Master 100+ Effective MLA Block Quote Tips for Impactful Writing

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

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

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

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis.

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

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.” – Unknown.

“If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.” – Steven Wright.

“I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.” – Gavin Ramsey.

“I’m on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it.” – Unknown.

“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?” – Robin Williams.

“I hate housework. I always feel like I’m cleaning someone else’s mess.” – Phyllis Diller.

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

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

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

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

“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft.

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Margaret Mitchell.

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

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

“If I had to define you in one word, that word would be ‘home.’” – Atticus.

“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.

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë.

“Love makes our souls grow wings.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky.

“I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat.” – Unknown.

“A thousand words can’t express how much I feel for you.” – Unknown.

“You’re my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher.

“Know thyself.” – Socrates.

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

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle.

“No man ever steps in the same river twice.” – Heraclitus.

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

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (inspired by Socrates).

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” – Plato.

“Do not do to others what angers you when done to you by others.” – Socrates.

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

“Change is the essence of life.” – Heraclitus.

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato.

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle.

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker.

“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” – Guy Kawasaki.

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

“If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman.

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates.

“It’s not about having the idea first, it’s about having the idea best.” – Gary Vaynerchuk.

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg.

“Execution is everything.” – Tony Hsieh.

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” – Drew Houston.

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss.

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon.

“Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like.” – Brian Chesky.

“Sometimes, people don’t realize how sad they are until they try to be happy.” – Unknown.

“The worst kind of pain is when your smile hurts.” – Unknown.

“I’m tired of pretending everything is okay when it’s not.” – Unknown.

“You can smile and still hurt inside.” – Unknown.

“The loneliest moment is when you’re missing someone but can’t reach out.” – Unknown.

“People hide their pain behind smiles every single day.” – Unknown.

“It’s strange how someone can break your heart and you still love them with all the pieces.” – Unknown.

“I didn’t want to let go, but I had no choice.” – Unknown.

“Empty rooms echo with memories.” – Unknown.

“I’m not okay, but I will be.” – Unknown.

“Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II.

“Sometimes silence speaks louder than words.” – Unknown.

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

“Self-care is how you take your power back.” – Lalah Delia.

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown.

“You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle.

“Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer.

“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.” – Unknown.

“You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t learn that if you don’t learn to love yourself.” – Glennon Doyle.

“Stop trying to fix yourself. You are not broken.” – Teal Swan.

“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” – Robert Holden.

“Speak to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brene Brown.

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.” – Audre Lorde.

“Fall in love with taking care of yourself.” – Yung Pueblo.

“Less perfection, more permission.” – Danielle LaPorte.

“Be the energy you want to attract.” – Unknown.

“Create the vibe you want to live.” – Unknown.

“She believed she could, so she did.” – R.S. Grey.

“Dream big. Start small. Act now.” – Robin Sharma.

“Progress over perfection.” – Unknown.

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you’re alive.” – Hafez.

“You do you.” – Unknown.

“Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil your present.” – Unknown.

“Bloom anyway.” – Kamand Kojouri.

“Rise up, start fresh, see the bright opportunity in each day.” – Unknown.

“Keep going. You’re getting there.” – Unknown.

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“The Earth has music for those who listen.” – George Santayana.

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein.

“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir.

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu.

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir.

“Grow through what you go through.” – Bob Marley.

“Let nature be your teacher.” – William Wordsworth.

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” – Henry David Thoreau.

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Khalil Gibran.

“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination.” – Wyland.

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

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca.

“Change is the only constant in life.” – Heraclitus.

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis.

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” – Nathaniel Branden.

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl.

“Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu.

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey.

“Letting go allows innumerable new opportunities to enter your life.” – Roy T. Bennett.

“Embrace uncertainty. The struggle between wanting certainty and embracing uncertainty is where growth happens.” – Deborah Reber.

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot.

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