50 Best Quotes of All Time

Do you want to be motivated and inspired? With so many brilliant brains throughout history, you're likely to come across at least one fantastic statement that puts life into perspective or motivates you to achieve greatness.

The great quotes of all time are those that have such a lasting impact on people that the rest of the world will never forget them. They're the kind of wise words that smack you in the face and urge you to be the best version of yourself.

Don't be afraid to print off a fantastic quotation and tack it next to your desk or put it as your home screen backdrop if you need a fast reminder to be yourself, enjoy life to the fullest, or follow your aspirations.

We've put up a list of 50 of the greatest quotes of all time (listed in no particular order). You've probably heard some of the quotes before, but that's because they're actually fantastic, so keep reading if you're looking for actual inspiration.

50 Best Quotes of All Time

01. “Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.”
– Wu Ting-Fang

02. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
– Helen Keller

03. “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

04. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
– Oscar Wilde

05. “The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.”

06. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

07. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche

08. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
— John Lennon

09. “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
— Stephen King

10. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
— Mae West

11. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
– Thomas A. Edison

12. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
– Bernard M. Baruch

13. “We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.”
– Virginia Satir

14. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

15. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
– Oscar Wilde

16. “This above all: to thine own self be true.”
– William Shakespeare

17. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
– Napoleon Hill

18. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle

19. “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato

20. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
– Albert Einstein

21. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
– Robert Frost

22. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
– John Wooden

23. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
– Mark Twain

24. “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison

25. “A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one’s feet.”
– Lao Tzu


26. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou

27. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
– Jim Rohn

28. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin

29. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

30. “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

31. “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– Charles Kettering

32. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
– Jimmy Johnson

33. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
– Alan Kay

04. “If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”
– Rabbi Hillel

35. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.”
– Confucius

36. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

37. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
– Anne Frank

38. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
– Albert Einstein

39. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
– Norman Vincent

40. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
– Dalai Lama

41. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”
– Roy M. Goodman

42. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
– Les Brown

43. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
– Booker T. Washington

44. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

45. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
– George Eliot

46. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
– Albert Einstein

47. “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.”
– Chinese Proverb

48. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt

49.“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West

50.“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
– Mark Twain