Thankful and blessed quotes are short lines on gratitude, drawn from scripture, speeches, plays and diaries. The sourced ones below are in the public domain or tied to a named text. A few of the most shared gratitude quotes have no verified source and are listed at the end. Quotes about being thankful “Gratitude is…
“Stronger than you think” quotes are lines about resilience that someone says to a person who is struggling, and the ones with a traceable source come from novels, poems, speeches and films. The most useful ones below come with the speaker and the work, because many of the shareable versions online are paraphrases or misattributions….
Soulmate quotes are lines about a person who feels like a perfect match, and the oldest source for the idea is Plato’s Symposium. The lines below are limited to ones with a named source, so you can use them on a card or in a speech without repeating a misattribution. Where the idea of a…
Optimism quotes are short statements about expecting things to turn out well, and the ones with a traceable source come mostly from essays, speeches and novels. Helen Keller wrote the most direct definition in 1903. Several of the most shared optimism lines, including the one credited to Churchill, have no confirmed source and are listed…
Quotes about comparison are lines about measuring yourself against other people. The sourced ones below come from Max Ehrmann, Thoreau, Emerson and Shakespeare, each with the work named, and the most famous one, “Comparison is the thief of joy,” is covered at the end because it has no confirmed source. Quotes about comparing yourself with…
A quote about bullying is a short statement on cruelty, standing up for others or kindness, and the reliable ones come from novels, speeches and books with a named source. The lines below are sourced, and the best-known bullying quotes that have no confirmed author are listed separately. Quotes about kindness “When given the choice…
Popcorn quotes are short captions about the snack, usually used for movie-night posts, cards and snack-bar signs. There are almost no famous, well-sourced quotes about popcorn, so most of the lines below are plain captions with no author. They are free to use as written. The facts after them are the sourced part. Popcorn captions…
Picnic quotes are short lines about eating outdoors, from classic novels to captions written for photos. The sourced ones below come from two books where a picnic is a scene, with the speaker and chapter noted, followed by unsourced caption lines for everyday use. Quotes from The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind…
Personal trivia is a quiz where the answers are facts about the people playing: first jobs, childhood habits, worst haircuts. Each player answers about themselves, and everyone else guesses or checks. A group of four to eight with a pen and paper is enough, and a round of 10 questions takes about 15 minutes. How…
Painful deep breakup quotes are lines about the end of a relationship that go past “I’m sad” and describe the loss itself. The ones below come from novels, plays and poems, each with a named source, so you can use them in a caption, a letter or a journal without passing along a false attribution….