100+ Most famous quotes all time

Quotes have the power to encapsulate profound wisdom, insight, and inspiration in just a few words. Throughout history, influential figures from various walks of life have left us with words that continue to resonate with people across the globe. In this article, we present a handpicked selection of the 100+ most famous quotes of all time, encompassing themes of love, courage, success, happiness, and more.

100+ Most famous quotes all time

Here are 100 of the most famous quotes of all time, to inspire and motivate you:

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
- Steve Jobs

“Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
- George Bernard Shaw

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

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
- Dr. Seuss

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
- Joseph Campbell

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
- Lao Tzu

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

“It’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years.”
- Abraham Lincoln

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
– Albert Einstein

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
- Mark Twain

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
- Helen Keller

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

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

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
- Charles R. Swindoll

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

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.”
- Albert Einstein

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
- Buddha

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."
- Vivian Greene

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
- Abraham Lincoln

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"
- Audrey Hepburn

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
– Booker T. Washington

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

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
- Walt Disney

“Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
- George Bernard Shaw

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

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

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
- Mae West

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

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

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
- Albert Einstein

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

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
- Thomas Edison

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
– Andre Gide

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
– Ronald Reagan

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
- Maya Angelou

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
- Pablo Picasso

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

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

“The best revenge is massive success.”
- Frank Sinatra

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
- Dalai Lama

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
– Teddy Roosevelt

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself”
- George Bernard Shaw

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

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity”
- Amelia Earhart

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light"
- Aristotle

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else”
- Booker T. Washington

“The best way out is always through”
- Robert Frost

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”
- Wayne Gretzky

“It is never too late to be what you might have been”
- George Eliot

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can”
- Arthur Ashe

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”
- Maya Angelou

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear”
- George Addair

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

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”
- Milton Berle

“We become what we think about”
- Earl Nightingale

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear”
- Rosa Parks

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
- Walt Disney

“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”
- Steve Jobs

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

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

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
- Nelson Mandela

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
– Albert Einstein

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.”
- John Lennon

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

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
- Winston Churchill

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

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
- Confucius

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
– Vivian Greene

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

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
- Buddha

“You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.”
- Charles F. Kettering

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
- Theodore Roosevelt

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

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

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

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

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
– Vince Lombardi

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

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Abraham Lincoln

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

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu

“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
– Confucius

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.

These quotes serve as timeless reminders of the human experience—capturing emotions, thoughts, and aspirations that span generations and transcend cultural boundaries. They inspire us to be better, to pursue our dreams, to find strength in adversity, and to cherish the connections we make with one another. Take a moment to reflect on these words and find the inspiration to make a positive impact on your life and the lives of others.