Top Ten Famous Quotes from Ten Great People

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First of all, picking the top ten quotes is by no means an easy task. How do you make the judgement? Based on popularity? If so, judged by what? The number of mentions, or how recognizable one quote or another is?

Having said this, we’ve done our best and put together the list of the top ten most famous quotations from some of the greatest people who have ever lived. Many of them you’ll be able to recognize, and that’s our point. If you do, then we did a good job…

So here is our list:

Top 10 Quotes from 10 Great People

1. There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
~ Mahatma Gandi

2. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
~ Winston Churchill

3. Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.
~ Dr. Napoleon Hill

4. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
~ Albert Einstein

5. Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
~ Samuel Johnson

6. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
~ T. S. Elliot

7. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
~ Martin Luther King

8. Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9. Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

10. The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.
~ Mark Twain

If we haven’t listed a quote you love, please post it in the comments area below. We’re certain, the above list can be expanded to become a top 20, top 50, and even top 100 quotes one. So, many thanks in advance for your participation.

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