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
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960) British author
“Where there is love there is life.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”
Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
“Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Inventor of polio vaccine
“When people are like each other they tend to like each other.”
Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”
Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) American journalist and radio broadcaster
“Commitment is an act, not a word.”
Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”
Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer
“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer
“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”
Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright
“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”
Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer
“To change ones life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.”
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Peter Abelard (1079–1142) French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician
Variant: The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
“All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.”
Tom Hodgkinson (1968) British writer
“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”
Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) Swiss philosopher and poet
“Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
“You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”
John Burroughs (1837–1921) American naturalist and essayist
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist
“Our distrust is very expensive.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.”
Cynthia Ozick (1928) American writer
“If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978) Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
“I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.”
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.”
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist
“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice
“I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”
Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author
“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
“You only lose what you cling to.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
“In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
“Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
“There never was a good knife made of bad steel.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658) Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher
“Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”
Charles Péguy (1873–1914) French poet, essayist, and editor
“Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”
Richard Whately (1787–1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
