100+ Block Quote Examples: How to Do a Block Quote Like a Pro

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

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

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life.

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

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right.

I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.

I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.

If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.

I’m not lazy, I’m just conserving energy for important things—like snacks.

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

I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome.

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

I put my phone in airplane mode, but it’s not flying anywhere.

I’m not procrastinating—I’m doing background processing.

I didn’t lose my mind—I sold it on eBay.

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a few payments.

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

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens

“Call me Ishmael.” – Herman Melville

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

“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

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

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

“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.” – Harper Lee

“He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.” – Ernest Hemingway

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

“All children, except one, grow up.” – J.M. Barrie

“It was love at first sight. The first time he saw Katya, he knew he was going to die for her.” – Kurt Vonnegut

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

Great things never come from comfort zones.

Dream big. Start small. Act now.

The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it.

Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.

Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

No man ever steps in the same river twice.

Man is the measure of all things.

I think, therefore I am.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid.

Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

You are my today and all of my tomorrows.

Every moment with you is like a beautiful dream I never want to wake up from.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

You’re the closest to heaven, I’ll ever be.

I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I’ll keep choosing you.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

I would rather spend one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow.

Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.

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.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

True leadership stems from character and integrity, not titles.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

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

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.

You don’t lead by pointing and commanding. You lead by going alongside people to show them what’s possible.

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.

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

If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

The best time to start a business was 10 years ago. The second-best time is now.

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.

It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.

You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

Growth begins when we accept our weaknesses.

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Progress, not perfection.

Every day is a new opportunity to become a better version of yourself.

Content builds relationships. Relationships build trust. Trust builds loyalty. Loyalty builds revenue.

Your brand isn’t what you say it is. It’s what Google says it is.

Engagement is the new currency.

People don’t buy products. They buy stories, emotions, and identities.

If you’re not creating content, you’re invisible online.

Consistency beats virality in the long run.

Algorithms reward value. Provide value, get visibility.

Authenticity > Perfection.

One viral post won’t build a brand. One hundred great posts will.

Listen more than you post. Your audience holds the keys to your growth.

Tell stories, not sales pitches.

Build communities, not audiences.