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Greatest Quotes Ever

Rujuta Borkar
An extensive list on some of the greatest quotes ever used is given here.
When we are going through the motions of an emotion(s), there's us, thinking in a particular way and probably convinced that it is the only way that makes sense. Then we happen to read quotes on that subject and they give us a completely new perspective.
Quotes are like that. They introduce us to newer perspectives on every single thing in life. They teach us, educate us, help us learn from our mistakes, make us laugh and probably help in dealing with, or adding to, every emotion that one can think of. That is why, time spent reading good quotes is time well spent, don't you think?
In keeping with that spirit, here is an extensive list of some of the greatest quotes; about -- love, life and those spoken by great personalities (which can be taken as inspirational words).

Greatest Quotes about Love
Love that makes the world go round? Any person who has ever been in love (even the 'like' kind) will relate to the emotions brought out through these quotes. Here are some love quotes and sayings.
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."
― Gilbert Keith Chesterton

"It is impossible to love and be wise."
― Unknown
"Don't say you love me unless you really mean it, because I might do something crazy like believe it."
― Unknown

"Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better."
― Shakespeare
"Once in a while, Right in the middle of an ordinary life, Love gives us a fairy tale."
― Unknown

"True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist; nor can it be hidden where it truly does."
― Unknown
"The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence."
― Edward Thomas

"You're in love. That makes you actually kind of boring to people who aren't in love."
― Claudia Gray
"What was the point of having unending life if that life was without love?"
― Claudia Gray

"All you need is love."
― John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly."
― Rose Franken

"The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned."
― William Somerset Maugham
"One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else."
― Unknown

"Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass."
― Euripides
"And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, don't let logic interfere, believe your heart instead."
― Philip Robison

"We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh."
― Agnes Repplier
"Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all."
― St. Augustine

"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because it was he, because it was I."
― Michel de Montaigne

"Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so."
― David Grayson

Greatest Quotes about Life
Inspirational quotes for difficult times help when life is not all rosy. These are some of the greatest quotes to live by cause they teach you how to deal with the unfair cards that life sometimes deals for you. They also act as inspirational quotes and teach one how to live and what to give importance to in life.
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
― Oscar Wilde

"Don't let what you can't do stop you from what you can do."
― John Wooden

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
― Christopher Columbus
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
― Confucius

"We must be the change we want to see."
― Mahatma Gandhi
"In three words I can sum up what I've learned about life: It goes on."
― Robert Frost

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."
― Albert Einstein

"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything."
― Win Borden
"Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes."
― Oscar Wilde

"Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."
― Kevin Arnold

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching."
― Unknown
"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever."
― Keri Russell

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
― Walter Bagehot

"Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway."
― Unknown
"In life, what sometimes appears to be an end is really a new beginning."
― Unknown

"If you want to be happy, be."
― Leo Tolstoy

"Imagine."
― John Lennon

Greatest Quotes Ever Spoken
Great men and women become great because of their philosophies in life. These quotes make an impact on our very existence and go on to teach us some of life's greatest lessons. Here are some of the most famous quotes that have been given to us by these great minds.
"If anything can go wrong, it will."
― Murphy's Law

"If you have to ask how much something costs, you can't afford it."
― J.P. Morgan

"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
― Lord Acton
"A little learning is a dangerous thing."
― Alexander Pope

"Carpe Diem."
― Horace

"If anything can go wrong, it will."
― Murphy's Law

"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake."
― Napoleon Bonaparte
"I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
― Thomas Edison

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
― Winston Churchill

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
― Bill Cosby
This extensive list was compiled so that you can have a ready list to refer to whenever the mood strikes. Rest assured, there will be something for everyone in these quotes about love, life, humor, success and more. Hope you enjoyed them.