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These Are the Best Quotes You've Ever Read

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When you use say "best," it better be the very best. We all differ in our preferences. But when you are looking for the best quotes only a few quotes can be short-listed. On this page, you can read a compilation of the best quotes. I have been influenced, a bit, by the popularity of the quotations, but the choice to include a quotation on this page is primarily my personal choice.

Inspirational: Vince Lombardi
Inches make champions.

Friendship: Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Victory: Dwight Eisenhower
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Work: Benjamin Franklin
Well done is better than well said.

Family: Marjorie Holmes
At Christmas, all roads lead home.

Strategy: Napolean Bonaparte
Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Humor: Homer Simpson
This is the most exciting thing I've seen since Halley's comet collided with the moon.

Humor: Seinfeld
The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the closer you get to that, the funnier you will be.

Management: Peter Drucker
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Action: Alexander Pope
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Strategy: Julius Caesar
Divide and conquer.

Humor: Elvis Presley
Only the only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.

Love: George Van Valkenburg
A day without love is a day without life.

Self Esteem: Jennifer Lopez
I have the stardom glow.

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