Famous Quotations

This collection of popular sayings and quotations is compiled to not only improve your English but also the inspiring words of wisdom can make a positive impact on you.
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The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.
— Robert Pirsig
Topic: Planning

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
— Plato
Topic: Politics

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
— Milton Friedman
Topic: Politics

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
— Joseph Stalin
Topic: Politics

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
— Mahatma Ghandi
Topic: Politics

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
— Emma Goldman
Topic: Politics

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep in them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
— Muhammad Ali
Topic: Potential

Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Topic: Potential

Only passion, great passion, can elevate the human soul to achieve great things.
— Denis Diderot
Topic: Potential

The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.
— Mme Du Deffand
Topic: Potential

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