"Tis not knowing much, but what is useful, that makes a wise man."

Thomas Fuller
 

 

 

 

 

 

Famous Quotations


A collection of famous motivational quotes organized by subject. Mainly positive, inspiring and humorous quotes suitable to use for speeches, web sites, cards, and celebrations.

Inspiration

Inspirational
   
Motivational
   
Success
   
Life
   
Favorites
   
Good
   
Motivational Sports
   
Famous
   
Positive
   
Happy
   
Good Advice
   
Dealing with Problems
   
More Quotes for Inspiration...

Education

Book
   
Library
   
Graduation
   
College
   
Learning
   
Reading
   
Poems for Librarians

Humor

Cute
   
Funny
   
Witty
   
Humorous

Miscellaneous

Money

 

Love, Family and Relationship

Birthday
   
Growing Older
   
Middle Age
   
Scrapbook
   
Baby
   
Mother
   
Father
   
Love
   
Wedding
   
Anniversary
   
Romantic
   
Marriage

Holiday

Christmas
   
Valentine
   
Easter

Animals and Nature

Red Roses
   
Flower
   
Dog
   
Cat
   
Animal
   
Astronomy


Fitness

Food, Diet and Nutrition
   
Weight Loss
   
Health
   
Exercise

 

 

On the importance of quotes....

 

In reading authors, when you find
Bright passages that strike your mind,
And which perhaps you may have reason
To think on at another season;
Be not contented with the sight,
But jot them down in black and white;
Such respect is wisely shown
As makes another's thought your own.
- Lord Byron


Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author.
- Samuel Johnson

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit places in conversation, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Laying aside all serious labours, and indulging in a more dainty kind of study, I strolled through the gardens provided by various authors, culling as I went the adages most remarkable for their antiquity and excellence, like so many flowers of various sorts, of which I have made a nosegay.
- Erasmus

An apt quotation is as good as an original remark.
- Proverb

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.
- Joseph Joubert

Quotation, sir, is a good thing; there is a community of mind in it; classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
- Samuel Johnson

 

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Related Links:

Good Quotes - a nice, personal collection.

Inspiring Quotes by Women - interesting collection by Feminist.com. One of my favorites from this site, "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Helen Keller

2008 Specialty Calendars - cute quotes on a varity of topics relating to time, plus a nice selection of motivational calendars.

Demotivators - this site is a hoot. Their motto is "increasing success by lowering expectations. They have calendars, mugs and things that are a takeoff on the employee motivation posters that are so popular in Corporate America these days.

 

 

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