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Quote,Spoken by,Who,Year,Book
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world",Mahatma Gandhi,Leader of Indian Independence,1930s,
"I have a dream",Martin Luther King Jr.,Civil Rights Leader,1963,
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself",Franklin D. Roosevelt,U.S. President,1933,
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind",Neil Armstrong,Astronaut,1969,
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough",Albert Einstein,Physicist,1940s,
"Give me blood and I will give you freedom",Subhash Chandra Bose,Indian Freedom Fighter,1944,
"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind",Mahatma Gandhi,Leader of Indian Independence,1930s,
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere",Martin Luther King Jr.,Civil Rights Leader,1963,Letter from Birmingham Jail
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world",Nelson Mandela,Anti-apartheid Activist & President,2003,
"The future depends on what you do today",Mahatma Gandhi,Leader of Indian Independence,1930s,
"The pen is mightier than the sword",Edward Bulwer-Lytton,Writer,1839,Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy
"To be, or not to be, that is the question",William Shakespeare,Playwright,1603,Hamlet
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it",George Santayana,Philosopher,1905,The Life of Reason
"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself",Franklin D. Roosevelt,U.S. President,1937,
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others",Mahatma Gandhi,Indian Leader,1930s,
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm",Winston Churchill,British Prime Minister,1941,
"Speak truth to power",Bayard Rustin,Civil Rights Activist,1940s,
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today",Franklin D. Roosevelt,U.S. President,1945,
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred",Martin Luther King Jr.,Civil Rights Leader,1963,
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong",Mahatma Gandhi,Indian Freedom Fighter,1931,
"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person",Mother Teresa,Catholic Saint and Missionary,1980,
"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it",George Bernard Shaw,Playwright,1903,Man and Superman
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear",George Orwell,Author,1945,
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step",Lao Tzu,Philosopher,6th century BC,Tao Te Ching
"Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached",Swami Vivekananda,Hindu Monk,1893,
"Work is worship",Swami Vivekananda,Hindu Monk,1890,
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul",George Bernard Shaw,Playwright,1930s,
"The price of greatness is responsibility",Winston Churchill,British Prime Minister,1945,
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent",Eleanor Roosevelt,Former First Lady of the U.S.,1930s,This is My Story
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored",Aldous Huxley,Writer,1927,Proper Studies
"Truth alone triumphs",Mundaka Upanishad,Ancient Indian Scripture,8th Century BCE,Mundaka Upanishad
"Peace begins with a smile",Mother Teresa,Catholic Saint and Missionary,1980,
"Imagination is more important than knowledge",Albert Einstein,Physicist,1929,
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely",Lord Acton,Historian,1887,Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country",John F. Kennedy,U.S. President,1961,Inaugural Address
"It always seems impossible until it's done",Nelson Mandela,Anti-apartheid Leader,2001,
"Give me liberty, or give me death!",Patrick Henry,American Revolutionary,1775,
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth",Abraham Lincoln,U.S. President,1863,Gettysburg Address
"I came, I saw, I conquered",Julius Caesar,Roman General and Statesman,47 BC,
"That's hot",Paris Hilton,Media Personality,2003,
"I think, therefore I am",René Descartes,Philosopher,1637,Discourse on the Method
"Freedom is never given; it is won",A. Philip Randolph,Civil Rights Activist,1940s,
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet",Abraham Lincoln,U.S. President,1856,
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are",Theodore Roosevelt,U.S. President,1901,
"The unexamined life is not worth living",Socrates,Philosopher,399 BC,Reported by Plato in "Apology"
"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice",William Shakespeare,Playwright,1600,Hamlet
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure",Benjamin Franklin,Inventor and Politician,1735,
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often",Winston Churchill,British Prime Minister,1940,
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree",Martin Luther,Theologian,1520,
"Time is money",Benjamin Franklin,Inventor and Politician,1748,Advice to a Young Tradesman
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth",George Washington,U.S. President,1788,Letter to James Madison
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do",Steve Jobs,Entrepreneur,2005,Stanford Commencement Address
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people",Eleanor Roosevelt,Former First Lady of the U.S.,1930s,
