101 Famous people Quotes to Inspire and Motivate You

Quotes by famous people & personalities have always been a great source of inspiration and motivation for people all around the world. Whether you are feeling down, looking for inspiration, or simply want to gain some insight into life, famous quotes can help you see things from a different perspective. In this blog post, we have gathered 101 famous quotes by celebrities, authors, and historical figures that will inspire and motivate you to reach for success, find joy in life, and overcome any obstacles that come your way.


Celebrity quotes about success

  • "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
  • "Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world." - Roy T. Bennett
  • "Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." - Orison Swett Marden
  • "Success is not about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives." - Michelle Obama
  • "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
  • "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
  • "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." - Robert Collier
  • "Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." - Arthur Ashe
  • "Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream." - Marlon Wayans
  • "The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Steve Jobs


Inspirational quotes by famous people

  • "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
  • "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." - Albert Einstein
  • "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Abraham Lincoln
  • "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky
  • "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson
  • "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama
  • "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
  • "If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." - Oprah Winfrey
  • "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it's the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill


Short quotes by famous people

  • "Life is short, but it's wide." - Tennessee Williams
  • "Life is a journey, not a destination." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
  • "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." - Robert Byrne
  • "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
  • "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
  • "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
  • "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost
  • "Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all." - Helen Keller


Funny quotes by famous people

  • "I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde
  • "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
  • "I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
  • "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
  • "Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes." - Jim Carrey
  • "I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott
  • "The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it." - Oscar Wilde
  • "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." - Oscar Wilde
  • "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." - Oscar Wilde
  • "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx


Famous quotes about success

  • "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
  • "Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world." - Roy T. Bennett
  • "Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Aisha Tyler
  • "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
  • "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." - Bill Gates
  • "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vidal Sassoon
  • "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." - Maya Angelou
  • "Success is not something you pursue. Success is something you attract by the person you become." - Jim Rohn
  • "Success is not a destination, it's a journey." - Zig Ziglar
  • "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." - Robert Collier


Unique quotes on life short

  • "Life is too short to waste time on things that don't matter."
  • "Life is a journey, enjoy the ride."
  • "Life is like a camera, focus on the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't work out, take another shot."
  • "Life is a canvas, and you are the artist. Paint a beautiful picture."
  • "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."
  • "Life is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page."
  • "Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw
  • "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." - Charles R. Swindoll
  • "Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more." - Anthony Robbins
  • "Life is a balance of holding on and letting go." - Rumi


21 great quotes by famous personalities

  • "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
  • "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison
  • "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
  • "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." - Dalai Lama
  • "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
  • "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou
  • "The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Abraham Lincoln
  • "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein
  • "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
  • "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." - Albert Einstein
  • "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein
  • "Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." - Will Rogers
  • "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky
  • "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
  • "Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs
  • "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
  • "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
  • "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
  • "Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama
  • "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


Quotes by famous authors

  • "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury
  • "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss
  • "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
  • "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott
  • "I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best." - Oscar Wilde
  • "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
  • "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost
  • "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
  • "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." - Albert Einstein


Unique quotes on life

  • "The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." - Oprah Winfrey
  • "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." - Vivian Greene
  • "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." - Mae West
  • "Life is like a camera. Focus on the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't work out, take another shot." - Unknown
  • "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker
  • "The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." - Unknown
  • "Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever." - Peter Hagerty
  • "Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once." - Lillian Dickson
  • "The best things in life are the people we love, the places we've been, and the memories we've made along the way." - Unknown
  • "Life is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page." - Saint Augustine


Famous quotes in history

  • "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy
  • "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'" - Martin Luther King Jr.
  • "Give me liberty, or give me death!" - Patrick Henry
  • "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Thomas Jefferson
  • "I came, I saw, I conquered." - Julius Caesar
  • "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "Let them eat cake." - Marie Antoinette
  • "All that glitters is not gold." - William Shakespeare
  • "I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes
  • "Cogito, ergo sum." - René Descartes


Famous quotes about life

  • "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." - Charles R. Swindoll
  • "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." - Dalai Lama
  • "Life is a journey, not a destination." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get." - Forrest Gump (movie quote)
  • "Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." - Lao Tzu
  • "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs
  • "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." - Robert Byrne
  • "Life is too short to waste time hating anyone." - Mother Teresa
  • "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw
  • "Life is a balance of holding on and letting go." - Rumi


Inspirational quotes

  • "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
  • "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky
  • "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
  • "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
  • "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson
  • "Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." - Christian D. Larson
  • "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
  • "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean
  • "Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world." - Roy T. Bennett


Conclusion:

In conclusion, quotes are a great source of inspiration, motivation, and wisdom. The above-mentioned quotes by famous personalities are just a few examples of the power of words. From quotes about success to quotes about life, there's something for everyone. Whether you're looking for inspiration to achieve your goals, to help you through tough times, or to simply brighten your day, these quotes can help. Remember, the right quote at the right time can change everything. So, take a few moments every day to read some inspirational quotes and see how they can positively impact your life.