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1The Bible1 Corinthians 13:13 — World English Bible Classic129quotes 2John Lubbock1834–1913Labor And Rest, in The Pleasures of Life45quotes 3William George Jordan1864–1928Failure as a Success, in The Majesty of Calmness44quotes 4Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–18821 contestedSelf-Reliance, in Essays: First Series43quotes 5Helen Keller1880–19681 contestedOptimism: An Essay41quotes 6Booker T. Washington1856–19151 contestedUp from Slavery: An Autobiography35quotes 7Samuel Smiles1812–1904Self-Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance34quotes 8Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Journal, Volume II: 1850-September 15, 1851 (ed. Bradford Torrey)32quotes 9Plutarch46–120On Contentedness of Mind, in Plutarch's Morals (trans. A. R. Shilleto)30quotes 10John Stuart Mill1806–1873Autobiography28quotes 11William James1842–1910The Energies of Men, in Memories and Studies28quotes 12James Allen1864–1912From Poverty to Power27quotes 13Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894A Christmas Sermon, in Across the Plains27quotes 14Epictetus50–1351 contestedA Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus (trans. George Long)25quotes 15Frederick Douglass1818–1895Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave25quotes 16Lucius Annaeus Seneca4 BC–65Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency (trans. Roger L'Estrange)25quotes 17Marcus Aurelius121–1801 contestedThe Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (trans. George W. Chrystal)25quotes 18Orison Swett Marden1850–1924An Iron Will25quotes 19Marcus Tullius Cicero106 BC–43 BCLaelius: On Friendship, in Treatises on Friendship and Old Age (trans. E. S. Shuckburgh)24quotes 20Matthew McConaugheyb. 1969Commencement address, University of Houston23quotes 21William H. McRavenb. 1955Commencement address, University of Texas at Austin23quotes 22Abraham Lincoln1809–18651 contestedFirst Inaugural Address21quotes 23Theodore Roosevelt1858–19191 contestedCitizenship in a Republic, in African and European Addresses20quotes 24Charles Lamb1775–1834The Superannuated Man, in The Last Essays of Elia18quotes 25Denzel Washingtonb. 1954Commencement address, University of Pennsylvania18quotes 26John Muir1838–1914Our National Parks18quotes 27Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Of Solitude, in Essays (trans. Charles Cotton)18quotes 28Samuel Johnson1709–1784Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volume II (ed. G. B. Hill)18quotes 29Arnold Bennett1867–1931How to Live on 24 Hours a Day17quotes 30Niccolo Machiavelli1469–1527The Prince (trans. W. K. Marriott)17quotes 31Widely circulatedA Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, compiled by Thomas Preston16quotes 32William Hazlitt1778–1830On the Fear of Death, in Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners16quotes 33Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Counsels and Maxims (trans. T. Bailey Saunders)15quotes 34Charlotte Perkins Gilman1860–1935Women and Economics15quotes 35Elizabeth Barrett Browning1806–1861The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 1 (ed. Frederic G. Kenyon)15quotes 36Florence Scovel Shinn1871–1940The Game of Life and How to Play It15quotes 37Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Prophet15quotes 38Rabindranath Tagore1861–1941Sadhana: The Realisation of Life15quotes 39Wallace D. Wattles1860–1911The Science of Getting Rich15quotes 40Apsley Cherry-Garrard1886–1959The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic, 1910-191314quotes 41Ernest Shackleton1874–1922South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-191714quotes 42Henri Frederic Amiel1821–1881Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel (trans. Mrs. Humphry Ward)13quotes 43Paul the Apostle2 contestedPhilippians 4, King James Version13quotes 44Dorothy Osborne1627–1695The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 (ed. Edward Abbott Parry)12quotes 45Louis D. Brandeis1856–1941Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (dissenting)12quotes 46Earl Warren1891–1974Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 48311quotes 47Robert Falcon Scott1868–1912Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I11quotes 48Thomas a Kempis1380–1471The Imitation of Christ (trans. William Benham)11quotes 49Carl von Clausewitz1780–1831On War (trans. J. J. Graham)10quotes 50Emma Goldman1869–1940Anarchism: What It Really Stands For10quotes 51Jane Addams1860–1935Twenty Years at Hull-House10quotes 52Olive Schreiner1855–1920Woman and Labour10quotes 53Thomas Paine1737–1809Common Sense10quotes 54Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume 1 (trans. Henry Reeve)9quotes 55Blaise Pascal1623–1662The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal (trans. C. Kegan Paul)9quotes 56Christian D. Larson1874–1954Your Forces and How to Use Them9quotes 57George Washington1732–1799Farewell Address9quotes 58Ulysses S. Grant1822–1885Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant9quotes 59W. E. B. Du Bois1868–1963Of the Passing of the First-Born, in The Souls of Black Folk9quotes 60William Lloyd Garrison1805–1879No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York9quotes 61Florence Nightingale1820–1910Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not8quotes 62Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Third Inaugural Address8quotes 63John Woolman1720–1772The Journal of John Woolman8quotes 64Napoleon