, well-known or widely used.
I have bought books and collected lots of famous life quotes from various sources over the years. I do not dump every of them on this site.
My purpose of compiling and publishing all these quotations, proverbs and wise words here, as a reliable and rich resource; where people can find wide array of great selected quotations which they can use. The key point is usefulness.
Be it for reading pleasure to motivate themselves, or use them in their line of work,
Personally I prefer life quotes which are shorter in length, easy to understand, meaningful and well-crafted. You don't find any quote with a big paragraph of text over here.
Remember, this is not another one of those cut-and-paste quotation sites.
Anyway, read through my collection of selected famous life quotes and sayings by famous people:
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” - Mark Twain
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even." - Horace
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” - Vince Lombardi
“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” - J. K Rowling
"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” - Albert Einstein
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” - Dale Carnegie
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” - Mae West
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” - Robert Frost
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” - Elbert Hubbard
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - Oscar Wilde
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” - André Gide
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." - Amelia Earhart
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." - Lao Tzu
"We become what we think about." - Earl Nightingale
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention." - Kahlil Gibran
"An unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." - Ernest Hemingway
"Either you run the day, or the day runs you." - Jim Rohn
“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.” - Oscar Wilde
"Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it." - Christopher Morley
"To live is so startling it leaves time for little else." - Emily Dickinson
"Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all." - William Goldman
"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon." - Konrad Adenauer
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey
"Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule." - Samuel Butler
Language is the dress of thought." - Samuel Johnson
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward". - Soren Kierkegaard
"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away" - Carl Bard
"Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them." - Lou Holtz
"Live with no excuses and love with no regrets" - Montel
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Forgive your enemies, but never, never forget their names." - John F. Kennedy
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" - Abraham Lincoln
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" - Winston Churchill
"While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases." - William Hazlitt
"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” - Maya Angelou
"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." - Benjamin Franklin
"A leader is a dealer in hope." - Napoleon Bonaparte
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it." - Emily Dickinson
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them." - David Hume
"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life." - Leo Buscaglia
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite." - Mignon McLaughlin
The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy. - Lin Yutang
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant." - Victor Hugo
"Tolerance is another word for indifference." - W. Somerset Maugham
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