Virginia Woolf

“Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.”
― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

George Bernard Shaw

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

John F. Kennedy

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
― John F. Kennedy

Stephen King

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Robert Frost

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

Mae West

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

Dr. Seuss

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss

Winston S. Churchill

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
― Winston S. Churchill

Marilyn Monroe

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

Robert Frost

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
― Robert Frost

Ernest Hemingway

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― Ernest Hemingway

Virginia Woolf

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― Virginia Woolf

Khaled Hossein

“But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hossein

Albert Einstein

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

Socrates

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

Plato

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

Mahatma Gandhi

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

Mark Twain

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

Mother Teresa

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

William Shakespeare

“The fool dont think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare

Martin Luther King

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” 
― Albert Einstein

Mark Twain

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

Oscar Wilde

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

Charles Chaplin

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
― Charles Chaplin

Abraham Lincoln

“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

Virginia Woolf

“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf

Mother Teresa

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. 

Life is beauty, admire it. 

Life is a dream, realize it. 

Life is a challenge, meet it. 

Life is a duty, complete it. 

Life is a game, play it. 

Life is a promise, fulfill it. 

Life is sorrow, overcome it. 

Life is a song, sing it. 

Life is a struggle, accept it. 

Life is a tragedy, confront it. 

Life is an adventure, dare it. 

Life is luck, make it. 

Life is too precious, do not destroy it. 

Life is life, fight for it.” 

― Mother Teresa

Albert Einstein

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

Mother Teresa

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?”
― Mother Teresa

Victor Hugo

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

Eleanor Roosevelt

“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

Albert Einstein

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

Bob Marley

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Mark Twain

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

Abraham Lincoln

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln

Bil Keane

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
― Bil Keane

Martin Luther King Jr.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

Robert Frost

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

Groucho Marx

“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
― Groucho Marx

Mahatma Gandhi

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

Mother Teresa

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
― Mother Teresa

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joseph Conrad

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”
― Joseph Conrad

Dr. Seuss

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

Thomas A. Edison

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

Albert Einstein

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein