Famous Quotes

There are quotes and then there are quotes. But if you are looking for a distilled list of some of the most famous quotes of all times, you are at the right place. Famous quotes achieve durability not just for the wisdom and insight packed in them. Many a quote does not make it to the hall of fame despite having depth. Quotes attain longevity when they tickle the listener's imagination. Here are a few famous quotes that will thrill you for their powerful wordplay.

Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"

Benjamin Franklin
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A useless life is an early death.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
As soon as there is life there is danger.

The Bible
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

Amelia Earhart
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

George Eliot
It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Marilyn Monroe
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Lewis Carroll
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Michelangelo
Genius is eternal patience.

Dr Seuss
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Confucius
Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

Gandhi
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief.

William Shakespeare
The fool doth think he is wise, But the wise man knows himself to be a fool.