The Most Famous Quotes of All Time | Keep Inspiring Me

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Looking for famous quotes? Here are the most famous quotes of all time to get you going.

Quotes are a great way to inspire and express yourself, and some have been used for so long they are now famous in their own right.

You may have even heard a few famous sayings used your whole life and don’t know who said them first.

So enjoy these words and expressions from famous people and find some new favorites today.The Most Famous Quotes

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.Lao Tzu

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.Friedrich Nietzsche“Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.John Lennon

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.Joe Kennedy

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.Mahatma Gandhi

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.Mae West“I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes

Tough times never last but tough people do.Robert H. Schuller

Get busy living or get busy dying.Stephen King

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.Henry Ford

Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.Alrded Lord Tennyson“Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin

A man is but what he knows.Sir Francis Bacon

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.Wayne Gretzky

If you’re going through hell, keep going.Winston Churchill

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.Albert Einstein“I came, I saw, I conquered.” – Julius Caesar

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.Mark Twain

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.Eleanor Roosevelt

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.John F. Kennedy

The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference.Elie Wiesel“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” – Elbert Hubbard

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.Babe Ruth

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.Forrest Gump

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.Benjamin Franklin

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.Charles Swindoll“Practice makes perfect.” – Vince Lombardi

Dream big and dare to fail.Norman Vaughan

A great man is always willing to be little.Ralph Waldo Emerson

That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.Neil Armstrong

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.Voltaire“Knowledge is power.” – Sir Francis BaconQuotes from Famous People

Some quotes are well-known simply because they were first said by famous people.

These are famous quotes from historical figures, influential thinkers, and celebrities whose words have influenced others.Historical Figures

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.David Brinkley

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.Robert Frost

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.Mother Teresa

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.Malcolm X

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.John D. Rockefeller“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dalí

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.Nelson Mandela

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.Franklin D. Roosevelt

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor Roosevelt

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.Anne Frank

Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.Mark Twain“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.Teddy Roosevelt

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.Harriet Tubman

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.Winston Churchill

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.H. Jackson Brown, Jr.“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.Tony Robbins

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.Audre Lorde

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.Albert Einstein

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.Ralph Waldo Emerson

May you live all the days of your life.Jonathan Swift“Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.” – Benjamin Disraeli

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.Franklin D. RooseveltFamous Thinkers

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.George Santayana

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.Edmund Burke

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.Albert Einstein

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.Stephen Hawking“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

It is never too late to be what you might have been.George Eliot

The power of imagination makes us infinite.John Muir

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.George Addair

We design our lives through the power of choices.Richard Bach

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.Les Brown“Genius is eternal patience.” – Michelangelo

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.Mark Twain

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.Aristotle

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.Søren Kierkegaard

All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream.Edgar Allen Poe“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.Ayn Rand

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

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.Voltaire

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.Plato“Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.George R. R. Martin

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.Paolo Coelho