Quotes from authors – A Source of Inspiration and Insight
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
Write drunk, edit sober. – Ernest Hemingway
We are all fools in love. – Jane Austen
Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King
You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. – Albert Einstein
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. – Jack Kerouac
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. – E.E. Cummings
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb
Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. – Oscar Wilde
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
A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
The only way to have a friend is to be one. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. – J.K. Rowling
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
All you need is love. – John Lennon
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. – Paulo Coelho
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke
Success is not in what you have, but who you are. – Bo Bennett
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
The power of imagination makes us infinite. – John Muir
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates
The only journey is the one within. – Rainer Maria Rilke
Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw
A goal without a plan is just a wish. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. – William Saroyan