Today's Quotes

Inspiring quotes from great minds across every topic — motivation, love, life, success, and more. New quotes added daily, curated and shared by the Quote Cafe community.

Philosophy

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Love

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

— Jane Austen

Friendship

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

— William Wallace

Freedom

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

— Benjamin Franklin

Education

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

— Plutarch

Education

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

— John Dewey

Life

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

— Oscar Wilde

Courage

Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

— George Addair

Creativity

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

— Ayn Rand

Love

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

— Mother Teresa

Motivation

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

— Stephen Hawking

Friendship

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

— Alice Walker

Dreams

Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, dreams are things which do not let you sleep.

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Love

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

— Rumi