Most Famous Quotes

These are the lines the whole world seems to know by heart. Our 40 most famous quotes come from history's most quoted voices — the words that get repeated at weddings, graduations and quiet moments alike. Read them fresh; even the most familiar line can land differently when you need it most.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. — Rabindranath Tagore
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Rabindranath Tagore
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. — Rumi
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.
Rumi
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. — Confucius
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. — Lao Tzu
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. — Sun Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
Sun Tzu
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. — Swami Vivekananda
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.
Swami Vivekananda
All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents. — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. — Rabindranath Tagore
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
Rabindranath Tagore
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. — Rumi
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
Rumi
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. — Kahlil Gibran
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Kahlil Gibran
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage. — Confucius
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.
Confucius
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. — Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Lao Tzu
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. — Sun Tzu
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Sun Tzu
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. — Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny. — Mahatma Gandhi
Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. — Rumi
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
Rumi
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. — Kahlil Gibran
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Kahlil Gibran
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. — Confucius
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Confucius
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. — Lao Tzu
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Lao Tzu
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. — William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
All warfare is based on deception. — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception.
Sun Tzu
Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck. — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. — Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Rumi
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. — Kahlil Gibran
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Kahlil Gibran
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. — Confucius
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius
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