Paraphrased Quotes (120 quotes)

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: misattributed-to-mother-teresa, paraphrased

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
― C.E.M. Joad

tags: creativity, humor, misattributed-to-einstein, paraphrased

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“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, paraphrased, science, systems

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“Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity

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“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
― Henry Thomas Buckle

tags: creativity, dreams, gossip, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, paraphrased

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“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

tags: children, humor, paraphrased, parents

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“God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: freedom-of-speech, paraphrased, self-expression

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“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
― Walter Langer

tags: lies, paraphrased

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“The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: paraphrased

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“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
― Bertrand Russell

tags: paraphrased, philosophy

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“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: agape, love, metaphor, paraphrased

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“Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: beatitudes, paraphrased

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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
― Richard Lingard, A Letter of Advice to a Young Gentleman Leaving the University Concerning His Behaviour and Conversation in the World

tags: misattributed-to-plato, paraphrased, people, play

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

tags: paraphrased

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“There is no God and we are his prophets.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

tags: blasphemy, paraphrased, religion

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“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“The only good human being is a dead one.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

tags: misquote, paraphrased

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“There's none so blind as those who will not listen.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

tags: blindness, paraphrased, stubbornness

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“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: paraphrased

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“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Your fate awaits you. Accept it in body and spirit. To get used to the life you'll most likely be leading soon, get rid of your low-class trappings.”
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

tags: paraphrased, shakespeare

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