Famous People Quotes

We often come across words by famous people related to their own experiences, based on subjects like love, life, success, etc. Some of these quotes inspire us while some funny quotes are down right humorous. Here is a compilation of popular quotes by successful people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, etc.

Quotes About Life

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Character is like a tree and a reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. ~ Socrates

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ~ Hugh Downs

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~ Galileo Galilei

Quotes About Love

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~ Mother Teresa

Where there is love there is life. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Love is the flower you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. ~ James A. Baldwin

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. ~ John Ciardi

Quotes on Success

Winning is not everything. It's the only thing. ~ Vince Lombardi

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. ~ John F. Kennedy

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~ Albert Einstein

The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it. ~ Khalil Gibran

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. ~ Helen Keller

Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in. ~ George Washington Carver

Funny Quotes by Famous People

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life! ~ Brooke Shields

Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone. ~ Tommy Cooper

I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president. ~ Hillary Clinton

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. ~ Charles De Gaulle

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday. ~ W. C. Fields

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. ~ Darrin Weinberg

I hope you enjoyed reading these quotes. They will surely help you gather more insight on different aspects of life, love and success. The inspirational quotes by notable people will also motivate you towards success. So, read them regularly or put them on your wall chart! Ciao!