The World’s Greatest Quotes Collection

The more a man knows, the less he talks.

— Voltaire

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

— Vincent van Gogh

I may not have amazing victories, but | can amaze you with defeats that I came out of alive.

— Anton Chekhov

I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.

— John Muir

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

1. When you write something intended to be read by an important person, go through it and cut every unnecessary word. 2. The reader of anything you publish is an important person.

If all you did was look for things to appreciate, you would live a joyously spectacular life.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

— Plutarch

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

— Anton Chekhov

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve.

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.