The best Quotes by Baltasar Gracián

The best Quotes by Baltasar Gracián

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J. (8 January 1601 - 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Self-Confidence Respect

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

Gandalf in The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey

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It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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Courage Adventures Feet

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Courage Motivation

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Lord Beckett: "You're mad!"
Jack Sparrow: "Well thats good, cause if I wasn't, this'd probably never work."

Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt

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Courage Craziness & Weirdness

Wisdom is the offspring of suffering and time.

Izaro in Path of Exile

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

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Knowledge Society Science Wisdom

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

Bill Clinton

Strength Wisdom

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

Kenny Rogers

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Walter Lippmann

Wisdom Taubheit

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Elijah Mikaelson in The Originals - Season 1 Episode 8

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Breakup Beginning Motivation

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas

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Work Motivation

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Albert Einstein

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Motivation Borders

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

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Change Motivation Minutes

There is no such thing as bad ideas. Just poorly executed awesome ideas.

Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries

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Ideas Motivation

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent van Gogh

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Courage Risk Motivation

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Character Self-Confidence

Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Patrick in 10 Things I Hate About You

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Self-Confidence

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Paulo Coelho

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Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period. All right?

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

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Dreaming Self-Confidence

Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!

Rocky Balboa in Rocky Balboa

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Ambition Self-Confidence

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

Albert Einstein

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Ambition Character Self-Confidence

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Sarah Dessen in Keeping the Moon

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Self-Confidence Respect

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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Character Knowledge Respect

Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?

Iron Man - Tony Stark

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If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

Miranda Lambert

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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

Taylor Swift

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Opinions Respect

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Billy Graham

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Upbringing Respect

Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in The Inheritance Games

Friendship Blood

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

Nick Hornby in High Fidelity

Friendship Family

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

David Nicholls in One Day

Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.

Stieg Larsson in The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

Stieg Larsson in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Trust Friendship Respect

There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.

Korean Saying

Spring Friendship Winter

Not all lies are bad, just as the truth is not always good.

New Moon Luna in Epic Seven

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

Rebecca Yarros in The Empyrean - Fourth Wing

The bigger the lie, the more people believe in it.

Adolf Hitler

Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?

Anthony Ryan in Raven's Shadow - 2: Tower Lord

Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.

Anthony Ryan in Raven's Shadow - 1: Blood Song

Which is worse: A lie that draws a smile or a truth that draws a tear?

Bryan Bedford in Miracle on 34th Street

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

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