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The Times Great Quotations: Famous quotes to inform, motivate and inspire

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2018
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Mary Shelley, English writer (1797–1851)



Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I’m with you kid. Let’s go.

Maya Angelou, American writer (1928–2014)



Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

Ovid, Roman poet (43 BC–AD 18)



I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (1881–1973)



Always do what you are afraid to do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, essayist and philosopher (1803–1882)



Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Circles (1841)

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, essayist and philosopher (1803–1882)



Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)

Richard Bach, American writer (1936–)



The scouts’ motto is founded on my initials, it is Be Prepared, which means, you are always to be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.

Scouting for Boys (1908)

Robert Baden-Powell, British Army officer (1857–1941)



Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?

Andrea del Sarto (1855)

Robert Browning, English poet (1812–1889)



To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (1850–1894)



At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

Salvador Dal?, Spanish surrealist painter (1904–1989)



Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Samuel Johnson, English writer, critic and lexicographer (1709–1784)



If you are not criticised, you may not be doing much.

Human Life (1819)

Samuel Rogers, English poet (1763–1855)



To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them.

Simone de Beauvoir, French writer (1908–1986)



One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.

Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish physician (1881–1955)



Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.
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