The 20th century was turbulent. The world knew life-altering advancements in science and technology, two devastating world wars, exploration of space, revolutionary social equality movements and we could go on. Naturally, some brilliant prominent figures stood at the forefront of all this. Though just a drop in the ocean, these are 13 memorable quotes by some of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
1. "The price of greatness is responsibility."
(Winston Churchill)
2. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
(Albert Einstein)
3. "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)
4. "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
(Sigmund Freud)
5. "You live but once; you might as well be amusing."
(Coco Chanel)
6. "The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting."
(Walt Disney)
7. "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
(Henry Ford)
8. "Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world…if you do so, you are insulting yourself."
(Bill Gates)
9. "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 Diana)
10. "Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."
(Pablo Picasso)
11. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
(Helen Keller)
12. "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
(Warren Buffet)
13. "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!"
(Charlie Chaplin)
