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Who Said These Famous Quotes?

This fun quiz is here to test your knowledge of the famous quotes of famous people of history. Can you answer 15 questions?

Shai K. 4/9/2020

Why do we love quotes? Because the right words can echo in our heads, and in one simple sentence, inhabit our thoughts and either inspire us to be more or make us feel new things we never considered before. This quiz is here to test your knowledge of the quotes of the past by famous men and women of history. How many of these 15 quotes will you know?

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..."

Winston Churchill

Joseph Stalin

John Kennedy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

John Lennon

Elvis Presely

David Bowie

Johnny Cash

"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."

Mark Twain

Nelson Mandela

Albert Einstein

Marie Curie

"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

Salvador Dali

Vincent van Gogh

Sigmund Freud

Rosa Parks

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Nelson Mandela

Mahatma Gandhi

Che Guevara

Fidel Castro

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."

Albert Einstein

Karl Marx

Isaac Newton

Tom Brady

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

Winston Churchill

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John Adams

Amelia Earhart

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."

Helen Keller

Mother Theresa

Nurse Nightingale

Samuel Beckett

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

Wayne Gretzky

Michael Jordan

Michael Jackson

Ray Charles

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."

Marie Curie

Amelia Earhart

Joseph Stalin

Alexander the Great

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Socrates

Aristotle

Immanuel Kant

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Oprah

Maya Angelou

Emily Dickinson

Charlotte Bronte

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

Marcus Aurelius

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Mark Twain

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”

Audrey Hepburn

Marilyn Monroe

Queen Elizabeth II

Albert Einstein

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

George Eliot

William Wordworth

Sylvia Plath

John Keats

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

These are the famous words of Albert Einstein. In other words - don't let this failed test hold you back. Learn from your mistakes or even try again. But, according to Sir Churchill - Never give up!

"The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. "

Those are the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, by which he means the satisfaction you get, in this case - from doing very well on this quote quiz - is a reward on its own. Good job! You definitely know more historical quotes than most people! You may want to have a look at your mistakes and learn from them since you did have a few.

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

This quote by Albert Schweitzer is very true, and we're quite sure you have a deep love for history, the famous people who made it and the famous words they said. We are impressed! You have aced this quiz, and you should share your incredible results with friends and family - let's see if they can do as well!