“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

MCQs About World Famous Quotes

Q. “To be, or not to be: that is the question.” Who is the author of this quote?

 A) William Shakespeare

 B) Charles Dickens

 C) Mark Twain

 D) Jane Austen

Answer: A) William Shakespeare

Q. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Who made this statement?

 A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

 B) John F. Kennedy

 C) Abraham Lincoln

 D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer: A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q. “I think, therefore I am.” Which philosopher is credited with this quote?

 A) René Descartes

 B) Immanuel Kant

 C) Friedrich Nietzsche

 D) Socrates

Answer: A) René Descartes

Q. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Who said this?

 A) Martin Luther King Jr.

 B) Nelson Mandela

 C) Malcolm X

 D) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: A) Martin Luther King Jr.

Q. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Which ancient philosopher is associated with this quote?

 A) Socrates

 B) Plato

 C) Aristotle

 D) Epicurus

Answer: A) Socrates

Q. “To thine own self be true.” This quote is from which Shakespearean play?

 A) Hamlet

 B) Macbeth

 C) Othello

 D) King Lear

Answer: A) Hamlet

Q. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Who said this?

 A) Nelson Mandela

 B) Winston Churchill

 C) Abraham Lincoln

 D) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: A) Nelson Mandela

Q. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Who is credited with this quote?

 A) Friedrich Nietzsche

 B) Sigmund Freud

 C) Carl Jung

 D) Albert Einstein

Answer: A) Friedrich Nietzsche

Q. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Who said this?

 A) Steve Jobs

 B) Bill Gates

 C) Mark Zuckerberg

 D) Elon Musk

Answer: A) Steve Jobs

Q. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Who is the author of this quote?

  A) Robert Frost

  B) Emily Dickinson

  C) William Wordsworth

  D) Langston Hughes

 Answer: A) Robert Frost

Q. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” This quote is attributed to which philosopher?

  A) Lao Tzu

  B) Confucius

  C) Sun Tzu

  D) Zhuangzi

 Answer: A) Lao Tzu

Q. “I have a dream.” Who is famous for delivering this speech?

  A) Martin Luther King Jr.

  B) Malcolm X

  C) Nelson Mandela

  D) Rosa Parks

 Answer: A) Martin Luther King Jr.

Q. “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) David Viscott

  B) Leo Buscaglia

  C) Robert Frost

  D) Rumi

 Answer: B) Leo Buscaglia

Q. “All that glitters is not gold.” This famous line is from which Shakespearean play?

  A) The Merchant of Venice

  B) Romeo and Juliet

  C) A Midsummer Night’s Dream

  D) Much Ado About Nothing

 Answer: A) The Merchant of Venice

Q. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Peter Drucker

  B) Abraham Lincoln

  C) Benjamin Franklin

  D) Steve Jobs

 Answer: A) Peter Drucker

Q. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” Who said this?

  A) John Lennon

  B) Paul McCartney

  C) George Harrison

  D) Ringo Starr

 Answer: A) John Lennon

Q. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  B) John F. Kennedy

  C) Eleanor Roosevelt

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Which poet wrote this?

  A) Alexander Pope

  B) William Blake

  C) John Milton

  D) John Keats

 Answer: A) Alexander Pope

Q. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Which philosopher is associated with this idea?

  A) Socrates

  B) Plato

  C) Aristotle

  D) Epicurus

 Answer: A) Socrates

Q. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” Who said this?

  A) Dalai Lama

  B) Mahatma Gandhi

  C) Martin Luther King Jr.

  D) Nelson Mandela

 Answer: A) Dalai Lama

Q. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Plato

  B) Socrates

  C) Aristotle

  D) Epictetus

 Answer: D) Epictetus

Q. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Who made this statement?

  A) Albert Einstein

  B) Isaac Newton

  C) Stephen Hawking

  D) Richard Feynman

 Answer: A) Albert Einstein

Q. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” Who said this?

  A) Ralph Waldo Emerson

  B) Henry David Thoreau

  C) William James

  D) Carl Jung

 Answer: A) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Q. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Winston Churchill

  B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  C) George Patton

  D) Douglas MacArthur

 Answer: A) Winston Churchill

Q. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” This quote is attributed to which leader?

