Quotations by Famous People

Wednesday Addams

"You severely underestimate my apathy."

Aristotle

"The more you know, the more you realize you don't know."

Marcus Aurelius

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."

Jane Austen

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." (from "Emma")

Yogi Berra

"It's deja vu all over again."

Usain Bolt

"There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher."

Napoleon Bonaparte

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."

Buddha

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

Charlie Chaplin

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

Winston Churchill

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

Confucius

"Respect yourself and others will respect you."

Coco Chanel

"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."

Charles Dickens

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

Walt Disney

"First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare."

Fyodor Dostoevsky

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."

Albus Dumbledore

"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."

Thomas Edison

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

Albert Einstein

"The only source of knowledge is experience."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

Eminem

"Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned."

Pablo Escobar

"Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good."

Henry Ford

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

Anne Frank

"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."

Benjamin Franklin

"Well done is better than well said."

Robert Frost

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

Stephen Fry

"Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators."

Indira Gandhi

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

Mahatma Gandhi

"You must be the change you want to see in the world."

Bill Gates

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

Ulysses S. Grant

"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."

Ernest Hemingway

"The first draft of anything is sh*t."

Victor Hugo

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

Thomas Jefferson

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

Jesus

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Xi Jinping

"To forge iron, one must be strong."

Steve Jobs

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

Franz Kafka

"In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world."

John Keats

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

Helen Keller

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows."

Zakir Khan

"Middle class parents give 'values', not 'money'."

Martin Luther King Jr.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Krishna

"The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it."

Dalai Lama

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

Bruce Lee

"I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times."

John Lennon

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

Xie Lian

"To me, the past can be washed away, but a person's trust cannot be regained once lost."

Abraham Lincoln

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

Vince Lombardi

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."

Nelson Mandela

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

Bob Marley

"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet."

Groucho Marx

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."

Karl Marx

"Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains."

Elon Musk

"I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

J. Robert Oppenheimer

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

George Orwell

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

Rosa Parks

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

Dolly Parton

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

Pele

"When you control the ball, you control the score."

Pablo Picasso

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."

Plato

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

Edgar Allan Poe

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

Elvis Presley

"When things go wrong, don't go with them."

Cristiano Ronaldo

"Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable."

Theodore Roosevelt

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

J.K. Rowling

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."

William Shakespeare

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

Tupac Shakur

"Don't believe everything you hear. Real eyes, Realize, Real lies"

George Bernard Shaw

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

Socrates

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

Taylor Swift

"I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are."

Nikola Tesla

"The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine."

Thanos

"I am inevitable."

Leo Tolstoy

"If you want to be happy, be."

Mark Twain

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Swami Vivekananda

"In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."

Voltaire

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

George Washington

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."

Walter White

"I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger."

Oscar Wilde

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Windsor)

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

Virginia Woolf

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."

Xerxes I

"The sun will not be able to pass through, so dense will be the darts and arrows flying."

W.B. Yeats

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

Yoda

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?"

Zig Ziglar

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

Roronoa Zoro

"If I die trying, at least I tried."