A treasure trove of wisdom, wit, and insight! Here are some famous quotes from literature and poetry:
**Love**
* "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
* "All you need is love." - John Lennon, Beatles song inspired by Bertrand Russell's quote
* "Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, your hard work is over." - Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
**Life**
* "To be, or not to be: that is the question..." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
* "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Inaugural Address (1933)
* "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee." - William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
**Wisdom**
* "The pen is mightier than the sword." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy
* "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates (as quoted by Plato)
* "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde
**Imagination**
* "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt, Speech at the Sorbonne (1910)
* "The road not taken" - Robert Frost, poem
* "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
**Pessimism**
* "The universe is indifferent to our existence." - Mark Twain, Following the Equator
* "Life would be tragic if it weren't funny." - Stephen Wright
* "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
**Hope**
* "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage." - George Lucas, Star Wars (1977)
* "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis
* "Hope is the thing with feathers..." - Emily Dickinson, poem
**Humor**
* "To err is human; to forgive, divine." - Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism (1711)
* "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
* "The only thing more exhausting than having a bad day is explaining why you had a bad day." - Unknown
These quotes represent just a small sample of the wisdom, wit, and insight that can be found in literature and poetry. They offer inspiration, guidance, and perspective on the human experience.
A great topic!
Here are some of the most iconic and influential literary quotes of all time, in no particular order:
1. "To be, or not to be: that is the question" - William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1)
2. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
3. "All children, except one, grow up." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
4. "Call me Ishmael." - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (Chapter 1)
5. "It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (Chapter 1)
6. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke, attributed to Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." - Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
8. "The pen is mightier than the sword" - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy (Act 2, Scene 1)
9. "Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they make good guests." - Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
10. "Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see." - Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
11. "The road not taken" - Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken (1916)
12. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep." - William Shakespeare, The Tempest (Act 4, Scene 1)
13. "The world is too much with us late and soon getting away from the grave" - William Wordsworth, Sonnet: The World Is Too Much With Us
14. "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (Part 1, Chapter 1)
15. "The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion tranquilized me." - Mark Twain, My Life on the Mississippi
These quotes represent some of the most memorable and thought-provoking lines from literature, spanning centuries and genres. They have become ingrained in popular culture, influencing art, music, film, and even everyday language.
Which one is your favorite?
Here are some of the most iconic and quotable one-liners from novels:
1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (This opening sentence is one of the most famous in literature.)
2. "Call me Ishmael." - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
3. "All children, except one, grow up." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
4. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." - Dame Agatha Christie, Rebecca
5. "It's a pity you didn't think of that before you were hanged." - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (said by Sherlock Holmes)
6. "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
7. "Mother died today." - Albert Camus, The Stranger
8. "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western Spiral Arm, a lone cowboy rode into town..." - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
9. "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
10. "Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested." - Franz Kafka, The Trial
Some other notable mentions:
* "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage." - Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
* "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." - L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between
* "I am an invisible man." - Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
* "We were the people who were not in the papers." - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
* "The last thing I remember is that old joke about Marilyn and the Kennedy's... and then everything went white." - Don DeLillo, Libra
These one-liners are often more than just a clever phrase; they can be a window into the themes, tone, and characters of the novel.
A treasure trove of inspiration! Here are some short, famous quotes from literature and poetry:
**Literary Quotes**
1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
2. "To be, or not to be: that is the question..." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
3. "All children, except one, grow up..." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
4. "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
5. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past..." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
**Poetic Quotes**
1. "Hope is the thing with feathers— / That perches in our Soul—" - Emily Dickinson, Hope is the Thing with Feathers
2. "The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers..." - William Wordsworth, The World Is Too Much With Us
3. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree..." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
4. "Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn at the mouth of life..." - Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
5. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate..." - William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
**Quotes from Iconic Authors**
1. "I think there is something far more profound in shaving the head of an adult than in that of a child." - Virginia Woolf
2. "The only thing I know about immortality is that it's very tedious." - Oscar Wilde
3. "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." - Denis Diderot
4. "I have always imagined that Paradise will help us more in fulfilling the idea of creation, to which we aspire than Hell in hindering it." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
These quotes are just a small sampling of the wisdom and beauty contained within literature and poetry. I hope you find them inspiring!