  A) Mahatma Gandhi

  B) Nelson Mandela

  C) Martin Luther King Jr.

  D) Mother Teresa

 Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi

Q. “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Who is credited with this saying?

  A) Edward Bulwer-Lytton

  B) William Shakespeare

  C) Mark Twain

  D) Benjamin Franklin

 Answer: A) Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Q. “Not all those who wander are lost.” This line is from which work?

  A) The Hobbit

  B) The Lord of the Rings

  C) The Silmarillion

  D) Beowulf

 Answer: B) The Lord of the Rings

Q. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Mae West

  B) Marilyn Monroe

  C) Greta Garbo

  D) Audrey Hepburn

 Answer: A) Mae West

Q. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Who said this?

  A) Edmund Burke

  B) John Stuart Mill

  C) Thomas Paine

  D) Benjamin Franklin

 Answer: A) Edmund Burke

Q. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Who made this observation?

  A) Oscar Wilde

  B) George Bernard Shaw

  C) Mark Twain

  D) Henry James

 Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

Q. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” This quote is attributed to which author?

  A) Helen Keller

  B) Anne Frank

  C) Maya Angelou

  D) Eleanor Roosevelt

 Answer: A) Helen Keller

Q. “The best revenge is massive success.” Who said this?

  A) Frank Sinatra

  B) Elvis Presley

  C) Marilyn Monroe

  D) John Lennon

 Answer: A) Frank Sinatra

Q. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Theodore Roosevelt

  B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  C) Abraham Lincoln

  D) John F. Kennedy

 Answer: A) Theodore Roosevelt

Q. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” Who made this statement?

  A) Dalai Lama

  B) Mother Teresa

  C) Nelson Mandela

  D) Mahatma Gandhi

 Answer: A) Dalai Lama

Q. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” Who said this?

  A) André Gide

  B) Albert Camus

  C) Jean-Paul Sartre

  D) Simone de Beauvoir

 Answer: A) André Gide

Q. “Do not go gentle into that good night.” This poem was written by which author?

  A) Dylan Thomas

  B) Robert Frost

  C) W. H. Auden

  D) T. S. Eliot

 Answer: A) Dylan Thomas

Q. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Henry Ford

  B) Albert Einstein

  C) Thomas Edison

  D) Winston Churchill

 Answer: C) Thomas Edison

Q. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” Who is known for this statement?

  A) Camilla E. Kimball

  B) Helen Keller

  C) Eleanor Roosevelt

  D) Anne Frank

 Answer: A) Camilla E. Kimball

Q. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” This quote is from which book series?

  A) Harry Potter

  B) The Chronicles of Narnia

  C) The Lord of the Rings

  D) Percy Jackson

 Answer: A) Harry Potter

Q. “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” Who made this statement?

  A) John Green

  B) John Bunyan

  C) William Blake

  D) John Milton

 Answer: A) John Green

Q. “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” Who said this?

  A) Eleanor Roosevelt

  B) Helen Keller

  C) Theodore Roosevelt

  D) Albert Schweitzer

 Answer: D) Albert Schweitzer

Q. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Henry David Thoreau

  B) Thomas Edison

  C) Alexander Graham Bell

  D) Albert Einstein

 Answer: B) Thomas Edison

Q. “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Thomas Jefferson

  B) Abraham Lincoln

  C) Samuel Goldwyn

  D) Benjamin Franklin

 Answer: C) Samuel Goldwyn

Q. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Who made this statement?

  A) Walt Disney

  B) Steve Jobs

  C) Bill Gates

  D) Elon Musk

 Answer: A) Walt Disney

Q. “What we think, we become.” This quote is attributed to which spiritual leader?

  A) Buddha

  B) Lao Tzu

  C) Confucius

  D) Socrates

 Answer: A) Buddha

Q. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” Who is famous for this quote?

  A) Mark Twain

  B) Benjamin Franklin

  C) Abraham Lincoln

  D) Oscar Wilde

 Answer: A) Mark Twain

Q. “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” Who said this?

  A) Mark Twain

  B) Samuel Clemens

  C) Oscar Wilde

  D) William Faulkner

 Answer: A) Mark Twain

Q. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Who made this observation?

  A) Aristotle

  B) Plato

  C) Socrates

  D) Confucius

 Answer: A) Aristotle

Q. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Winston Churchill

  B) Albert Einstein

  C) Thomas Edison

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Winston Churchill

Q. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” Who said this?

  A) Tony Robbins

  B) Jim Rohn

  C) Dale Carnegie

  D) Napoleon Hill

 Answer: A) Tony Robbins

Q. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” This quote is attributed to which author?

  A) Helen Keller

  B) Anne Frank

  C) Maya Angelou

  D) Eleanor Roosevelt

 Answer: A) Helen Keller

Q. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” Who said this?

  A) George Addair

  B) Tony Robbins

  C) Jim Rohn

  D) Dale Carnegie

 Answer: A) George Addair

Q. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Wayne Gretzky

  B) Michael Jordan

  C) LeBron James

  D) Kobe Bryant

 Answer: A) Wayne Gretzky

Q. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” This quote is attributed to which historical figure?

  A) Buddha

  B) Confucius

  C) Lao Tzu

  D) Socrates

 Answer: A) Buddha

Q. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” Who made this statement?

  A) Booker T. Washington

  B) Martin Luther King Jr.

  C) Nelson Mandela

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Booker T. Washington

Q. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Who said this?

  A) Eleanor Roosevelt

  B) Helen Keller

  C) Maya Angelou

  D) Anne Frank

 Answer: A) Eleanor Roosevelt

Q. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Who made this observation?

  A) Oscar Wilde

  B) George Bernard Shaw

  C) Mark Twain

  D) Henry James

 Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

Q. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  B) John F. Kennedy

  C) Eleanor Roosevelt

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” Who made this statement?

  A) George Bernard Shaw

  B) Oscar Wilde

  C) William Faulkner

  D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Answer: A) George Bernard Shaw

Q. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Oscar Wilde

  B) George Bernard Shaw

  C) Mark Twain

  D) Henry David Thoreau

 Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

Q. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Who said this?

  A) Steve Jobs

  B) Bill Gates

  C) Mark Zuckerberg

  D) Elon Musk

 Answer: A) Steve Jobs

Q. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” This quote is attributed to which historical figure?

  A) Eleanor Roosevelt

  B) Helen Keller

  C) Anne Frank

  D) Maya Angelou

 Answer: A) Eleanor Roosevelt

Q. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Who made this observation?

  A) Albert Einstein

  B) Helen Keller

  C) Winston Churchill

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: C) Winston Churchill

Q. “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Bo Bennett

  B) Tony Robbins

  C) Jim Rohn

  D) Dale Carnegie

 Answer: A) Bo Bennett

Q. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” Who said this?

  A) William Butler Yeats

  B) Theodore Roosevelt

  C) Abraham Lincoln

  D) John F. Kennedy

 Answer: B) Theodore Roosevelt

Q. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Ralph Waldo Emerson

  B) Henry David Thoreau

  C) William James

  D) Dale Carnegie

 Answer: A) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Q. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Who said this?

  A) Confucius

  B) Lao Tzu

  C) Buddha

  D) Socrates

 Answer: A) Confucius

Q. “It is not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Who made this statement?

  A) Abraham Lincoln

  B) Mark Twain

  C) Ralph Waldo Emerson

  D) Edward Abbey

 Answer: B) Mark Twain

Q. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) C.S. Lewis

  B) J.K. Rowling

  C) C.S. Lewis

  D) J.R.R. Tolkien

 Answer: C) C.S. Lewis

Q. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” Who said this?

  A) William James

  B) Helen Keller

  C) Albert Einstein

  D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Answer: D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Q. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” Who made this observation?

  A) Zig Ziglar

  B) Jim Rohn

  C) Tony Robbins

  D) John C. Maxwell

 Answer: A) Zig Ziglar

Q. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Jordan Belfort

  B) Tony Robbins

  C) Jim Rohn

  D) Dale Carnegie

 Answer: B) Tony Robbins

Q. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it.” Who said this?

  A) Confucius

  B) Lao Tzu

  C) Plato

  D) Socrates

 Answer: A) Confucius

Q. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) C.S. Lewis

  B) J.K. Rowling

  C) Abraham Lincoln

  D) Tony Robbins

 Answer: A) C.S. Lewis

Q. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” Who made this statement?

  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  B) Eleanor Roosevelt

  C) Winston Churchill

  D) John F. Kennedy

 Answer: A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q. “To change the world, you have to get your head together first.” Who said this?

  A) Jimi Hendrix

  B) John Lennon

  C) Bob Dylan

  D) Jim Morrison

 Answer: B) John Lennon

Q. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Who made this statement?

  A) Oscar Wilde

  B) George Bernard Shaw

  C) Mark Twain

  D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

Q. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) George Bernard Shaw

  B) Oscar Wilde

  C) William Faulkner

  D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Answer: A) George Bernard Shaw

Q. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Henry Ford

  B) Albert Einstein

  C) Thomas Edison

  D) Winston Churchill

 Answer: C) Thomas Edison

Q. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Who made this statement?

  A) Confucius

  B) Lao Tzu

  C) Nelson Mandela

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: C) Nelson Mandela

Q. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” Who is famous for this quote?

  A) John Lennon

  B) Paul McCartney

  C) George Harrison

  D) Ringo Starr

 Answer: A) John Lennon

Q. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Who said this?

  A) Henry David Thoreau

  B) Thomas Edison

  C) Alexander Graham Bell

  D) Albert Einstein

 Answer: B) Thomas Edison

Q. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Who made this observation?

  A) Edmund Burke

  B) John Stuart Mill

  C) Thomas Paine

  D) Benjamin Franklin

 Answer: A) Edmund Burke

Q. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Walt Disney

  B) Steve Jobs

  C) Bill Gates

  D) Elon Musk

 Answer: A) Walt Disney

Q. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Who said this?

  A) Theodore Roosevelt

  B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  C) Abraham Lincoln

  D) John F. Kennedy

 Answer: A) Theodore Roosevelt

Q. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Who made this observation?

  A) Wayne Gretzky

  B) Michael Jordan

  C) LeBron James

  D) Kobe Bryant

 Answer: A) Wayne Gretzky

Q. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” Who said this?

  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  B) John F. Kennedy

  C) Eleanor Roosevelt

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Booker T. Washington

  B) Martin Luther King Jr.

  C) Nelson Mandela

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Booker T. Washington

Q. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” Who said this?

  A) Tony Robbins

  B) Jim Rohn

  C) Dale Carnegie

  D) Napoleon Hill

 Answer: A) Tony Robbins

Q. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Winston Churchill

  B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  C) George Patton

  D) Douglas MacArthur

 Answer: A) Winston Churchill

Q. “It is not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Who made this statement?

  A) Abraham Lincoln

  B) Mark Twain

  C) Ralph Waldo Emerson

  D) Edward Abbey

 Answer: B) Mark Twain

Q. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” Who is credited with this quote?

  A) Ralph Waldo Emerson

  B) Henry David Thoreau

  C) William James

  D) Dale Carnegie

 Answer: A) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Q. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Who made this observation?

  A) Oscar Wilde

  B) George Bernard Shaw

  C) Mark Twain

  D) Henry James

 Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

Q. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” Who said this?

  A) George Addair

  B) Tony Robbins

  C) Jim Rohn

  D) Dale Carnegie

 Answer: A) George Addair

Q. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Winston Churchill

  B) Albert Einstein

  C) Thomas Edison

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Winston Churchill

Q. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” Who made this observation?

  A) Zig Ziglar

  B) Jim Rohn

  C) Tony Robbins

  D) John C. Maxwell

 Answer: A) Zig Ziglar

Q. “The best revenge is massive success.” Who said this?

  A) Frank Sinatra

  B) Elvis Presley

  C) Marilyn Monroe

  D) John Lennon

 Answer: A) Frank Sinatra

Q. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” Who is known for this quote?

  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

  B) Eleanor Roosevelt

  C) Winston Churchill

  D) Abraham Lincoln

 Answer: A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Who made this statement?

  A) Steve Jobs

  B) Bill Gates

  C) Mark Zuckerberg

  D) Elon Musk

 Answer: A) Steve Jobs 

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