30+ Best Quotes of All Time

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Christopher Columbus


Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. – Plato


We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. – Friedrich Nietzsche


Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. – Marcus Aurelius


There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. – Aristotle


There is nothing permanent except change. – Heraclitus


There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. – Thomas Aquinas


The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain


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


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


The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller


That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche


One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Not all those who wander are lost. – J. R. R. Tolkien


No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. – Aesop


Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle


Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin


Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius


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


It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. – Henry David Thoreau


It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle


It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius


If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – Napoleon Hill


I would rather die of passion than of boredom. – Vincent van Gogh


Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. – Euripides


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


Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius


Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson


Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson


Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Buddha


Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt


Be the change that you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi


Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. – Winston Churchill


An unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates


All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney


A friend to all is a friend to none. – Aristotle


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