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Famous Nothing Quotes

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. — Marie Curie

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. — Socrates

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. — Thomas Jefferson

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. — Chris Evans

I'm very versatile and there's nothing I really regret in my life. I'm excited with who I am and I'm just going to keep riding the wave. — Rick Ross

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

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results. — Mahatma Gandhi

Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died. — Alexander The Great

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. - Socrates

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. — Socrates

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. — George Bernard Shaw

Short Nothing Quotes

  • There is nothing impossible to him who will try. — Alexander The Great
  • Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller
  • Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down, it's staying down that's wrong. — Muhammad Ali
  • He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. — Muhammad Ali
  • A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. — W. C. Fields
  • He who stands for nothing will fall for anything. — Alexander Hamilton
  • There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, Say nothing, and Be nothing. — Aristotle
  • When you move like a jellyfish, rhythm is nothing. You go with the flow. You don't stop. — Jack Johnson
  • It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing. — Jose Rizal
  • There is nothing more musical than a sunset. — Claude Debussy

Nothing Image Quotes

Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well. - Joan of Arc quote

Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well. — Joan of Arc

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke quote

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. — Edmund Burke

Nothing quote To trust God in the light is nothing, but to trust him in the dark, that is faith.
To trust God in the light is nothing, but to trust him in the dark, that is faith.
Nothing will work unless you do. - John Wooden quote

Nothing will work unless you do. — John Wooden

I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea. - Alain Gerbault quote

I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea. — Alain Gerbault

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. - Shams Tabrizi quote

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. — Shams Tabrizi

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Daring to Adventure - Helen Keller quote

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Daring to Adventure — Helen Keller

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another. - Paul the Apostle quote

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another. — Paul the Apostle

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford quote

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. — Henry Ford

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible'. - Audrey Hepburn quote

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible'. — Audrey Hepburn

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy. - Swami Vivekananda quote

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy. — Swami Vivekananda

Have a mind that is open to everything, yet attached to nothing. - Wayne Dyer quote

Have a mind that is open to everything, yet attached to nothing. — Wayne Dyer

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. - Pema Chodron quote

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. — Pema Chodron

An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God. - Srinivasa Ramanujan quote

An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God. — Srinivasa Ramanujan

Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad. - Italian Proverbs quote

Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad. — Italian Proverbs

The worst thing you can do is nothing. - Terry Pratchett quote

The worst thing you can do is nothing. — Terry Pratchett

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. - Plautus quote

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. — Plautus

A man who walks with God, can walk anywhere. Hence, I fear nothing. - Immortal Technique quote

A man who walks with God, can walk anywhere. Hence, I fear nothing. — Immortal Technique

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. - Ludwig van Beethoven quote

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven

That nothing's so sacred as honor and nothing's so loyal as love. - Wyatt Earp quote

That nothing's so sacred as honor and nothing's so loyal as love. — Wyatt Earp

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution. - Russian Proverbs quote

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution. — Russian Proverbs

Nothing quote Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having every
Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.

When You Expect Nothing Quotes

When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvited and unexpected. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks. — Indian Proverbs

Nothing in this world happens without a reason. That we are all exactly where we are supposed to be, and that the pieces of the puzzle have a tendency to come together when you least expect it. — Jane Green

Nothing quote Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.

When you give, expect nothing from people and everything from Allah. — Omar Suleiman

When you expect nothing from the world - not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe - everything is a wonder and every moment a gift. — Michael J. Sullivan

When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing. — Darren Criss

Mother,” Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude, “you know I love you dearly—” “Why is it,” Violet pondered, “that I have come to expect nothing good when I hear a sentence beginning in that manner? — Julia Quinn

It bothers me when people, say, you know, write for, you know, a web publication and get paid little or nothing or, you know, expecting to, like, read the best newspapers in the world and not pay a cent for it. Those newspapers need money in order to operate. — Terry Gross

One thing is certain the only thing that makes you younger or older is that nothing can happen that is different from what you expected and when that happens and it mostly does happen everything is different from what you expected then there is no difference between being younger or older. — Gertrude Stein

There's a lot more pressure when you're a medal favorite. Now, nobody has any expectations for me. Nobody knows what I can do, so I'm riding with nothing to lose. — Chris Witty

Learn To Expect Nothing Quotes

Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to learn to be joyful in all of it, not just at stated intervals when we can get time or when we have nothing else to do. — Laura Ingalls Wilder

If there's a thing I've learned in my life it's to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don't — Cassandra Clare

The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Those, who are strongly wedded to what I shall call 'the classical theory', will fluctuate, I expect, between a belief that I am quite wrong and a belief that I am saying nothing new. It is for others to determine if either of these or the third alternative is right. — John Maynard Keynes

If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all. — Jeff Kinney

The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing. — Edsger Dijkstra

If you expect to have it all, you will have nothing. Learn to be happy with nothing - and you will have it all! — Ernie J Zelinski

We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who knows what will happen or where I will be sent, yet already I have given a great many things away, expecting to be told to pack nothing, except the prayers which, with this thirst, I am slowly learning. — Mary Oliver

If what we learn is no more than what we expect to learn, then we have learned nothing at all. — John H. Lienhard

