So what are they? I have a great many favorite quotations from a plethora of places; actors, poets, singers, business people, scientists, philosophers, spiritual figures, and then some.

Who are some of your favorite people and their famous quotes? In what way have they inspired your life, if at all? Here are a few of mine:


"Love begets love. This torment is my joy."
--Theodore Roethke
"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
--Hermann Hesse
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."
--Buddha
"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."
--Dalai Lama
"The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing."
--Socrates
"A year from now you will wish you had started today."
--Karen Lamb
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
--Benjamin Franklin
"I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
--Richard Feynman
Show me some quotes!