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The 55 best quotes of all time


Are you looking for motivation and inspiration? We have many inspirational and motivating quotes from our grandparents. With so many great minds in our ancient and recent history recorded, you are bound to come across at least one great quote that sets your life in perspective or inspires you to do wonderful and great things.

The best quotes of all time are the ones that people repeat in a way that they will never forget. They are the kind of inspiring quotes that slap you in the face and give you positive energy that encourages you to be all that you can be.


The 55 best quotes of all time


1. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
2. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
3. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Baruch
4. “We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” – Virginia Satir
5. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
6. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."– Oscar Wilde

The 55 best quotes of all time

7. “This above all: to thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare
8. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
9. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
10. “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” – Plato
11. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
12. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
13. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
14. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
15. “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”– Thomas Edison
16. “A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one’s feet.” – Lao Tzu
17. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
18. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
19. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
20. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
21. “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” – Charles Kettering
23. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. - Jimmy Johnson
24. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
25. “If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” – Rabbi Hillel
26. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.” – Confucius
27. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
28. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
29. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein
30. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent
31. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your actions.” – Dalai Lama
32. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
33. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. - Les Brown
34. “If you want to lift yourself, lift someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
35. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
36. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
37. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." – Albert Einstein
38. “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” – Chinese Proverb
39. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
40. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
41. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain
42. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller
43. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
44. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
45. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
46. “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.” Oprah Winfrey
47. “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
48. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
49. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
50. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
51. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost the same.” – Colin R. Davis
52. “Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” – Stephen R. Covey
53. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost
54. “Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control — these three alone lead to power.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
55. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
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