Don't Expect Nothing Quotes

Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect. — Colin Powell

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time. — Paulo Coelho

Don't give to get. Give to inspire others to give. — Simon Sinek

If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them. — David Attenborough

My feelings are, if you're gonna lead a rock n' roll lifestyle, don't let it affect your work. I know I can stay up all night and still come in the next day and write a song, and nothing will stop me from doing it. I expect the same from everyone else. — Marilyn Manson

I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of the end of my life, I think mainly: I didn't do nothing, but I could have done more. — Sylvia Kristel

I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it. — Kristin Scott Thomas

Don't wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less. — Daniel Quinn

They are a very decent generous lot of people out here and they don't expect you to listen.... It's the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard. — Evelyn Waugh

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned. — Robert Kiyosaki

Expecting Nothing In Return Quotes

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you. — Wayne Dyer

Love in its purest form is a sharing of joy. It asks nothing in return, it expects nothing. Love is a spiritual phenomenon; lust is physical. Ego is psychological; love is spiritual. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]

Real love begins where nothing is expected in return. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever. — Cory Booker

To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return. — Kate Millett

Invest in yourself first. Expect nothing from no one and be willing to work for everything. — Tony Gaskins

Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return. — Simon Sinek

Love the people that wanna see you be successful and help you expecting nothing in return. That’s priceless. Those are real friends. — Mark Patterson

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return. — Muhammad Ali

The army will hear nothing of politics from me and in return I expect to hear nothing of politics from the army. — H. H. Asquith

No Expectations Quotes

No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states. It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . . — Kwame Nkrumah

You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing. — Richard P. Feynman

Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives - does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve. — Sivananda

Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core. — James E. Faust

Real love doesn't die. It's the physical body that dies. Genuine, authentic love has no expectations whatsoever; it doesn't even need the physical presence of a person. ... Even when he is dead and buried that part of you that loves the person will always live. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. — Princess of Wales Diana

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something. — Bill Parcells

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. — Richard Dawkins

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well. — Anthony Hopkins

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. — Orison Swett Marden

Never Expect Quotes

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. — Michael Jordan

Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything. — Harry Houdini

Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return — Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. — Bette Davis

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. — John Tuley

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. — John Tukey

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

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined. — Nicholas Sparks

Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair. — Rick Riordan

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher

Do Not Expect Quotes

If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways. — Saint John Chrysostom

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. - Huey Newton

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. — Huey Newton

Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return. — Katharine Hepburn

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. — William Penn

Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers. — Alexander The Great

Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. — Linus Torvalds

I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped. — Frederick Salomon Perls

You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it. — Mark Twight

Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen. — Wendell Berry

Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world. — Swami Vivekananda

Expecting Things Quotes

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. - Young Thug

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. — Young Thug

Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it. — Vincent de Paul

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. - William Carey

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. — William Carey

Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things! — Andrew Murray

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. — Albert Einstein

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. — Sonia Sotomayor

Every single success you experience is a combination of two things: your effort and Allah's help. When you don't put in enough effort, Allah does not give His barakah. And sometimes you might put in a lot of effort but you may not see the result you expected. That, also, is Allah's barakah. — Nouman Ali Khan

Take the very hardest thing in your life - the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom. — Lilias Trotter

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. - Michael Jordan

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan

As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. — Etty Hillesum

Low Expectations Quotes

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. — Jodi Picoult

Once I’d anchored their emotions in a minefield of low expectations, I played on their loss aversion. — Chris Voss

The first rule of happiness is low expectations. — Morgan Housel

The secret to happiness is having low expectations. — Warren Buffett

I've been awkward forever. I have really low expectations for myself. When I do perform to some sort of social standard, I leave feeling really comfortable. I'm either so awkward that I look retarded or I'm so awkward that everyone else feels retarded. — Earl Sweatshirt

No one rises to low expectations — Les Brown

The secret to happiness is low expectations. — Barry Schwartz

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. — Pamela Anderson

Americans are in serious intellectual trouble - in danger of losing our hard-won cultural capital to a virulent mixture of anti-intellectualism, anti-rationalism and low expectations. — Susan Jacoby

If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. — Chip Kelly

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More Nothing Quotes

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means. - Maimonides quote

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means. — Maimonides

I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved. - Steven Furtick quote

I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved. — Steven Furtick

There is nothing permanent except change. - Heraclitus quote

There is nothing permanent except change. — Heraclitus

There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. - Victor Hugo quote

There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo

When deeds speak, words are nothing. - African Proverbs quote

When deeds speak, words are nothing. — African Proverbs

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. - Saint Francis de Sales quote

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. — Saint Francis de Sales

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. - Emile Zola quote

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. — Emile Zola

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. - Anton Chekhov quote

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. — Anton Chekhov

Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much. - Charles Grandison Finney quote

Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much. — Charles Grandison Finney

Nothing is more precious than Independence and Liberty. - Ho Chi Minh quote

Nothing is more precious than Independence and Liberty. — Ho Chi Minh

Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost. -  quote

Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost. —

He is rich who owes nothing. - Proverbs quote

He is rich who owes nothing. — Proverbs

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. - Auguste Rodin quote

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. — Auguste Rodin

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. - Democritus quote

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. - William Shakespeare quote

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. - Marie Antoinette quote

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. — Marie Antoinette

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. - Richard Buckminster Fuller quote

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. — Richard Buckminster Fuller

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