Life quotes

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 · View source

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“Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?”

Confucius

Analects, Book 1 · View source

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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations, Book 3, section 9 · View source

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“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.”

Confucius

Analects, Book 7 (Shu Er) · View source

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“Kindness, nobler ever than revenge.”

William Shakespeare

As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 3 · View source

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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays, First Series — Friendship · View source

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“With malice toward none; with charity for all.”

Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1865 · View source

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“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

William Shakespeare

As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 · View source

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“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Scene 3 · View source

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“The arms best adapted to old age are culture and the active exercise of the virtues.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero

On Old Age, section 3 · View source

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“The consciousness of a well-spent life and the recollection of many virtuous actions are exceedingly delightful.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero

On Old Age, section 3 · View source

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“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.”

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Sonnet 116 · View source

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