Short Quotes · Page 8

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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“All art is but imitation of nature.”

— Seneca

“He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“A teacher comes, they say, when you are ready.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

“One cannot fight what one does not know.”

— Rollo May

“Some things are in our control and others not.”

— Epictetus

“It is difficulties that show what men are.”

— Epictetus

“No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”

— Epictetus

“Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.”

— Epictetus

“Who is everywhere is nowhere.”

— Seneca

“A golden bit does not make a better horse.”

— Seneca

“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”

— Seneca

“Increases are of sluggish growth, but the way to ruin is rapid.”

— Seneca

“Our content is our best having.”

— William Shakespeare

“In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

“The noblest mind the best contentment has.”

— Edmund Spenser

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

— Paul the Apostle

“In proportion to power is responsibility.”

— Ernestine Rose

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“In dreams begin responsibilities.”

— William Butler Yeats

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

— Edmund Burke

“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

— Leo Tolstoy

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