The World Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old the world quotes, the world sayings, and the world proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds. Edward Carpenter
Wherever you go, man-made things are man-made, but you've got to get out and see God's beauty of the world. Michael Jackson
The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway
The world delights to tarnish shining names, And to trample the sublime in the dust. Friedrich Schiller
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. E. E. Cummings
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. Helen Keller
Make the world better. Lucy Stone
The world is governed by opinion. William Ellery Channing
The world remains ever the same. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The world is a living image of God. Tommaso Campanella
The world is in your hands, now use it. Phil Collins
To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self. Albert Einstein
We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this. Woodrow T. Wilson
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them. unknown
The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual. Finley Peter Dunne
The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray. George Villiers
Like a ten-ton cake, the world is more than anyone can eat at one sitting. Select a piece of it, then enjoy the party. Samuel M Silver
The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. Charles De Lint
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman