100+ Block Quote Copywriting Examples to Elevate Your Content

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Call me Ishmael.” – Herman Melville, Moby Dick

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“To be, or not to be: that is the question.” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“It was a pleasure to burn.” – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Big Brother is watching you.” – George Orwell, 1984

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” – William Gibson, Neuromancer

“I am an invisible man.” – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

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

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

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

“Great things never come from comfort zones.” – Neil Strauss

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan

“I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

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

“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

“God is dead.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

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

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Everything that exists is logical.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords.” – Samuel Johnson

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“Know thyself.” – Inscription at the Temple of Apollo, Delphi

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

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.” – Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream

“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address

“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds…” – Winston Churchill, We Shall Fight on the Beaches

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong, Moon Landing Broadcast

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address

“Is this not the Promised Land?” – Martin Luther King Jr., I've Been to the Mountaintop

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill, Battle of Britain Speech

“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation.” – Robert F. Kennedy

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” – John F. Kennedy, Rice University Speech

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Jesse Jackson, Democratic National Convention

“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” – Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream

“I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.” – Unknown

“The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Steven Wright

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin

“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey

“I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.” – Unknown

“If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.” – Unknown

“I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.” – Victor Borge

“I told my therapist everything, and she moved to another state.” – Unknown

“I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome.” – Unknown

“I didn’t lose my mind—I sold it on eBay.” – Unknown

“I put the ‘pro’ in procrastination.” – Unknown

“My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I was supposed to do.” – Unknown

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

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” – Isaac Asimov

“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” – Clifford Stoll

“The internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand.” – Eric Schmidt

“Technology is best when it brings people together.” – Matt Mullenweg

“The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.” – Bill Gates

“We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe, atomically.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

“The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.” – Edward Teller

“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” – John C. Maxwell

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success.” – Ted Engstrom

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” – Peter Drucker

“You don’t lead by pointing and commanding. You lead by going alongside people.” – Ken Kesey

“The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott

“Love makes a short absence long, and a long absence brief.” – Jean Paul

“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” – Maya Angelou

“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.” – Unknown

“If I had to define love in one word, I would say… you.” – Unknown

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim

“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

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” – Michelle Obama

“Empathy is the most revolutionary emotion.” – Tarana Burke

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” – Malala Yousafzai

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai

“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher

“Doubt is the sister of invention.” – Virginia Woolf

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing anything I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

“Less is more.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“Be silent or say something better than silence.” – Arabic Proverb

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“Stop. Look. Listen.” – Unknown

“Breathe.” – Unknown

“This, too, shall pass.” – Persian Adage

“Just show up.” – Unknown

“Do less. Better.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

“Silence is deep as Eternity; Speech is shallow as Time.” – Thomas Carlyle

“One thing at a time.” – Unknown

“Less noise. More signal.” – Naval Ravikant

“Focus on what matters.” – Unknown