Quotes

Words worth keeping

2,684 quotes — from Indian and world voices, in English, Hindi and Urdu — while our publisher catalog grows.

Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.

— Colleen Hoover
Life

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

— Scott Westerfeld
Art & Beauty

When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.

— Lemony Snicket
General

I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

— Augusten Burroughs
Self & Identity

No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.

— Roy T. Bennett
Inspirational Life

The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhere many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say

— J.R.R. Tolkien
General

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

— Friedrich Nietzsche
Self & Identity

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

— Philip K. Dick
Trust

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

— Nelson Mandela
Freedom

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

— Kurt Vonnegut
Books & Writing

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

— August Wilson
Self & Identity Courage & Strength

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

— Clive Barker
Inspirational Love Sadness & Pain Art & Beauty

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

— Ernest Hemingway
General

Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

— Tina Fey
Humor

Acts of Kindness:A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

— Roy T. Bennett
Inspirational Life Kindness Positive Thinking

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.