Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare · Spoken by Lucio to Isabella in Act I, Scene iv.

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep. The more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.

William Shakespeare · Juliet to Romeo on the balcony in Act 2 Scene 2, when he asks her to exchange love's vow with him.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare · Spoken by the jester Touchstone in As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 1.

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.

William Shakespeare · Polonius's parting advice to his son Laertes.

More Motivational Quotes

The journey of a thousand lî commenced with a single step.

Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching chapter 64 in James Legge's translation; a li is a Chinese mile, hence the familiar "journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.

Abraham Lincoln · Advice to Isham Reavis, a young man who had asked to study law under him, in a letter of 5 November 1855.

Genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.

Thomas Edison · Quote Investigator finds Edison quoted with this ratio from 1901 and with "two per cent inspiration" as early as 1898; the familiar spelled-out form appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1932.

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“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep. The more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.”

“The journey of a thousand lî commenced with a single step.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.”

“Genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.”