Short Quotes · Page 4

Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.

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“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”

— Toni Morrison

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”

— Virginia Woolf

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”

— Albert Einstein

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

— Seneca

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

— Dr. Seuss

“Kid, you'll move mountains.”

— Dr. Seuss

“Well done is better than well said.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“To thine own self be true.”

— William Shakespeare

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

— William Shakespeare

“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”

— Dorothy Parker

“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”

— George MacDonald

“Gratitude plants the seed for abundance.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

“O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!”

— William Shakespeare

“Friends are born, not made.”

— Henry Adams

“A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.”

— Samuel Johnson

“A true friend is forever a friend.”

— George MacDonald

“And such a friendship ends not but with life.”

— Joseph Addison

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

— Aristotle

“When we think we lead, we are most led.”

— Lord Byron

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

— Thomas Fuller

“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”

— Pierre Corneille

“I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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