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Top 100 Famous Quotes of all time
These quotes were chosen as the "Top 100 Famous Quotes" by our Great-Quotes users over the last several years.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

Alexander Pope - English poet, 1680-1744

A mind always employed is always happy.

Thomas Jefferson - April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826, the third President of the United States (1801–1809)
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Fred R. Barnard - from an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal, Printers' Ink

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

John Keats - October 1795 – 23 February 1821- last born of the English Romantic poets

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Erica Jong - born March 26, 1942 - American author and teacher

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Abraham Lincoln - February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 -16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Winston Churchill - British politician, 1874-1965

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
M.K. Gandhi - October 1869 – 30 January 1948 - political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.
Charles F. Kettering - August 29, 1876 – November 24 / November 25, 1958 - American inventor

Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States, 1917 - 1963

Believe that you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
Norman Vincent Peale - American Protestant preacher and writer - May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
André Gide - French author and winner of the Nobel Prize - 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States, 1917 - 1963

A mind always employed is always happy.

Thomas Jefferson - April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826, the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776)

Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement - January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer - Franco-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician, African missionary, 1875 - 1965

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

George Washington - military and political leader in the formation of the United States of America, First American President - February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alexander Pope - English poet, 1680-1744

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States, 1917 - 1963

God helps them that help themselves.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Winston Churchill - British politician, 1874-1965

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

Jesus Christ - central figure of Christianity - 5 BC/BCE – c. 30 AD/CE

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time
Thomas Jefferson - April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826, the third President of the United States (1801–1809)

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American lecturer, essayist, and poet - May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882

Home is the place, when you have to go there; they have to take you in.
Robert Frost - American poet - March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
Abraham Lincoln - February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 -16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Edith Sitwell - British Poet - 7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964

I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe.

Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.
Blaise Pascal - French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer - June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662

I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison - Considered that greatest inventor of all time, 1846 - 1931

I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

I want to know God’s thoughts… the rest are details.

Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.

Aryeh Frimer

If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

Isaac Newton - 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 – 20 March 1726 - English physicist, mathematician & astronomer

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Mother Teresa - 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997 - Catholic nun of Albanian

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Harry S. Truman - 33rd President of the United States, 1884 - 1972

If you have to ask how much something costs, you can't afford it.
J. P. Morgan - April 17, 1837 - March 31, 1913 - American financier & banker

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
Will Rogers - American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, 1879 - 1935

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Oscar Wilde - Irish writer and poet - 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900

In Heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Friedrich Nietzsche October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900 - 19th-century German philosopher

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill - British politician, 1874-1965

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle - 384 BC – 322 BC - Greek philosopher

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Howard Ruff - Financial advisor and writer - 1931 - ?

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Vince Lombardi Influential American football coach - 1913 - 1970

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become
great.
Mark Twain - Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910 - well known by his pen name Mark Twain, - American author

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Sun-Tzu - Chinese general and military strategist - 722–481 BC

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back in.
Will Rogers - American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, 1879 - 1935

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

Love your neighbor - but don't pull down your hedge.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
William Shakespeare - Famous English poet and playwright - 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Francois Rabelas - French monk and satirist 1494-1553

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer of the Classical era - 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791

Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence.

Napoleon Bonaparte- Military and political leader of France 1769 - 1821

Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte- Military and political leader of France 1769 - 1821

Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.

Thomas Jefferson - April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826, the third President of the United States (1801–1809)l

No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expediency.

Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States - October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

Henry Ford - American industrialist, Founder of Ford Motor Co. - 1863 - 1947

Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat.
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.
John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States, 1917 - 1963

One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.
George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950 - Irish playwright

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
Winston Churchill - British politician, 1874-1965

Power Corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Lord Acton - 1834-1902 - British historian, politician and educator

Religion is the opiate of the people.

Karl Marx - German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, communist, and revolutionary - 1818 - 1883

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
William Shakespeare - Famous English poet and playwright - 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Francis Bacon - English philosopher, 1561 – 9 April 1626

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States - October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919

Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Winston Churchill - British politician, 1874-1965

That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900 - 19th-century German philosopher

The Almighty has his own purposes.

Abraham Lincoln - February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 -16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling
with them while they do it.
Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States - October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

The buck stops here.

Harry S. Truman - 33rd President of the United States, 1884 - 1972

The child is father of the man.

William Wordsworth - English Romantic poet - 7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi Influential American football coach - 1913 - 1970
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Winston Churchill - British politician, 1874-1965

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.

David Henry Thoreau - July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862 American author & poet

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
Benjamin Disraeli - 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton - English politician 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein - theoretical physicist, philosopher - 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Vince Lombardi Influential American football coach - 1913 - 1970
The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.
Will Rogers - American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, 1879 - 1935

The time to repair a roof is when the sun is shining.

John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States, 1917 - 1963

There are no gains without pains.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Time is money.
Benjamin Franklin - January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 -one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
George Washington - military and political leader in the formation of the United States of America, First American President - February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope - English poet, 1680-1744

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

David Henry Thoreau - July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862 American author & poet

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.
Napoleon Hill - American author - October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd US President, held office during World War II, 1882 - 1945

Whenever you do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act
accordingly.
Thomas Jefferson - April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826, the third President of the United States (1801–1809)

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Vince Lombardi - Influential American football coach - 1913 - 1970

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Abraham Lincoln - February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 -16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.
Zig Ziglar - American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker - born 1926

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln - February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 -16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865
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