Favorite Quotes

These are some of my favorite quotes from a variety of famous people. You may notice that all of the quotes are from American authors and speakers. Many of my favorite quotes come from international authors and speakers as well, but I decided to devote this particular page to Americans only.

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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Poetry is empowering words so that your hair stands on end.
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Robert H. Schuller

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost (1875-1963)

We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937)

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Someday I hope to enjoy enough of what the world calls success so that someone will ask me, “What’s the secret of it?” I shall say simply this: “I get up when I fall down.”
Paul Harvey

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)