Over 100 MLA Long Quote Copywriting Tips and Best Practices

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

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 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.

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

Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.

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

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

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

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

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Every adversity carries within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

Scars are tattoos with better stories.

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

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.

I’m not lazy, I’m just conserving energy for later.

I don’t need therapy, I just need to vent to someone who won’t judge me.

I followed my heart, and it led me to the fridge.

I'm not late. Everyone else is just early.

I don't make mistakes. I design prototypes.

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

I’m not procrastinating. I’m doing everything at the last possible moment.

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

Where there is love, there is life.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

Love makes a short absence long, and a long absence brief.

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.

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.

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

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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

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

Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.

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

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Know thyself. – Socrates

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

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. – Heraclitus

Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

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

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. – Marcus Aurelius

We suffer more in imagination than in reality. – Seneca

Fate leads the willing and drags the unwilling. – Seneca

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

To be free is to live as one desires. – Epictetus

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus

I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.

I put the pro in procrastination.

I’m not clumsy. It’s just the floor hates me, the table and chairs are bullies, and the wall gets in my way.

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

I'm not lazy. I'm on energy-saving mode.

I don’t need a hairstylist. My pillow gives me a new hairstyle every morning.

I'm not arguing. I'm just passionately expressing my misunderstanding.

I'm not ignoring you. I'm just prioritizing my peace.

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I don’t sweat. I sparkle under pressure.

My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch—walking to the fridge.

I’m not late. I’m fashionably delayed.

A woman is like a tea bag—you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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

You don’t need permission to be great. – Beyoncé

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

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women. – Maya Angelou

I am my best work—a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines. – Audre Lorde

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

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

Do it scared.

She believed she could, so she did.

Rise and grind.

Create your own sunshine.

Keep going.

Be unstoppable.

Make it happen.

No excuses.

Own your story.

Stay relentless.

Progress over perfection.

Dream fearless.

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

Talk to yourself like someone you love. – Brené Brown

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

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. – Peter T. Mcintyre

You were born to be real, not perfect.

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

Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love others until you know how to love yourself.

Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Stop diminishing your worth by comparing yourself to others.

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.

Be proud of how far you’ve come, and don’t forget how capable you are of getting where you want to go.

You don’t need to be perfect to be amazing just as you are.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. – Henri Bergson

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

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. – Anaïs Nin

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

What you seek is seeking you. – Rumi

Doubt is the origin of wisdom. – Augustine

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. – Einstein

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. – Marcus Aurelius

Perception is reality. – Lee Atwater

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. – Mark Twain

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. – Isaac Asimov

The most dangerous prison people live in is the fear of what other people think. – David Icke