Inspirational Shakespeare Quotes

To thine own self be true. – Hamlet

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. – As You Like It

Though she be but little, she is fierce. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. – The Tempest

This above all: to thine own self be true. – Hamlet

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. – Twelfth Night

All that glisters is not gold. – The Merchant of Venice

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Hamlet

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – Twelfth Night

Listen to many, speak to a few. – Hamlet

The better part of valor is discretion. – Henry IV, Part 1

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child! – King Lear

Inspirational Shakespeare Quotes part 2

All’s well that ends well. – All’s Well That Ends Well

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. – Julius Caesar

Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet

Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet

To be, or not to be: that is the question. – Hamlet

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. – Troilus and Cressida

This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion. – King Lear

The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me. – Antony and Cleopatra

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. – Hamlet

What’s done is done. – Macbeth

I bear a charmed life. – Macbeth

In the twinkling of an eye. – The Merchant of Venice

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Hamlet

The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly. – As You Like It

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. – Twelfth Night

To sleep, perchance to dream. – Hamlet

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well

All that glitters is not gold. – The Merchant of Venice

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. – The Merry Wives of Windsor

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. – Measure for Measure

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. – Measure for Measure

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. – Macbeth

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. – Henry VI, Part 3

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings. – Richard III

The love of heaven makes one heavenly. – Love’s Labour’s Lost