William Shakespeare Quotes That Everyone Is Sharing Right Now

William Shakespeare's lines have echoed through centuries because they capture universal truths with unmatched clarity and beauty. A single quote can spark courage, refocus your purpose, comfort a weary heart, or ignite creativity. Use these quotes when you need a morning jolt, a caption for a milestone, a mantra for perseverance, or a reminder of what matters most.

Motivational quotes

• "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." (Measure for Measure)
• "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." (Julius Caesar)
• "Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered." (Cymbeline)
• "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together." (All's Well That Ends Well)
• "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action." (Hamlet)

Inspirational quotes

• "This above all: to thine own self be true." (Hamlet)
• "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." (Julius Caesar)
• "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." (All's Well That Ends Well)
• "I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks." (Love's Labour's Lost)
• "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (As You Like It)

Life wisdom quotes

• "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." (As You Like It)
• "Brevity is the soul of wit." (Hamlet)
• "The course of true love never did run smooth." (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
• "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." (Julius Caesar)
• "What's past is prologue." (The Tempest)

Success & ambition quotes

• "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." (Twelfth Night)
• "Action is eloquence." (Coriolanus)
• "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." (Romeo and Juliet)
• "No legacy is so rich as honesty." (All's Well That Ends Well)
• "Why, then the world's mine oyster." (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Courage & resilience quotes

• "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." (Julius Caesar)
• "Screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail." (Macbeth)
• "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions." (Hamlet)
• "Though she be but little, she is fierce." (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
• "Sweet are the uses of adversity." (As You Like It)

Daily inspiration & happiness quotes

• "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." (The Merchant of Venice)
• "I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it." (As You Like It)
• "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." (Hamlet)
• "So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." (Sonnet 18)
• "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." (Hamlet)

Shakespeare's words can be a daily compass: a short line to center your morning, a bold phrase to carry you through a challenge, or a thoughtful reminder that perspective shapes reality. Keep these quotes close—on your desk, in your phone, or as part of your rituals—and watch how consistent exposure to wise, motivating language transforms your mindset and your day-to-day life.