Home » Books, Poetry & Writing » Authors » Nonfiction Authors

Famous Quotes about Life

0 Comments
- Whose famous quotes …
- Reader Feedback

1 Like

Like 1

Pin It

Ranked #5,270 in Books, Poetry & Writing, #193,314 overall

Famous quote or famous person?

By "famous quote" people usually mean a quote that is familiar, but they tend to also expect that a "famous quote" be attributed to a famous person. That is probably the cause of the widespread practice of mis-attributing well known sayings to famous people. Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain are two of the people to whom many sayings have been falsely attributed.

While the false attribution is occasionally malicious, much more commonly, the famous person repeated a previously know phrase - as with most of Ben Franklin's wise sayings - or the phrase "just sounded as if" person x said it.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Contents at a Glance

Famous Quotes
Famous Inspirational Quotes
Famous Quotes about Living a Great Life
More Great Quotes
Whose famous quotes do you find most ins...
My Books on Amazon

Famous Quotes

A few more of my favorite Famous Inspirational Quotes by some of my favorite Authors of Inspirational Quotes and Inspirational Sayings are...

Rabindranath Tagore: Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Socrates: He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

William Shakespeare: This above all, to thine own self be true.

Famous Inspirational Quotes

Attitude is everything.
- Charles Swindoll

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

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
- Erica Jong

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous

Where there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous

Famous Quotes about Living a Great Life

Strength Quotes

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
- Pythagoras

Silence is a source of great strength.
- Lao Tzu

Quotes to Live By

The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who is contented is rich.
- Lao Tzu

Positive Quotes

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

More Great Quotes

Great Quotes about Life

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
- Chief Seattle

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St Francis of Assisi

There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein

Please follow my Daily Inspirational Quotes blog (mirrored at Open.Salon), my Thought of the Day blog, and my self-help and motivational articles.

Famous Quotes about Life

Famous quote or famous person?

Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

Famous Quotes

Famous Inspirational Quotes

Famous Quotes about Living a Great Life

More Great Quotes

Whose famous quotes do you find most inspiring?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Please pick your widget size and display. Then click "Make the Widget" to get the code that's just right for you.

Voila! Just copy and paste this code into your own site. Have fun!

Oopsey! Please login to Squidoo in order to add this module to your lens.

My Books on Amazon

Reader Feedback

Featured Lenses

My Lenses

by jonhuie

Explore related pages

Related Tags

Want our Newsletter?