Famous author quotes
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
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 achieve greatness, stop asking for permission. – Anonymous
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley
Do not wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect. – Anonymous
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
The harder I work, the luckier I get. – Samuel Goldwyn
The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. – Steve Jobs
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. – Carl Rogers
The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy T. Bennett
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it. – Jordan Belfort
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
You have to be odd to be number one. – Dr. Seuss
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. – Albert Einstein
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. – Benjamin Disraeli
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – Gustave Flaubert
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. – Saul Bellow
The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. – Terry Pratchett
Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works. – Virginia Woolf
Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. – E. L. Doctorow
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. – Toni Morrison
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann
You can make anything by writing. – C.S. Lewis
I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter. – James Michener
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. – Louis L’Amour
Writing is the painting of the voice. – Voltaire
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. – E. L. Doctorow
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. – William Wordsworth
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. – Jules Renard
The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. – Robert Cormier