Quote Authors & Source Voices
Browse human authors as well as textual, translation and traditional source voices represented in the quotation collection.
Human authors
131 people represented
SenecaHuman author · 88 quotations · 4 sourcesWilliam ShakespeareHuman author · 66 quotations · 18 sourcesSamuel SmilesHuman author · 50 quotations · 5 sourcesBooker T. WashingtonHuman author · 47 quotations · 5 sourcesBenjamin FranklinHuman author · 44 quotations · 6 sourcesJames AllenHuman author · 41 quotations · 5 sourcesMark TwainHuman author · 40 quotations · 3 sourcesPaul the ApostleHuman author · 40 quotations · 10 sourcesRalph Waldo EmersonHuman author · 37 quotations · 7 sourcesJesusHuman author · 36 quotations · 5 sourcesMarcus AureliusHuman author · 35 quotations · 2 sourcesHelen KellerHuman author · 34 quotations · 3 sourcesHenry David ThoreauHuman author · 34 quotations · 5 sourcesOscar WildeHuman author · 34 quotations · 8 sourcesArthur SchopenhauerHuman author · 32 quotations · 2 sourcesJohn RuskinHuman author · 32 quotations · 7 sourcesEpictetusHuman author · 31 quotations · 2 sourcesFriedrich NietzscheHuman author · 30 quotations · 5 sourcesLouisa May AlcottHuman author · 29 quotations · 4 sourcesJohn Stuart MillHuman author · 27 quotations · 5 sourcesMary WollstonecraftHuman author · 27 quotations · 5 sourcesGeorge EliotHuman author · 25 quotations · 6 sourcesJane AustenHuman author · 25 quotations · 6 sourcesKahlil GibranHuman author · 24 quotations · 3 sourcesPublilius SyrusHuman author · 24 quotations · 1 sourcesCharles DickensHuman author · 21 quotations · 8 sourcesCharles WagnerHuman author · 21 quotations · 2 sourcesEmily DickinsonHuman author · 21 quotations · 19 sourcesAlexander PopeHuman author · 20 quotations · 4 sourcesCiceroHuman author · 20 quotations · 4 sourcesSamuel JohnsonHuman author · 20 quotations · 5 sourcesWilliam George JordanHuman author · 20 quotations · 3 sourcesOrison Swett MardenHuman author · 19 quotations · 4 sourcesPlatoHuman author · 19 quotations · 5 sourcesWalt WhitmanHuman author · 19 quotations · 4 sourcesAdam SmithHuman author · 18 quotations · 2 sourcesFrances Hodgson BurnettHuman author · 18 quotations · 3 sourcesFrederick DouglassHuman author · 18 quotations · 6 sourcesThomas PaineHuman author · 18 quotations · 4 sourcesP. T. BarnumHuman author · 16 quotations · 2 sourcesJohn MuirHuman author · 15 quotations · 5 sourcesThomas HardyHuman author · 15 quotations · 9 sourcesWalter PaterHuman author · 15 quotations · 2 sourcesAristotleHuman author · 13 quotations · 3 sourcesChristina RossettiHuman author · 13 quotations · 7 sourcesFrancis BaconHuman author · 13 quotations · 3 sourcesJerome K. JeromeHuman author · 13 quotations · 2 sourcesJohn MiltonHuman author · 13 quotations · 4 sourcesArnold BennettHuman author · 12 quotations · 3 sourcesArthur Quiller-CouchHuman author · 12 quotations · 2 sourcesFyodor DostoevskyHuman author · 12 quotations · 3 sourcesLeo TolstoyHuman author · 12 quotations · 5 sourcesMaria MontessoriHuman author · 12 quotations · 4 sourcesMichel de MontaigneHuman author · 12 quotations · 2 sourcesWilliam MorrisHuman author · 12 quotations · 3 sourcesElizabeth Barrett BrowningHuman author · 11 quotations · 4 sourcesEmily BrontëHuman author · 11 quotations · 5 sourcesJohn KeatsHuman author · 11 quotations · 5 sourcesRobert Louis StevensonHuman author · 11 quotations · 7 sourcesThomas CarlyleHuman author · 11 quotations · 4 sourcesCharlotte BrontëHuman author · 10 quotations · 4 sourcesConfuciusHuman author · 10 quotations · 1 sourcesElizabeth Cady StantonHuman author · 10 quotations · 3 sourcesGeorge Henry LewesHuman author · 10 quotations · 2 sourcesGeorge SantayanaHuman author · 10 quotations · 3 sourcesJohn BurroughsHuman author · 10 quotations · 3 sourcesLao TzuHuman author · 10 quotations · 1 sourcesLewis CarrollHuman author · 10 quotations · 2 sourcesTheodore RooseveltHuman author · 10 quotations · 5 sourcesW. E. B. Du BoisHuman author · 10 quotations · 3 sourcesWilliam JamesHuman author · 10 quotations · 3 sourcesAesopHuman author · 9 quotations · 1 sourcesBertrand RussellHuman author · 9 quotations · 3 sourcesElla Wheeler WilcoxHuman author · 9 quotations · 4 sourcesGeorge MacDonaldHuman author · 9 quotations · 5 sourcesMargaret FullerHuman author · 9 quotations · 3 sourcesRudyard KiplingHuman author · 9 quotations · 2 sourcesWilliam OslerHuman author · 9 quotations · 3 sourcesAbraham LincolnHuman author · 8 quotations · 6 sourcesRabindranath TagoreHuman author · 8 quotations · 4 sourcesSun TzuHuman author · 8 quotations · 1 sourcesWilliam Strunk Jr.Human author · 8 quotations · 1 sourcesWilliam WordsworthHuman author · 8 quotations · 4 sourcesAlfred, Lord TennysonHuman author · 7 quotations · 3 sourcesHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHuman author · 7 quotations · 3 sourcesRalph Waldo TrineHuman author · 7 quotations · 3 sourcesWilliam BlakeHuman author · 7 quotations · 3 sourcesAndrew CarnegieHuman author · 6 quotations · 2 sourcesJohn DeweyHuman author · 6 quotations · 3 sourcesRichard JefferiesHuman author · 6 quotations · 3 sourcesWilliam HazlittHuman author · 6 quotations · 3 sourcesGeorge Grossmith and Weedon GrossmithHuman author · 5 quotations · 1 sourcesThomas JeffersonHuman author · 5 quotations · 5 sourcesBoethiusHuman author · 4 quotations · 2 sourcesHenri-Frédéric AmielHuman author · 4 quotations · 1 sourcesThomas à KempisHuman author · 4 quotations · 1 sourcesJohn LockeHuman author · 3 quotations · 3 sourcesPercy Bysshe ShelleyHuman author · 3 quotations · 2 sourcesBlaise PascalHuman author · 2 quotations · 1 sourcesG. K. ChestertonHuman author · 2 quotations · 2 sourcesJ. M. BarrieHuman author · 2 quotations · 2 sourcesJohn DonneHuman author · 2 quotations · 1 sourcesL. M. MontgomeryHuman author · 2 quotations · 1 sourcesLord ByronHuman author · 2 quotations · 2 sourcesMary ShelleyHuman author · 2 quotations · 1 sourcesPaul JanetHuman author · 2 quotations · 1 sourcesWilliam Ernest HenleyHuman author · 2 quotations · 1 sourcesAbigailHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesAlfred TennysonHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesAnna Julia CooperHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesBenedict de SpinozaHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesEleanor H. PorterHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesEllen KeyHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesGeorge WashingtonHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesHenrik IbsenHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesHenry DrummondHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesIsabella L. BirdHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJohn BunyanHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJohn DrydenHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJohn Greenleaf WhittierHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJohn the BaptistHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJosephHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesL. Frank BaumHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesLady Mary Wortley MontaguHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesMatthew ArnoldHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesMosesHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesOmar KhayyamHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesRichard SteeleHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesRussell H. ConwellHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesRuthHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesVoltaireHuman author · 1 quotations · 1 sources
Textual & traditional source voices
27 non-person source voices represented
These entries identify texts, translation corpora, traditional voices or other source identities that should not be presented as individual people.
ProverbsTextual source voice · 49 quotations · 1 sourcesKing James BibleTranslation corpus · 37 quotations · 1 sourcesPsalmsTextual source voice · 32 quotations · 1 sourcesThe DhammapadaTextual source voice · 17 quotations · 1 sourcesEcclesiastesTextual source voice · 9 quotations · 1 sourcesIsaiahTextual source voice · 8 quotations · 1 sourcesJamesTextual source voice · 8 quotations · 1 sources1 JohnTextual source voice · 6 quotations · 1 sourcesHebrewsTextual source voice · 6 quotations · 1 sources1 PeterTextual source voice · 5 quotations · 1 sources1 SamuelTextual source voice · 2 quotations · 1 sources1 ThessaloniansTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesDanielTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesEphesiansTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesGalatiansTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesGenesisTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJeremiahTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJobTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJoseph’s BrothersCollective source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesJoshuaTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesMalachiTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesMatthewTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesMicahTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesNehemiahTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesRevelationTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesRomansTextual source voice · 1 quotations · 1 sourcesTraditional / Aesop traditionTraditional / anonymous voice · 1 quotations · 1 sources