Famous Quotes

These famous quotes have been collected for their memorability and inspirational nature.There are some quotes from prominent people throughout history that have become part of our daily language or that have left a mark on us. Here is a collection of some of those quotes.

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Famous Quotes

• "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson

• “I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”  Frida Kahlo

• "Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that." Walt Disney

• “This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare

• "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." Zig Ziglar

• “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.” Bob Marley

• "Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." Winston Churchill

• "Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind." Bruce Lee

• “Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson

• “You can be gorgeous at thirty, charmimg at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.” Coco Chanel
  

More Famous Quotes

• "Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." Stephen King
  

• “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

• "We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." Mother Theresa

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

• “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it... always.” Mahatma Gandhi

• "Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." Mark Twain

• "Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more." Virginia Woolf

• “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” Nelson Mandela

• "The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.” Voltaire