# Famous Quotes

Famous quotes from history's greatest minds: browse 30 topics or 42 authors, or get a new quote every day.

## Quote of the day

Start each morning with one famous quote, with a copy button for easy sharing: [Quote of the day](/quote-of-the-day/)

## Quotes by topic

- [**Perseverance**8 quotes](/quotes-about-perseverance/)
- [**Wisdom**8 quotes](/quotes-about-wisdom/)
- [**Happiness**7 quotes](/quotes-about-happiness/)
- [**Love**7 quotes](/quotes-about-love/)
- [**Life**7 quotes](/quotes-about-life/)
- [**Courage**5 quotes](/quotes-about-courage/)
- [**Kindness**6 quotes](/quotes-about-kindness/)
- [**Success**6 quotes](/quotes-about-success/)
- [**Failure**6 quotes](/quotes-about-failure/)
- [**Time**6 quotes](/quotes-about-time/)
- [**Friendship**5 quotes](/quotes-about-friendship/)
- [**Self-Knowledge**8 quotes](/quotes-about-self-knowledge/)
- [**Gratitude**6 quotes](/quotes-about-gratitude/)
- [**Hope**5 quotes](/quotes-about-hope/)
- [**Change**5 quotes](/quotes-about-change/)
- [**Learning**6 quotes](/quotes-about-learning/)
- [**Reading**6 quotes](/quotes-about-reading/)
- [**Dreams**5 quotes](/quotes-about-dreams/)
- [**Leadership**6 quotes](/quotes-about-leadership/)
- [**Adversity**7 quotes](/quotes-about-adversity/)
- [**Peace**5 quotes](/quotes-about-peace/)
- [**Beauty**6 quotes](/quotes-about-beauty/)
- [**Nature**5 quotes](/quotes-about-nature/)
- [**Truth**5 quotes](/quotes-about-truth/)
- [**Action**6 quotes](/quotes-about-action/)
- [**Character**6 quotes](/quotes-about-character/)
- [**Patience**5 quotes](/quotes-about-patience/)
- [**Freedom**5 quotes](/quotes-about-freedom/)
- [**Imagination**4 quotes](/quotes-about-imagination/)
- [**Motivation**7 quotes](/motivational-quotes/)

## Quotes by author

- [**Marcus Aurelius**8 quotes](/marcus-aurelius-quotes/)
- [**Seneca**6 quotes](/seneca-quotes/)
- [**Epictetus**7 quotes](/epictetus-quotes/)
- [**Aristotle**5 quotes](/aristotle-quotes/)
- [**Plato**5 quotes](/plato-quotes/)
- [**Socrates**5 quotes](/socrates-quotes/)
- [**Cicero**5 quotes](/cicero-quotes/)
- [**Confucius**6 quotes](/confucius-quotes/)
- [**Laozi**6 quotes](/laozi-quotes/)
- [**Buddha**5 quotes](/buddha-quotes/)
- [**Sun Tzu**5 quotes](/sun-tzu-quotes/)
- [**Rumi**5 quotes](/rumi-quotes/)
- [**William Shakespeare**8 quotes](/shakespeare-quotes/)
- [**Aesop**5 quotes](/aesop-quotes/)
- [**Leonardo da Vinci**5 quotes](/da-vinci-quotes/)
- [**Voltaire**5 quotes](/voltaire-quotes/)
- [**Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**5 quotes](/goethe-quotes/)
- [**Benjamin Franklin**5 quotes](/franklin-quotes/)
- [**George Washington**5 quotes](/washington-quotes/)
- [**Abraham Lincoln**5 quotes](/lincoln-quotes/)
- [**Jane Austen**5 quotes](/austen-quotes/)
- [**Edgar Allan Poe**5 quotes](/poe-quotes/)
- [**Charles Dickens**5 quotes](/dickens-quotes/)
- [**Walt Whitman**5 quotes](/whitman-quotes/)
- [**Henry David Thoreau**5 quotes](/thoreau-quotes/)
- [**Ralph Waldo Emerson**6 quotes](/emerson-quotes/)
- [**Mark Twain**7 quotes](/twain-quotes/)
- [**Oscar Wilde**8 quotes](/wilde-quotes/)
- [**Friedrich Nietzsche**5 quotes](/nietzsche-quotes/)
- [**Leo Tolstoy**5 quotes](/tolstoy-quotes/)
- [**Fyodor Dostoevsky**5 quotes](/dostoevsky-quotes/)
- [**Victor Hugo**5 quotes](/hugo-quotes/)
- [**John Keats**5 quotes](/keats-quotes/)
- [**Alfred Tennyson**5 quotes](/tennyson-quotes/)
- [**Louisa May Alcott**5 quotes](/alcott-quotes/)
- [**George Eliot**5 quotes](/eliot-quotes/)
- [**Emily Dickinson**5 quotes](/dickinson-quotes/)
- [**Kahlil Gibran**5 quotes](/gibran-quotes/)
- [**Marie Curie**5 quotes](/curie-quotes/)
- [**Theodore Roosevelt**5 quotes](/roosevelt-quotes/)
- [**Winston Churchill**4 quotes](/churchill-quotes/)
- [**Albert Einstein**5 quotes](/einstein-quotes/)

## Frequently asked questions

### What will I find in the Toolantern quotes collection?

Famous quotes organized two ways: by topic, from perseverance and wisdom to love and motivation (30 topics), and by author, 42 thinkers and writers from Marcus Aurelius to Albert Einstein.

### Are these quotes really by these authors?

We publish only widely cited quotes with their commonly accepted attributions, and we deliberately leave out famous misattributions. Some quotes appear in their standard English translations.

### Can I copy and share these quotes?

Yes. Every quote is free to copy and share with credit to its author. Toolantern's quote pages are free forever and need no account.

### Is there a new quote every day?

Yes. Visit our quote of the day page for a fresh famous quote daily, with a copy button for easy sharing.