This collection of famous quotes for May 2023 brings together wisdom and inspiration from renowned individuals across various fields. With topics ranging from personal growth and motivation to social change and environmental concerns, these powerful words aim to uplift, challenge, and encourage our readers to reflect on the world around them.
Join us as we celebrate the voices that continue to shape our perspectives, spark our creativity, and foster meaningful discussions.
“I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness.”
~Sofia Vergara
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.”
~Mark Twain
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
~John F. Kennedy
“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.”
~Emma Goldman
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
~Dr. Seuss
“I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.”
~Louise Hay
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
~John Lennon
“I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.”
~Tina Turner
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
~George Bernard Shaw
“It ain’t much but it’s honest work.”
~David Brandt
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
~Dorothy Parker
“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”
~Alan Moore
“Sundays are like confetti floating in the air in slow motion, in the evening they reach the ground, and you hope a bit of wind could blow on them and they could fly a bit longer.”
~Alain Bremond-Torrent
“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.”
~Steven Wright
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
~Marie Curie
“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.”
~Leonardo da Vinci
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”
~Frank Lloyd Wright
“Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
~Elon Musk
“I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.”
~Zach Galifianakis
“Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of Mother.”
~Edgar Allan Poe
Famous Quotes Hall of Fame
I like to showcase the more popular Famous Quotes all in one place and this quote from Ron White made it to the big post rather quickly. You can check out the rest of the Most Famous Quotes here. If you frequent Pinterest, I pin all quotes there as well. Follow the Wisedocks Pinterest profile.
“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”
~Ron White
“Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.”
~Ian Maclaren
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”
~Robert Bennett
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each on according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”
~Nikola Tesla
Famous Quotes Hall of Fame
This quote from John Lennon is simple and to the point. I suspect it made its way to the Hall of Fame because of John himself. I add the most popular Famous Quotes to the Hall of Fame based on user reactions across social media. I have my most extensive presence on Facebook; if you haven’t liked my page, hop over and do so now for daily quotes on your timeline.
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
~John Lennon
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”
~Elizabeth Gilbert
“The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition.”
~Dwight Morrow
“Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.”
~Ariana Grande
“Cinco De Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.”
~Joe Baca
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
~Steve Jobs
Famous Quotes Hall of Fame
May was a good month for the Hall of Fame, with three quotes making the cut. Albert Einstein will undoubtedly be on that page quite a bit, as almost all of the quotes I have shared have come with good reactions. This one is no different.
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.”
~Albert Einstein
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.”
~Alan Watts
“You can’t really love someone else unless you really love yourself first.”
~Mister Rogers
