Discover the best quotes by authors that have inspired generations. PBC brings you a curated list of timeless sayings that resonate with readers across the globe.
Inspirational Quotes
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
Love Quotes
- “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
- “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
- “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things.” – Woody Allen
- “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
- “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky
- “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Madonna
Wisdom Quotes
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
- “Wisdom begins in wonder.” – Socrates
- “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “It is not the length of life, but depth of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
- “Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” – Doug Larson
- “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” – Saint Augustine
Humorous Quotes
- “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein
- “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey
- “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen
- “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.” – Mark Twain
- “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
- “If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.” – Marie Osmond
- “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer.” – Douglas Adams
- “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
- “I can resist everything except temptation.” – Oscar Wilde
Leadership Quotes
- “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader
- “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis
- “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan
- “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
- “Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek
- “The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell
- “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” – Ken Blanchard
- “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” – M.D. Arnold
- “Leadership is an action, not a position.” – Donald McGannon
- “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
Friendship Quotes
- “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
- “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” – C.S. Lewis
- “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
- “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
- “Friends are the family you choose.” – Jess C. Scott
- “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
- “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
- “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
- “Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
- “There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.” – William Butler Yeats
Life Quotes
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
- “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain
- “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” – Robert Byrne
- “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
- “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christian Andersen
Famous Quotes
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” – William Shakespeare
- “I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes
- “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
- “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Spiritual Quotes
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings
- “Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “To thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare
- “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss
- “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Success Quotes
- “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
- “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
- “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
Conclusion
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