The Great Quotes

Wisdom & Life
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” — Aristotle
“Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.” — John Lennon
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
Success & Achievement
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.” — Henry Ford
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Commonly attributed to Peter Drucker
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats
Courage & Character
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“It always seems impossible until it's done.” — Nelson Mandela
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Commonly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom & Humanity
“I have a dream.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” — Often associated with Mahatma Gandhi
Literature
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.” — William Shakespeare
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” — George Orwell from Animal Farm
“Not all those who wander are lost.” — J. R. R. Tolkien
Inspiration
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Laozi
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Often attributed to Confucius