English Quotes

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

If music be the food of love, play on.

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

The wheel is come full circle.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

All you need is love.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

Everything is clearer when you're in love.