are there any places to get good quotes? do you suggest anything?

Question

the problem is i dont know what type of quote i need. i only know it cant be very long.

Answer 1

An opportunity missed is an opportunity lost.

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Carpe diem. [Seize the day.]

Curiosity killed the cat; satisfaction brought it back.

Choose your friends carefully; your enemies will choose you.

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Cogito, ergo sum. [I think, therefore I am.]

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Experience teaches.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost;
For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost;
For the want of a horse, the rider was lost;
For the want of a rider, the battle was lost;
For the want of a battle, the kingdom was lost:
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.

God helps those who help themselves.

He who hesitates is lost.

If at first you don't succeed - try, try again.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

If you try to please all, you will please none.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

It is easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.

It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game.

It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude in life.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

Keep your nose to the grindstone.

Knowledge is power.

Live each day as though it were your last.

Many hands make light work.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Once is chance, twice is coincidence; but three times is conspiracy.

One good turn deserves another.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Opportunity knocks but once.

O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us/ To see oursels as others see us. [Robert Burns, ‘To A Louse’]

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Que sera, sera. [Whatever will be, will be.]

Rolling stones gather no moss.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Second place is the first loser.

$h!t happens.

Shortcuts make for long delays.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. [Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’]

Something too good to be true always is.

Soonest begun, soonest done.

Straighten up and fly right.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Tend your own garden and let others tend theirs.

That which does not destroy me only makes me stronger.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible just takes a little longer.

The early bird catches the worm.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

The longest journey begins with but a single step.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The only truly consistent people are the dead.

There, but for the grace of God, go I.

There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

The smallest deed is worth more than the grandest intention.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

The wind from one door closing opens another.

This above all: To thine own self be true. [Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’]

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; and those who can't teach, lecture.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.

Time and tide wait for no man.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To the victor go the spoils.

To whom much is given, much is required.

Turnabout is fair play.

Two wrongs don't make a right. (But three lefts do!)

United we stand, divided we fall.

Unity is strength.

Waste not, want not.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Whatsoever a man soweth, he shall also reap.

What's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right.

When all else fails, read the instructions.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

When you go out on a limb, be sure you don't chop it off behind you.

Winners are grinners.

Winners don't quit and quitters don't win.

Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything.

With great power comes great responsibility.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people, all of the time.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

You can't be too careful.

You can't take it with you.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

You snooze, you lose.

You talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?

You win some, you lose some.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him."

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live."

Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

The further I get from the things that I care about, the less I care about how much further away I get.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

"Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him."

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear

"Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired."

It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world: He would seem to belong to a different species

"Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience."

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action."

"Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past]

Opportunity’s favorite disguise is trouble

"Happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry

"If you will please people, you must please them in their own way."

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us."

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple -– to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it."

Doesn't matter where i got it. I earned it and what matters is what i do with it.

It’s not brave, if you’re not scared.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Art is a lie that enables us to see the truth.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

A person cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to your life.

Be who you are, and say what you feel. Because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
~Dr. Suess

If you always do what you always did, you will always get where you always got.

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~Albert Einstein

A true friend is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else. ~Len Wein

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elizabeth Foley

Friends are people who help you be more yourself. ~Merle Shain

To love at all is to be vulnerable. ~ C.S. Lewis

I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost; Than never to have loved at all. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain. ~ R.D. Laing

An is is just a was that was and that is very small… and is is was so soon it almost wasn’t is at all. For is is only is until it is a was-you see… And as an is advances- to remain an is can’t be ‘cause if it is to stay an is it isn’t is because another is is where it was and is is then a was. ~ Tom Hicks

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
~ James Baldwin

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. ~ Robert Collier


To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe. ~ Anatole France

Presence is more than just being there. ~ Malcolm Forbes

"Greatness is a two-faced coin - and its reverse is humility."


First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty -— if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers."

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Life itself is the proper binge

Follow your heart. What lies in your soul is the key to all questions

"It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces."

The key to a happy and fulfilling future is knowing yourself

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing."

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision

Experience teaches only the teachable

Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either."

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes."

the secret to success is to know where everyone else is going and get there first

If you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves

The heart is blind; but love is not blind. None of the gods is so discriminating

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels."

Answer 2

i actually found this place by accident

go to google and type "printable posters"
pick the first link and go to famous saying or just borwse
theres somne good quotes

Answer 3

Perfect site for any subject quotes: http://www.wisdomquotes.com/

Answer 4

there is a cd that you can get a arts and crafts stores that carry scrapbooking stuff. its called 'quotable quotes' they also have little glue on quotes by them too.

Answer 5

There are books with nothing but quotations. Ask your local library or book store for famous quotations book.

Answer 6

Try www.bartleby.com. You can search by author, work, even the subject you're writing on.

Answer 7

QuoteDB.com

Answer 8

http://www.quoteland.com/
I use this site for all of my school papers