Famous Historical Quotes That Inspire the World

I have not yet begun to fight. - John Paul Jones

Give me liberty, or give me death! - Patrick Henry

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. - Benjamin Franklin

One man with courage makes a majority. - Andrew Jackson

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. - Emiliano Zapata

Let us march on until victory is won. - Nelson Mandela

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi

An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Know thyself. - Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

No man ever steps in the same river twice. - Heraclitus

The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence. - René Descartes

I think, therefore I am. - René Descartes

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. - Voltaire

Dare to know! Have courage to use your own reason. - Immanuel Kant

Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. - Albert Einstein

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. - Stephen Hawking

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. - Stephen Hawking

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us special. - Stephen Hawking

No one undertakes research in science unless he is driven by the love of truth. - Alhazen

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. - Theodosius Dobzhansky

To be, or not to be: that is the question. - William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. - William Shakespeare

This above all: to thine own self be true. - William Shakespeare

Beware the ides of March. - William Shakespeare

Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find. - William Shakespeare

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African Proverb

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Charles Dickens

Call me Ishmael. - Herman Melville

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

A room without books is like a body without a soul. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark Twain

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. - Mark Twain

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. - Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill

Never, never, never give up. - Winston Churchill

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. - Winston Churchill

In politics, the tripod is the most unstable of all structures. - Charles de Gaulle

A statesman thinks of the next generation, a politician thinks of the next election. - James Freeman Clarke

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton

Well-behaved women seldom make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. - Audre Lorde

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. - Eleanor Roosevelt

I speak out for abortion rights because I trust women. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Equality has yet to be achieved. - Malala Yousafzai

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. - Malala Yousafzai

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. - Malala Yousafzai

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. - Jane Austen

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me. - Charlotte Brontë

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay

Stay hungry, stay foolish. - Steve Jobs

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. - Steve Jobs

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs

If you're not willing to risk the usual, you have to risk the unusual. - Jim Rohn

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. - Sam Levenson

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vidal Sassoon

Opportunities don't happen. You create them. - Chris Grosser

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. - Mark Zuckerberg

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—that’s your reality. - Henry Ford

If you can dream it, you can do it. - Walt Disney

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. - Jesus Christ

The Kingdom of God is within you. - Jesus Christ

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. - Jesus Christ

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. - Jesus Christ

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Mahatma Gandhi

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King Jr.

God helps those who help themselves. - Benjamin Franklin

Worship is not confined to mosques, churches, synagogues, or temples. Worship is wherever the spirit finds expression. - Hazrat Inayat Khan

Truth is one, paths are many. - Hindu Proverb

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. - St. Francis of Assisi

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. - Mahatma Gandhi

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. - Edgar Degas

Every artist was first an amateur. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I dream my painting and then I paint my dream. - Vincent van Gogh

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it – a rock, a flower, a cloud. And if the picture withstands the comparison, it is finished. - Salvador Dalí

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Pablo Picasso

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. - Pablo Picasso

Creativity takes courage. - Henri Matisse

Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment. - Claude Monet

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. - Leonardo da Vinci

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt. - Leonardo da Vinci

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. - Pablo Casals

Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. - Napoleon Bonaparte

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. - Napoleon Bonaparte

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory belongs to the most persevering. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte

All warfare is based on deception. - Sun Tzu

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. - Sun Tzu

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. - Sun Tzu

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations beforehand. - Sun Tzu

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. - Buddha

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. - George Washington

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. - William Mercer