We could all use some inspiration from time to time. If you can’t think of your own words of wisdom, let someone else say them for you. Here is a list of profound,yet lesser-known quotes from some of the most famous people throughout history.

1. "If friendship is your weakest point, then you are the strongest person in the world."

— Abraham Lincoln

2. "Never play with the feelings of others because you may win the game, but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a lifetime."

— William Shakespeare

3. "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint had a past and every sinner has a future."

— Oscar Wilde

4. "Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are."

— Niccolò Machiavelli

5. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

— Oscar Wilde

6. "You have to be odd to be number one."

— Dr. Seuss

7. "It always seems impossible until it's done."

— Nelson Mandela

8. "Quiet people have the loudest minds."

— Stephen King

9. "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."

— Abraham Lincoln

10. "Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."

— Isaac Newton

11. “And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

— J.K Rowling

12. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.”

— Nora Roberts

13. “When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.”

— Elizabeth Lesser

14. “Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

15. “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”

— Frederick Douglass

16. “The level of effort you tolerate from yourself will define your life.”

— Tom Bilyeu

17. “Fighting emotion with logic is like bringing a calculator to a knife fight.”

— Josh Sundquist

18. “Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas.”

— Luther Standing Bear

19. “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

— Immanuel Kant

20. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”

— Jack Canfield

21. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”

— Jesse Owens

22. “Life is too short for long-term grudges.”

— Elon Musk

23. “Distance sometimes lets you know who’s worth keeping and who’s worth letting go.”

— Frank Ocean

24. "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

— Oscar Wilde

25. “Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”

— Rumi

26. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

— Douglas Adams

Now, take these nuggets of knowledge and go live your life!