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A Select Collection of Quotes by Famous People

By Simran Khurana, About.com

Sometimes when you read wise words of the famous, they just bounce off you. At other times, they touch your heart. I guess it has to do with your state of mind. Here are some quotations that have, at some time or the other, affected me.

Abraham Lincoln
Character is like a tree and a reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Mark Twain
Get the facts first. You can distort them later.

Abraham Lincoln
I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.

Theodore Roosevelt
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Winston Churchill
It's not good enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

Thomas Edison
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Epictetus
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Peter F. Drucker
The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.

Socrates
The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Theodore Roosevelt
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Winston Churchill
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

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