35 Inspirational William Shakespeare Quotes On Success

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet, and the “Bard of Avon”. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. May these William Shakespeare Quotes inspire you to know who you are and become an individual of action who makes their dreams a reality.

1. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” William Shakespeare

2. “Give every man thy ear but few thy voice.” William Shakespeare

3. “Love me or hate me, both are in my favor, if you love me, I’ll always be in your heart, if you hate me, I’ll always be in your mind.” William Shakespeare

4. “I always feel happy, you know why? Because I don’t expect anything from anyone, expectations always hurt. Life is short, so love your life, be happy and keep smiling.” William Shakespeare

5. “Have more than you show, speak less than you know.” William Shakespeare

6. “Just live for yourself and before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you pray, forgive. Before you hurt, feel. Before you hate, love. Before you quit, try. Before you die, live.” William Shakespeare

7. “To do a great right do a little wrong.” William Shakespeare

8. “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” William Shakespeare

9. “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” William Shakespeare

10. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” William Shakespeare

11. “Always the wrong person gives you the right lesson in life.” William Shakespeare

12. “Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.” William Shakespeare

13. “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” William Shakespeare

14. “Time is very slow for those who wait. Very fast for those who are scared. Very long for those who celebrate. But for those who love, time is eternal.” William Shakespeare

15. “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” William Shakespeare

16. “If money go before, all ways do lie open.” William Shakespeare

17. “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still gently allows you to grow.” William Shakespeare

18. “All the worlds 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.” William Shakespeare

19. “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare

20. “The eyes are the window to your soul.” William Shakespeare

21. “If to do were as easy to know what were good to do.” William Shakespeare

22. “Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind.” William Shakespeare

23. “Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” William Shakespeare

24. “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.” William Shakespeare

25. “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” William Shakespeare

26. “Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.” William Shakespeare

27. “There is no darkness but ignorance.” William Shakespeare

28. “Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.” William Shakespeare

29. “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” William Shakespeare

30. “Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end.” William Shakespeare

31. “Love cometh like sunshine after rain.” William Shakespeare

32. “Teach me how I should forget to think.” William Shakespeare

33. “Be great in act, as you have been in thought.” William Shakespeare

34. “Make not your thoughts your prisons.” William Shakespeare

35. “To thine own self be true.” William Shakespeare

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