Famous Quotes

“Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.” ― Bernard M. Baruch

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“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

“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ― C.S. Lewis

“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

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” ― Albert Einstein

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” ― Oscar Wilde

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” ― Maurice Switzer

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ― Elbert Hubbard

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“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

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ― Apple Inc.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” ― Marilyn Monroe

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” ― John Lennon

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, 

“If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.” ― Malcolm X

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bil Keane

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn

“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” ― Mark Twain

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ― Mark Twain

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― André Gide, Autumn

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.” ― Elie Wiesel

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” ― Steve Martin

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan