Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Brevity Quotes

Brevity Clarity Communication Self-Expression I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Baltasar Gracian

Spanish prose Writer and Philosopher

Brevity Communication Conciseness I believe most things can be said in a few lines.

Enzo Ferrari

Brevity Communication Conciseness Efficiency It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Brevity Reverence Sincerity Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

Brevity Effort Time The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

Blaise Pascal

French Mathematician and Physicist

Amusing Brevity Kindness Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Brevity Constraints Efficiency I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Blaise Pascal

French Mathematician and Physicist

Brevity Communication Restraint Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

Epictetus

Brevity Experience Humor Junket Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that you get in more than seven minutes.

Dustin Hoffman

Brevity Pace Perception The faster you go, the shorter you are.

Albert Einstein

Theoretical Physicist