"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
199 Top-Notch Quotes about Life
"Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt."
Frank McKinney Hubbard
(born 1 September 1868 - died: 26 December 1930) was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name "Kin" Hubbard.
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership
of the United Kingdom during the Second World War (WWII). He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister twice (1940-1945 and 1951-1955). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer, and an artist. To date, he is
the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
"That's the secret to life...replace one worry with another."
Charles Monroe Schulz
(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
"Some people make headlines, while others make history."
Philip Elmer-DeWitt
(born September 8, 1949) is an American writer and editor. He was Time 's first computer writer—producing much of the magazine's early coverage of personal computers and the Internet.
"Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination."
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
(26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English-American novelist.
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
Robert Lee Frost
(March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.
"Learn from the past. Hope for the future. Live in the present."
Ken Lancaster
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"Dream in light years, challenge miles, walk step by step."
William Shakespeare
(baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
"The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true."
James Branch Cabell
(April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres.
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
Marie Sklodowska Curie
(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and subsequent French citizenship. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris.
