Explore well-known and useful English quotes, phrases and sayings. Quotes in English with translations.
“The sadness will last forever.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Attributed to Vincent, as quoted by Theo van gogh in his letter from Paris, to Elisabeth van Gogh, 5 August 1890 http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/21/etc-Theo-Lies.htm <br class="br">Some of the last words Vincent said to Theo, while dying <br class="br">1890s
“I believe that if you focus on what you should do, the road ahead will open up naturally.”
Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)
Other quotes, 2016 <br class="br">Original: (ja) 自分がすべきことを集中してやっていけば、自ずと道は開かれてくると信じているので。 <br class="br">Source: Interview at the arrival in Marseille ahead of the Grand Prix Final 2016, published 7 December 2016 by テレビ朝日 フィギュアスケート https://twitter.com/figureskate5ch/status/806400507698876416 (TV Asahi Figure Skate on Twitter). (Retrieved 11 September 2020)
“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”
Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer
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“The first true love is always the last one.”
Andrzej Majewski (1966) Polish writer and photographer
Aphorisms. Magnum in Parvo (2000)
“Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.”
Tom Hiddleston (1981) English actor, producer and musical performer
“The noblest art is that of making others happy”
P.T. Barnum (1810–1891) American showman and businessman
“I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.”
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor
“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor
Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996
“A man without ambition is like a bird without wings”
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/10/14/wings/
“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
“Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”
Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) U.S. Army general of the army, field marshal of the Army of the Philippines
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“To lead people walk behind them.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) French writer and aviator
“He who talks more is sooner exhausted.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.”
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“He who hath many friends hath none.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“Love demands infinitely less than friendship.”
George Jean Nathan (1882–1958) American drama critic and magazine editor
“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”
Maria Shriver (1955) journalist and author from the United States
“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist
“Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“Keep yourself to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
“One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher
“Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
“Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.”
Pope Paul VI (1897–1978) 262nd Pope of the Catholic Church
“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher
“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) British writer and philosopher
“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer
“Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.”
Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.”
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.”
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright
“Value your friendship. Value your relationships.”
Barbara Bush (1925–2018) former First Lady of the United States
“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.”
Sai Baba of Shirdi (1836–1918) Hindu and muslim saint
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“To see things in the seed, that is genius.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”
Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher
“Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
“Be the chief but never the lord.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
