“There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.”
Seneca
StruggleAmbition
Best Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · BEST
Best Quotes
Read 200 of the best quotes about doing your best, the best things in life and bringing out the best in yourself, from Aristotle, Shakespeare, Emerson and more.
“Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things.”
Marcus Aurelius
ProcrastinationAction
“Whatever any one does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.”
Marcus Aurelius
IntegrityCharacter
“The whole is something besides the parts.”
Aristotle
TeamworkUnity
“Hope is a waking dream.”
Aristotle
HopeDreams
“The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.”
Lao Tzu
SelflessnessEndurance
“Who can make the muddy water clear? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”
Lao Tzu
PatienceCalm
“Do not be desirous to have things done quickly; do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.”
Confucius
PatienceQuality
“If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.”
Confucius
LearningTeaching
“The virtuous man delights in this world, and he delights in the next; he delights in both.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
VirtueJoy
“Better than sovereignty over the earth, better than going to heaven, better than lordship over all worlds, is the reward of the first step in holiness.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
SpiritualityBeginnings
“If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
SacrificeWisdom
“Even a little of this knowledge protects from great fear.”
Bhagavad Gita
KnowledgeCourage
“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.”
Socrates
LifeMystery
“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”
The Bible (Proverbs 16:8)
IntegrityWealth
“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 5:5)
PromisesIntegrity
“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge.”
The Bible (Proverbs 12:1)
LearningKnowledge
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”
The Bible (2 Timothy 4:7)
PerseveranceFaith
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
The Bible (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
WisdomGoodness
“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.”
The Bible (Proverbs 14:23)
Hard WorkAction
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
The Bible (Psalm 118:8)
TrustFaith
“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”
The Bible (Luke 12:48)
ResponsibilityGifts
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.”
The Bible (Proverbs 4:7)
WisdomPriorities
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.”
The Bible (Proverbs 13:12)
HopeWaiting
“The rest is silence.”
William Shakespeare
EndingsSilence