Top 100 Quotes Of All Time
The quest for the “Top 100 Quotes of All Time” is subjective and ever-evolving, as language, culture, and individual experiences influence our interpretations. However, some quotes transcend time and resonate with diverse audiences due to their profound wisdom, wit, or emotional impact. Here are 100 timeless gems:
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein
“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and cared for. Be the reason someone believes in the good in the world.” – Maya Angelou
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
“The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.” – Buckminster Fuller
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I’m not sure what’s more exhausting, people who don’t listen or people who talk too much.” – Unknown
“Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.” – Unknown
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
“It’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It’s not about the cards you’re dealt, but how you play the hand.” – Randy Pausch
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;” – Robert Frost
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
“Love one another.” – John 13:34
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” – Michael Porter
“A stitch in time saves nine.” – Benjamin Franklin
“What we think we become.” – Buddha
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Plato
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
“The difference between successful people and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
“If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.” – Anonymous
“I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
“Wine not? I think not.” – Unknown
“There is more loneliness in two than in one.” – Voltaire
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – Allen Sanders
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
“Carpe diem. Seize the day.” – Horace
“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
“There is no wifi in the forest, but I promise you’ll find a better connection.” – Unknown
“Success is not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Zig Ziglar
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.” – Anonymous
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein
“Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein
“I’m not lazy, I’m just highly selective about my energy expenditure.” – Unknown
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Coffee isn’t just a beverage, it’s a hug in a mug.” – Unknown
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
“Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“Adulting is basically a never-ending series of deadlines punctuated by mild panic attacks.” – Unknown
“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.” – Michael Scott
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“The only thing that gets me through our meetings is knowing at least two people left their brains at home.” – Unknown
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
“The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
“Think different.” – Apple slogan
“Love is friendship that has caught fire.” – Ann Landers
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein
“To be free is to have lived in harmony with oneself.” – Seneca
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
“The only source of knowledge is experience.” – Albert Einstein
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
“Sarcasm is my way of saying what I really mean without getting punched in the face.” – Unknown
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
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