What a great question! Here are some of the most thought-provoking and insightful literary quotes about life:
1. **"The purpose of life is to find your gift. The meaning of life is to give it away."** - Pablo Neruda (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair)
2. **"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."** - Charles R. Swindoll (A Walk in the Garden: Creating Synergy Where Faith Meets Form)
3. **"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."** - Mahatma Gandhi (Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini)
4. **"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."** - Anaïs Nin (The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1)
5. **"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."** - Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan)
6. **"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."** - Maya Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
7. **"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."** - Edmund Burke (Reflections on the Revolution in France)
8. **"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."** - C.S. Lewis (A Grief Observed)
9. **"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."** - Albert Einstein (Out of My Later Years: The Autobiography of Albert Einstein)
10. **"The only constant is change."** - Heraclitus (Fragments, quoted by Marcus Aurelius in Meditations)
11. **"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."** - Robert Frost (Mending Wall)
12. **"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."** - Wayne Gretzky (The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander)
13. **"Life is a game, and we are all players, trying to make our way through it with as much joy and purpose as possible."** - Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
14. **"The unexamined life is not worth living."** - Socrates (Plato's Apology)
15. **"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow by interfering with the freedom of alchemy."** - Teresa of Ávila
These quotes offer wisdom, inspiration, and thought-provoking reflections on life, encouraging us to live fully, make choices, and find purpose.
Here are some of the best literary quotes that can inspire and motivate students:
1. **"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."** - Eleanor Roosevelt (From "It's Okay That You Don't Feel Like It")
2. **"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."** - Steve Jobs (From "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson)
3. **"Believe you can and you're halfway there."** - Theodore Roosevelt (From "Teddy Roosevelt: The Rise of an American Icon")
4. **"The most important thing in life will be the relationships you have with others."** - Neil Gaiman (From "American Gods")
5. **"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."** - Mahatma Gandhi (From "Gandhi: The Last 60 Days of His Life")
6. **"Education is what remains after you've forgotten what the teacher said."** - Lev Vygotsky (From "Mind in Society")
7. **"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."** - Albert Einstein (From "Albert Einstein: A Biography")
8. **"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."** - C.S. Lewis (From "The Chronicles of Narnia")
9. **"The most powerful thing in the world is not money, nor fame, but the love we give and receive."** - Paulo Coelho (From "The Alchemist")
10. **"The only thing I know about you is that you are a human being with a story to tell, and that's what makes us all so interesting."** - Neil Gaiman (From "Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders")
11. **"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."** - Sam Levenson (From "You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What")
12. **"The biggest risk is not taking any risk..."** - Mark Zuckerberg (From "The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World")
13. **"When you come out of the experience, you'll be changed."** - J.K. Rowling (From "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone")
14. **"Knowledge is power, but only if you're willing to use it."** - Paulo Coelho (From "The Alchemist")
15. **"Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life time of continuous learning."** - William A. Henry III (From "The Soul of a New Machine")
These quotes can inspire students to:
* Pursue their passions and interests
* Believe in themselves and their abilities
* Take risks and be open to new experiences
* Focus on relationships and building connections with others
* Use education as a tool for personal growth and development
* Embrace the power of knowledge and learning
I hope these quotes motivate and inspire your students!
Short quotes from books can be just as powerful and thought-provoking as longer passages. Here are a few examples:
1. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (Burke's Reflections)
2. "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde (The Soul of Man Under Socialism)
3. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt (The Stuff That Revealed Him)
4. "The universe is not only stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think." - Albert Einstein (Out of My Later Years)
5. "Do. Or do not. There is no try." - Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)
6. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt (This Is My Story)
7. "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my own doubts about myself as a learner." - Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
8. "When I am working on a problem, I never think about how to make it simple. I just think about the solution." - Albert Einstein
9. "All it takes is one small step to get you started on a journey that will take you further than you ever thought possible." - Unknown (The Power of Small Steps)
10. "You are stronger than you seem, braver than you believe, and smarter than you think." - Christopher Robin (Winnie the Pooh)
These short quotes from books can inspire, motivate, or simply offer a new perspective on life.
A great topic!
