Quotes

Words worth keeping

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

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!

— J.R.R. Tolkien
Philosophy Books & Writing

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.

— Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
Truth Inspirational Life Hope

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Education & Knowledge Art & Beauty

Dare to BeWhen a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.When times are tough, dare to be tougher.When love hurts you, dare to love again.When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.Dare to be the best you can –At all times, Dare to be!

— Steve Maraboli
Inspirational Life Kindness Success Happiness

Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.

— Roy T. Bennett
Inspirational Life Kindness Positive Thinking

I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.

— Richelle Mead
Humor

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.

— Elbert Hubbard
Faith & Religion Wisdom

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

— Ernest Hemingway
Love Sadness & Pain Relationships

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

— Gillian Anderson
Love Friendship Relationships Women

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out and unfold in your darkest times, pressing down on the corners and peering in close, hoping you still recognize the person you see there.

— Sarah Dessen
General

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

— Pablo Picasso
Truth Art & Beauty

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

— Dr. Seuss
Humor Philosophy

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

— Bertrand Russell
Self & Identity Philosophy

Mom says it's because she has PMS.Do you even know what that means?"I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome

— Nicholas Sparks
Humor

I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.

— Lemony Snicket
Humor

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.