Short motivational quotes

“Sweet are the uses of adversity.”

William Shakespeare

As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1 · View source

“Kindness, nobler ever than revenge.”

William Shakespeare

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

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays, First Series — Circles · View source

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

Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1865 · View source

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.”

William Shakespeare

Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3 · View source

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 1 · View source

“God bless us, every one!”

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol, Stave Three · View source

“Journeys end in lovers meeting.”

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3 · View source

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”

William Shakespeare

Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1 · View source

“The quality of mercy is not strained.”

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1 · View source

“So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1 · View source

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

William Shakespeare

All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5 · View source