Here are 100 of the most iconic and thought-provoking literary quotes, spanning across various genres, authors, and centuries:
**Classics**
1. "To be, or not to be: that is the question." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
2. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
3. "All human beings are born free and equal..." - Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson)
**Romance**
4. "Love is orphans' tales; we helpers to the funeral." - As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
5. "There's only one thing better than being loved: loving someone." - The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
6. "The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of public prosperity." - Emma (Jane Austen)
**Drama**
7. "The play's the thing..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
8. "I am not bound to please thee with my answers." - A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
9. "Break a leg!" - A Chorus Line (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)
**Philosophy**
10. "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Plato, Apology
11. "I think therefore I am." - René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
12. "To thine own self be true." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
**Poetry**
13. "Hope is the thing with feathers..." - Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Emily Dickinson)
14. "The world is too much with us..." - Sonnet 116 (William Wordsworth)
15. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan..." - Kubla Khan (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
**Science Fiction**
16. "Beep boop, I'm afraid we've got a problem." - Star Trek
17. "The universe is a pretty big place." - Contact (Carl Sagan)
18. "Fear leads to anger... anger leads to hate..." - The Phantom Menace (George Lucas)
**Mystery**
19. "Elementary, my dear fellow." - Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
20. "I'd rather be a failure in something I love than a success in something I hate." - Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
**Humor**
21. "To die: to sleep..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
22. "Why did the scarecrow win an award?" - Because it was outstanding... - The Complete Book of Humor (Various Authors)
23. "I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right." - The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
**Inspirational**
24. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)
25. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling..." - To His Excellency General Washington (Thomas Paine)
26. "Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." - Anne Frank's Diary
**Wisdom**
27. "Know thyself." - Greek Aphorism
28. "The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney
29. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
**Philosophical**
30. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
31. "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Plato's Apology
32. "The purpose of philosophy is to show the fly the window." - Friedrich Nietzsche
**Adventure**
33. "To boldly go where no one has gone before..." - Star Trek
34. "The greatest adventure you can take is to live the life which is truest and most wonderful for you." - The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
35. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
**Fantasy**
36. "You shall not pass!" - The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
37. "To rule, you must first learn to obey." - The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
38. "The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist." - The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer)
**Historical**
39. "Give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry
40. "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." - The Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson)
41. "The only thing necessary for the survival of democracy is frequent elections." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
**Contemporary**
42. "You had me at 'hello'." - Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)
43. "Don't you ever get tired of being right?" - The West Wing (Aaron Sorkin)
44. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." - The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
**Miscellaneous**
45. "Words are like leaves; they rustle and fall." - The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
46. "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." - Mark Twain
47. "The pen is mightier than the sword." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
**More Classics**
48. "It's not the years, honey... it's the mileage." - Raiders of the Lost Ark (George Lucas)
49. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on..." - The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
50. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
**More Romance**
51. "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs." - Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
52. "The course of true love never did run smooth." - A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
53. "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." - In Memoriam (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
**More Drama**
54. "To thine own self be true..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
55. "The play's the thing..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
56. "The show must go on." - The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
**More Philosophy**
57. "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Plato's Apology
58. "Know thyself." - Greek Aphorism
59. "I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
**More Poetry**
60. "Hope is the thing with feathers..." - Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Emily Dickinson)
61. "The world is too much with us..." - Sonnet 116 (William Wordsworth)
62. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan..." - Kubla Khan (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
**More Science Fiction**
63. "To boldly go where no one has gone before..." - Star Trek
64. "The universe is a pretty big place." - Contact (Carl Sagan)
65. "Fear leads to anger... anger leads to hate..." - The Phantom Menace (George Lucas)
**More Mystery**
66. "Elementary, my dear fellow." - Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
67. "I'd rather be a failure in something I love than a success in something I hate." - Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
**More Humor**
68. "To die: to sleep..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
69. "Why did the scarecrow win an award?" - Because it was outstanding... - The Complete Book of Humor (Various Authors)
70. "I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right." - The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
**More Inspirational**
71. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." - The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)
72. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling..." - To His Excellency General Washington (Thomas Paine)
73. "Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." - Anne Frank's Diary
**More Wisdom**
74. "Know thyself." - Greek Aphorism
75. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
76. "The purpose of philosophy is to show the fly the window." - Friedrich Nietzsche
**More Adventure**
77. "To boldly go where no one has gone before..." - Star Trek
78. "The greatest adventure you can take is to live the life which is truest and most wonderful for you." - The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
79. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
**More Fantasy**
80. "You shall not pass!" - The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
81. "To rule, you must first learn to obey." - The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
82. "The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist." - The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer)
**More Historical**
83. "Give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry
84. "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin
**More Contemporary**
85. "You had me at 'hello'." - Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)
86. "Don't you ever get tired of being right?" - The West Wing (Aaron Sorkin)
87. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." - The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
**More Miscellaneous**
88. "Words are like leaves; they rustle and fall." - The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
89. "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." - Mark Twain
90. "The pen is mightier than the sword." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
**More Classics**
91. "It's not the years, honey... it's the mileage." - Raiders of the Lost Ark (George Lucas)
92. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on..." - The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
93. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
**More Romance**
94. "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs." - Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
95. "The course of true love never did run smooth." - A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
96. "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." - In Memoriam (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
**More Drama**
97. "To thine own self be true..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
98. "The play's the thing..." - Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
99. "The show must go on." - The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
**More Philosophy**
100. "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Plato's Apology
I hope you enjoy this list!