Hill1883–1970The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons8quotes 65Richard Jefferies1848–1887The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography8quotes 66Robert H. Jackson1892–1954West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 6248quotes 67William O. Douglas1898–1980Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (dissenting)8quotes 68Andrew Jackson1767–1845Proclamation on Nullification7quotes 69Anna Julia Cooper1858–1964The Higher Education of Woman, in A Voice from the South7quotes 70Edmund Burke1729–1797Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts7quotes 71Gerald Ford1913–2006Remarks Upon Taking the Oath of Office as President7quotes 72Harriet Jacobs1813–1897Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl7quotes 73Maurice Maeterlinck1862–1949Silence, in The Treasure of the Humble (trans. Alfred Sutro)7quotes 74Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (dissenting)7quotes 75Richard Nixon1913–1994First Inaugural Address7quotes 76Thomas Henry Huxley1825–1895A Liberal Education, in Autobiography and Selected Essays7quotes 77William Henry Harrison1773–1841Inaugural Address7quotes 78Calvin Coolidge1872–1933To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President, in Have Faith in Massachusetts6quotes 79Donald Trumpb. 1946First Inaugural Address6quotes 80Felix Frankfurter1882–1965Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (concurring)6quotes 81Franklin Pierce1804–1869Inaugural Address6quotes 82G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Orthodoxy6quotes 83George H. W. Bush1924–2018Inaugural Address6quotes 84George W. Bushb. 1946First Inaugural Address6quotes 85Grover Cleveland1837–1908Second Inaugural Address6quotes 86Herbert Hoover1874–1964Inaugural Address6quotes 87Ida B. Wells1862–1931Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases6quotes 88James A. Garfield1831–1881Inaugural Address6quotes 89James Buchanan1791–1868Inaugural Address6quotes 90James K. Polk1795–1849Inaugural Address6quotes 91James Monroe1758–1831First Inaugural Address6quotes 92Joe Bidenb. 1942Inaugural Address6quotes 93Mary Church Terrell1863–1954The Progress of Colored Women6quotes 94Mary Wollstonecraft1759–1797A Vindication of the Rights of Woman6quotes 95The Book of PsalmsPsalm 121, King James Version6quotes 96Warren G. Harding1865–1923Inaugural Address6quotes 97William J. Brennan Jr.1906–1997Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (concurring)6quotes 98William McKinley1843–1901First Inaugural Address6quotes 99Andrew Johnson1808–1875First Annual Message to Congress5quotes 100Anthony M. Kennedyb. 1936Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 6445quotes 101Benjamin Franklin1706–17902 contestedThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin5quotes 102Benjamin Harrison1833–1901Inaugural Address5quotes 103Chester A. Arthur1829–1886Inaugural Address5quotes 104Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969First Inaugural Address5quotes 105Harry S. Truman1884–1972Address before a Joint Session of Congress (the Truman Doctrine)5quotes 106John Adams1735–1826Inaugural Address5quotes 107John Dewey1859–1952Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education5quotes 108John Locke1632–1704Second Treatise of Government5quotes 109John Quincy Adams1767–1848Inaugural Address5quotes 110John Tyler1790–1862Inaugural Address5quotes 111Marcus Garvey1887–1940Man Know Thyself, in Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Volume 15quotes 112Martin Van Buren1782–1862Inaugural Address5quotes 113Millard Fillmore1800–1874First Annual Message to Congress5quotes 114Rutherford B. Hayes1822–1893Inaugural Address5quotes 115Thomas Jefferson1743–1826First Inaugural Address5quotes 116William Howard Taft1857–1930Inaugural Address5quotes 117Zachary Taylor1784–1850First Annual Message to Congress5quotes 118Aristotle384 BC–322 BC2 contestedThe Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle (Everyman's Library edition)4quotes 119Charles Darwin1809–1882The Voyage of the Beagle4quotes 120Confucius551 BC–479 BC3 contestedLetter VII, in The Citizen of the World, by Oliver Goldsmith4quotes 121Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815–1902Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-18974quotes 122Enos A. Mills1870–1922Alone with a Landslide, in The Spell of the Rockies4quotes 123Frederick Winslow Taylor1856–1915The Principles of Scientific Management4quotes 124Hugo L. Black1886–1971New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (concurring)4quotes 125James Madison1751–1836The Federalist No. 104quotes 126Jane Austen1775–1817Pride and Prejudice4quotes 127John Burroughs1837–1921Wake-Robin4quotes 128John Marshall Harlan II1899–1971Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 154quotes 129John Ruskin1819–1900Sesame and Lilies4quotes 130Lillian Moller Gilbreth1878–1972The Psychology of Management4quotes 131Mary Austin1868–1934The Land of Little Rain4quotes 132Rick Rigsbyb. 1956Commencement address, California Maritime Academy (video)4quotes 133TraditionalCommon saying4quotes 134William Morris1834–1896Useful Work versus Useless Toil, in Signs of Change4quotes 135William Osler1849–1919Aequanimitas, in Aequanimitas, with Other Addresses4quotes 136Xenophon430 BC–354 BCCyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus (trans. Henry Graham Dakyns)4quotes 137Ada Lovelace1815–1852Note A to Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage3quotes 138Al-Ghazali1058–1111Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God, in The Alchemy of Happiness (trans. Claud Field)3quotes 139Barack Obamab. 