Tuesday, 1 July 2025

50 Quotes given by Famous People

Here’s a powerful list of 50 quotes by famous people — a mix of motivation, wisdom, productivity, emotional strength, and purpose. You can use them for your personal growth, journaling, or even as daily phone widgets:


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πŸ’‘ Self-Growth & Purpose

1. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde


2. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates


3. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein


4. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche


5. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali




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πŸš€ Success & Discipline

6. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill


7. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle


8. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” — Jim Rohn


9. “I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” — Steve Jobs


10. “Dream big. Start small. Act now.” — Robin Sharma




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πŸ“š Learning & Knowledge

11. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi


12. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela


13. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin


14. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates


15. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin




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πŸ’ͺ Courage & Resilience

16. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb


17. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” — Nelson Mandela


18. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller


19. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson


20. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill




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πŸ’­ Mindset & Attitude

21. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” — Henry Ford


22. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama


23. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” — Bruce Lee


24. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” — Norman Vincent Peale


25. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus




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⏳ Time & Focus

26. “You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” — Charles Buxton


27. “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” — Stephen R. Covey


28. “Lost time is never found again.” — Benjamin Franklin


29. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson


30. “You get what you focus on, so focus on what you want.” — Unknown




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πŸ’Ό Work & Productivity

31. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney


32. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King


33. “It’s not about having time. It’s about making time.” — Unknown


34. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life… love what you do.” — Steve Jobs


35. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau




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❤️ Kindness & People

36. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” — Anne Frank


37. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou


38. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” — Dalai Lama


39. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi


40. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” — Mark Twain




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🧘‍♂️ Peace & Simplicity

41. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hofmann


42. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” — Buddha


43. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Dass


44. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci


45. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.” — Anne Lamott




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🌟 Inspiration & Creativity

46. “Everything you can imagine is real.” — Pablo Picasso


47. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” — Albert Einstein


48. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou


49. “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” — Pablo Picasso


50. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” — Rumi




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Would you like:

A printable PDF of this list?

A daily quote widget idea for Android?

Or to convert it into a Journaling Challenge (1 quote = 1 day of reflection)?



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