Great saying never get old and the best are made memorable by great people. These words move and inspire us to act, to think and even to inspire others. Sometimes these words convey the truth of a situation through their depth, their simplicity, their humor or their blatant truth.  The quotes from some of the greatest singers, song writers, philosophers and scientists have impacted the lives of the many people who continue to read and share them. Here are a few of the great sayings that have survived the test of time:

Great People: The sayings of visionaries whose lives, work and words helped to shape the world

• We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love – Mother Teresa
• There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. – Buddha

Great Authors: Quotes from the great writers in history

• All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
• Be great in act, as you have been in thought. – William Shakespeare
• The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office. – Robert Frost

Great Scientists

• The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein
• The most important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein
• Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security  Benjamin Franklin
• If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants – Sir Isaac Newton

Great Philosophers: Words from the greatest minds whose works are still being studied today

• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius
• A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love – Friedrich Nietzsche
• A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of creation. – Friedrich Nietzsche
• Hope is the dream of the waking man. – Aristotle
• It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving – as if it were an individual person – its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.
  Karl Marx
• To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice – Confucius

Great Musician Quotes

words from the singers and songwriters that have endured

• My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die – Bob Marley
• Music can name the unnamable and communicate the knowable – Leonard Bernstein
• Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind – Johannes Brahms