1961Inaugural Address3quotes 140Charles Babbage1791–1871Passages from the Life of a Philosopher3quotes 141Charlotte Bronte1816–1855Jane Eyre: An Autobiography3quotes 142Edward Gibbon1737–1794Memoirs of My Life and Writings3quotes 143Elizabeth Blackwell1821–1910Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women3quotes 144Ellen H. Richards1842–1911The Cost of Shelter3quotes 145Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Beyond Good and Evil (trans. Helen Zimmern)3quotes 146Harlan F. Stone1872–1946Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (dissenting)3quotes 147John Paul Stevens1920–2019Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (dissenting)3quotes 148Kakuzo Okakura1862–1913Art Appreciation, in The Book of Tea3quotes 149Margaret Chase Smith1897–1995Declaration of Conscience (remarks in the United States Senate)3quotes 150Maria Mitchell1818–1889Address to Her Students, in Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals3quotes 151Maria Montessori1870–1952The Montessori Method3quotes 152Mary Shelley1797–1851Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus3quotes 153Mary Somerville1780–1872Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville3quotes 154Nikola Tesla1856–1943My Inventions: My Early Life, in Electrical Experimenter3quotes 155Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray3quotes 156Swami Vivekananda1863–1902Karma in Its Effect on Character, in Karma-Yoga3quotes 157The Book of ProverbsProverbs 16, King James Version3quotes 158The Gospel of JohnJohn 11, King James Version3quotes 159Thomas Carlyle1795–18811 contestedThe Hero as Divinity, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History3quotes 160Thucydides460 BC–400 BCThe History of the Peloponnesian War (trans. Richard Crawley)3quotes 161Thurgood Marshall1908–1993Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 2653quotes 162Woodrow Wilson1856–1924First Inaugural Address3quotes 163Zhuangzi369 BC–286 BCHow to Govern, in Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer (trans. Herbert A. Giles)3quotes 164Barbara Jordan1936–1996Statement in the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry2quotes 165Bill Clintonb. 1946First Inaugural Address2quotes 166Boethius477–524The Consolation of Philosophy (trans. H. R. James)2quotes 167Charles Evans Hughes1862–1948Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 6972quotes 168Francis Bacon1561–1626Of Boldness, in The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral2quotes 169Francois de La Rochefoucauld1613–1680Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (trans. Willis Bund and Friswell)2quotes 170Fyodor Dostoevsky1821–1881Crime and Punishment (trans. Constance Garnett)2quotes 171George C. Marshall1880–1959Remarks at Harvard University on the European Recovery Program2quotes 172George Eliot1819–1880Adam Bede, Chapter LIV2quotes 173Isabella L. Bird1831–1904Letter I, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains2quotes 174Jimmy Carter1924–2024Inaugural Address2quotes 175L. M. Montgomery1874–1942Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIX2quotes 176Lewis F. Powell Jr.1907–1998Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 2652quotes 177Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973Inaugural Address2quotes 178Mark Twain1835–19101 contestedFollowing the Equator, Chapter XLVIII2quotes 179Ruth Bader Ginsburg1933–2020United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 5152quotes 180Sandra Day O'Connor1930–2023Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 5072quotes 181Sun Tzu544 BC–496 BCThe Art of War (trans. Lionel Giles)2quotes 182The Book of IsaiahIsaiah 41, King James Version2quotes 183The Gospel of MatthewMatthew 11, King James Version2quotes 184Thomas A. Edison1847–19311 contestedEdison: His Life and Inventions, by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin2quotes 185W. H. Hudson1841–1922Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life2quotes 186Abe Fortas1910–1982Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 5031quotes 187Alexander Hamilton1755–1804The Federalist No. 701quotes 188Bram Stoker1847–1912Dracula, Chapter XIV1quotes 189Charles Dickens1812–1870Great Expectations1quotes 190David H. Souter1939–2025Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (concurring in part)1quotes 191DeuteronomyDeuteronomy 31, King James Version1quotes 192EcclesiastesEcclesiastes 3, King James Version1quotes 193Edith Wharton1862–1937The Age of Innocence, Book II, Chapter XXIX1quotes 194Eleanor Roosevelt1884–19621 contestedThe Invincible Strategy, in The Supreme Conquest and Other Sermons Preached in America, by W. L. Watkinson1quotes 195Eric Thomasb. 1970The Secret to Success: When You Want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breathe1quotes 196Frank Murphy1890–1949Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (dissenting)1quotes 197George F. Kennan1904–2005Telegram from the Chargé in the Soviet Union to the Secretary of State (the Long Telegram)1quotes 198George Santayana1863–1952Reason in Common Sense, Chapter XII: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, in The Life of Reason1quotes 199Harry A. Blackmun1908–1999Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (dissenting)1quotes 200Heraclitus535 BC–475 BC1 contestedThe Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot1quotes

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