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee",Muhammad Ali,Boxer,1964,
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple",Oscar Wilde,Writer,1895,The Importance of Being Earnest
"The earth has enough for everyone's need, but not for everyone's greed",Mahatma Gandhi,Indian Leader,1930s,
"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom",Benjamin Franklin,Founding Father,1722,Silence Dogood Letters
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man",Francis Bacon,Philosopher,1625,Essays
"Knowledge is power",Francis Bacon,Philosopher,1597,Meditationes Sacrae
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice",Theodore Parker,Theologian,1853,
"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people",Abraham Lincoln,U.S. President,1863,Gettysburg Address
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it",Winston Churchill,British Prime Minister,1948,The Second World War
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world",Mahatma Gandhi,Indian Leader,1930s,
"Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true",Honoré de Balzac,French Novelist,1830s,
"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society",Theodore Roosevelt,U.S. President,1909,
"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit",Kahlil Gibran,Poet & Philosopher,1923,The Prophet
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist",Indira Gandhi,Former Prime Minister of India,1971,
"Liberty is the soul's right to breathe",Robert Green Ingersoll,Lawyer and Orator,1870s,
"Justice delayed is justice denied",William E. Gladstone,British Prime Minister,1868,
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything",Malcolm X,Civil Rights Activist,1960s,
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear",Mark Twain,Author,1890s,
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul",William Ernest Henley,Poet,1888,Poem: Invictus
"Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement",Nelson Mandela,President of South Africa,1994,Inauguration Speech
"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better",Albert Camus,Philosopher,1956,
"Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life",Bob Marley,Musician,1970s,
"A right delayed is a right denied",Martin Luther King Jr.,Civil Rights Leader,1960s,
"A free press can be good or bad, but without freedom it will never be anything but bad",Albert Camus,Philosopher,1954,
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent",Thomas Jefferson,U.S. President,1800s,
"Revolutions are the locomotives of history",Karl Marx,Philosopher & Economist,1850s,
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty",Thomas Jefferson,U.S. President,1800s,
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe",Abraham Lincoln,U.S. President,1850s,
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts",Winston Churchill,British Prime Minister,1941,
"Let him who would move the world first move himself",Socrates,Philosopher,5th century BC,
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men",Plato,Philosopher,4th century BC,
"It is not length of life, but depth of life",Ralph Waldo Emerson,Essayist,1840s,
"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty",Henry David Thoreau,Philosopher & Author,1849,Civil Disobedience
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots",Marcus Garvey,Political Activist,1930s,
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves",Abraham Lincoln,U.S. President,1859,Speech in Ohio
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet",Aristotle,Philosopher,4th century BC,
"Freedom lies in being bold",Robert Frost,Poet,1940s,
"I never lose. I either win or learn",Nelson Mandela,President of South Africa,1990s,
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little",Plato,Philosopher,4th century BC,
"The mind is everything. What you think you become",Buddha,Spiritual Leader,5th century BC,Dhammapada
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever",Mahatma Gandhi,Indian Leader,1930s,
"Silence is the best answer to someone who doesn’t value your words",Anonymous,Unknown,Not available,
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can from a wise answer",Bruce Lee,Martial Artist,1970s,
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall",Nelson Mandela,South African Leader,1994,
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail",Ralph Waldo Emerson,Essayist,1850s,
"Happiness depends upon ourselves",Aristotle,Philosopher,4th century BC,
"The power of the people is stronger than the people in power",Wael Ghonim,Activist,2011,Revolution 2.0
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools",Martin Luther King Jr.,Civil Rights Leader,1964,
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity",Albert Einstein,Physicist,1940s,
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get",Dale Carnegie,Writer & Lecturer,1936,How to Win Friends and Influence People
"Knowledge will give you power, but character respect",Bruce Lee,Martial Artist,1970s,
"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off",Gloria Steinem,Journalist & Activist,1980s,
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future",Oscar Wilde,Writer,1890s,
"History is written by the victors",Winston Churchill,British PM,1940s,