65 Famous Quotes of All Time

There are times when everyone feels a little bit down and stuck. We are all human, and we are not machines. But once those days come, we all need a little push and a little bit of inspiration. 
What’s better to boost your inspiration then famous quotes from famous and successful people. Many of these quotes are known all over the world, and they’ve been an inspiration to many people. 
If you want to boost your motivation and to boost your positivity, we will help you with the selection of the best famous quotes from all over the world. We’ve gathered quotes about success, about love, and life quotes that can help you start your every day fresh, inspired and motivated. 
And in the end, we have a little surprise for you.

Famous Quotes From Writers

• “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for it” Katharine Whitehorn
• “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” Ernest Hemingway

  

• “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life” J.K Rowling
• “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” Stephen King
• “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first” Mark Twain
• “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.” Marcel Proust
• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” Mark Twain

  

• “Get busy living or get busy dying.” Stephen King
• “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J. K Rowling

Famous Quotes About Success

• “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford
•  “If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” Mark Zuckerberg
• “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” Steve Jobs
• “If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.” Anita Roddick

  

• “Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.” Steve Jobs
• “The doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and doer in one person.” Steve Jobs
• “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” Elon Musk
• “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” Elon Musk
• “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment”  Oprah Winfrey
• “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” Oprah Winfrey

Famous Quotes About Love

• “Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.” Helen Keller
• “It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve, and bad things are very easy to get.” Confucius
• “Love recognizes no barriers.” Maya Angelou​
• “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” Aristotle

  

• “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” Jane Austen
• “Love yourself first and everything falls into line.” Lucille Ball
• “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.” Albert Einstein
• “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”  Dr. Seuss
• “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”  William Shakespeare
• “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” Oscar Wilde

Famous Quotes About Life

• “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” John Lennon
• “Where there is love there is life.”  Mahatma Gandhi
• “Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”  Seneca
• “May you live all the days of your life.”  Jonathan Swift
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”  Helen Keller
• “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”  Albert Einstein

• “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West
• “In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa
• “The big lesson in life, baby, is never scared of anyone or anything.” Frank Sinatra
• “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”  Anthony Robbins

Famous Quotes About Work

• “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”  Jerome K. Jerome
• “All happiness depends on courage and work.” Honoré de Balzac
• “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” Barack Obama
• “We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas A. Edison
• “Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”  Leonardo da Vinci

• “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”  Buddha
• “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.”  Dr. Seuss
• “Nothing really works unless you would rather be doing something else.” J.M. Barrie
• “Work without love is slavery.”  Mother Teresa
• “Always be smarter than the people who hire you.” Lena Horne

And as an extra, here are the best, most interesting and funny quotes from iconic movies. You will also get inspired on what to watch next on the movie night. 

Famous Quotes From Movies

• “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” The Godfather, 1972 
• “There’s no place like home.” The Wizard of Oz, 1939

  

• “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump, 1994
• “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Gone With the Wind, 1939
• “Houston, we have a problem.” Apollo 13, 1995
• “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” Casablanca, 1942
• “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” Dead Poets Society, 1989
• “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” Dirty Dancing, 1987
• “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” The Godfather II, 1974
• “We’ll always have Paris.” Casablanca, 1942
• “I want to play a game.” Saw, 2004
• “This is Sparta!” 300, 2006
• “To me, you are perfect.” Love Actually, 2003

• “Just keep swimming.” Finding Nemo, 2003
• “You had my curiosity. But now you have my attention.” Django Unchained, 2012

And that’s it! Hope we helped you get inspired and motivated, and that you liked the selection of the quotes we made. What was your favorite quote and why? Tell us!
And write your favorite quote down for yourself and come back to it every day, it will help you stay focused and motivated.