Sometimes all you need are few inspiring or thought proving words to get you through the day. It is the wisdom of the people that have long gone but created a mark for themselves which often gives you ray of hope.

Following is a list of 10 famous quotes of history:

1. Confucius:

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated”.

2. George Bernhard Shaw:

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing”.

3. Bil Keane:

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”

4. Henry David Thoreau:

“Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder.”

5. Albert Einstein:

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

6. Helen Keller:

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”

7. Stephen Covey:

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”

8. Reinhold Niebuhr:

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

9. Mary Engelbreit:

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”

10. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross:

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

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