Ovid

Poet Roman 43 – 17

Roman poet famous for Metamorphoses, a collection of mythological tales.

389 quotes

"True power is in surrender."
Power
"The journey is more important than the destination."
Adventure
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
Hope
"To live is to change, and to become perfect is to have changed often."
Life
"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
Wisdom
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder for those we love."
Love
"Time is the devourer of all things."
Time
"The richest gifts we can bestow are unguarded access to our true selves."
Kindness
"Nothing is as changing as the heart of man."
Change
"If you want to be loved, be lovable."
Love
"The greatest powers often lie hidden within ourselves."
Strength
"Life without knowledge is like death itself."
Knowledge
"The greatest secret of power is to will one thing."
Power
"Perseverance can accomplish almost anything."
Perseverance
"The pursuit of beauty and art elevates the soul."
Beauty
"What we resist persists; what we surrender transforms."
Wisdom
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Success
"The fear of death is greater than death itself."
Fear
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Art
"Everything flows; nothing is permanent."
Change
"Great courage lies not in fearlessness, but in action despite fear."
Courage
"The beautiful ones are not yet born, but they shall be."
Hope
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
"Work is the price of success."
Work
"The penalty for doing nothing is being nothing."
Motivation
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Music
"Friendships that end were never true."
Friendship
"The greatest ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."
Friendship
"Do not despise the small things in life."
Gratitude
"The mind which is not strong enough to accomplish great things must at least aspire to them."
Dreams