100 + Most Famous Quotes of All Time

Throughout history, words have had the power to inspire, motivate, and change the course of lives. Whether they come from the silver screen, famous books, or iconic figures, these quotes resonate deeply. They spark action or reflection in ways that few things can. Here, we’ve curated 101 of the best and most famous quotes that have left an indelible mark on minds and hearts, offering timeless guidance and insight. 

Inspirational and Motivational Quotes

1. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
2. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
3. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
4. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
5. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
6. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
7. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
8. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
9. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
10. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
11. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
12. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
13. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
14. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
15. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Unknown
16. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Unknown
17. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
18. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
19. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
20. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

Famous Movie Quotes

1. “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” – Forrest Gump
2. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. “Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want.” – 10 Things I Hate About You
4. “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” – Mary Poppins
5. “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is our choices.” – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
6. “Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho to poori kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai.” – Om Shanti Om (Bollywood)
   Translation: “They say when you want something with all your heart, the whole universe works to help you achieve it.”
7. “Zindagi badi honi chahiye, lambi nahi.” – Anand (Bollywood)

   Translation: “Life should be big, not long.”

8. “Kabhi kabhi kuch jeetne ke liye kuch haarna padta hai … aur haarke jeetne wale ko baazigar kehte hain.” – Baazigar (Bollywood)

   Translation: “Sometimes, to win something, you have to lose something … and the one who wins by losing is the true winner.”

9. “Great men are not born great, they grow great.” – The Godfather 
10. “It’s what you do right now that makes a difference.” – Black Hawk Down

Most Famous Quotes from Books

1. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – Middlemarch by George Eliot
2. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – Hamlet by William Shakespeare
3. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
5. “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
6. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
7. “Courage, dear heart.” – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
8. “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” – Mulan by Hua Mulan (Chinese folklore)
9. “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander the Great as quoted in The Histories by Plutarch
10. “You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” – No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
11. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Analects by Confucius
12. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
13. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt
14. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
15. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
16. “He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin
17. “Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it; action has magic, grace, and power in it.” – Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
18. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney (inspired by his works)
19. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further.” – Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
20. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Quotes by Famous Personalities

1. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
2. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
3. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
4. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
5. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” – Oprah Winfrey
6. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
7. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
8. “Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an intelligent person in this world.” – Swami Vivekananda
9. If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
10. “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.” – Gautam Buddha

Quotes About Time

1. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy
2. “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn
3. “Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.’” – Lao Tzu
4. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler
5. “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” – Theophrastus

Most Famous Quotes About Achieving Success

1. “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
2. “Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.” – W. Clement Stone
3. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
4. “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller Jr.
5. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
6. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs
7. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
8. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
9. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving.” – Conrad Hilton
10. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

Funny and Witty Quotes

1. “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” – Oscar Wilde
2. “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – A. A. Milne
3. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” – Joe Girard
4. “I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.” – Anonymous
5. “I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.” – Anonymous
6. “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey
7. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx
8. “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” – Steven Wright
9. “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” – Steven Wright
10. “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin

Most Famous Quotes

1. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. “Knowledge is power.” – Francis Bacon
3. “This too shall pass.” – Persian Proverb
4. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
5. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
6. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Quotes About Life

1. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
2. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
4. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
5. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
6. “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
7. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain
8. “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.” – Charles R. Swindoll
9. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
10. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey