Quotes

Welcome to our collection of over 174,000 quotes, where words truly matter.

Browse by topic, nationality, or profession to find the perfect words for any mood or moment. Whether you're seeking a spark of insight, a laugh, or something thought-provoking, every quote here invites discovery.

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

Ben Sweetland, Author

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

Arnold H. Glasow, Businessman

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"

William Edward Hickson, Writer

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

Marion C. Garretty, Poet

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth"

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Author

"Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress"

Epictetus, Philosopher

"A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"

Sophocles, Author

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

Lao Tzu, Author

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

Stephen King, Author

"A problem well stated is a problem half-solved"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"

Sydney J. Harris, Journalist

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"

Mark Twain, Author

"If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!"

Miles Davis, Musician

"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards"

Aldous Huxley, Novelist

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

David Hare, Playwright

"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman's love with no intention of loving her"

Bob Marley, Musician

"That's how it is on this bitch of an earth"

Samuel Beckett, Playwright

"Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem"

David Carradine, Actor

"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch"

Woody Allen, Director

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

John Portman, Architect

"Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care"

Theodore Roosevelt, President

"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon"

John Madden, Coach

"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"

Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher

"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness, how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"

Dr. Seuss, Writer