In each of our lives, there is some type of quote that we can live off of, those that will help us get through the days where we don’t believe that there will be a silver lining at the end of the tunnel. For those days, there are quotes that have been written by famous people – even in the present, these ever-lasting quotes will help the modern blogger get more out of our days, by helping us focus on what is most important.

Some companies have crafted their own philosophies around quotes written hundreds of years ago, quotes that encourage each of their employees to commit more effort to the task at hand and get the most out their time working there – you need to do this, too in order to garner the most out of blogging, day in and day out.

• “The real leader has no need to lead — he is content to point the way.” – Henry Miller
• “Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu
• “The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.” – Garrett M. Graff
• “I sincerely believe blogging can save America [anything].” – John Jay Hooker
• “Blogging is the new poetry.” – Unknown
• “Blogging is conversation, not a code.” – Mike Butcher
• “Blogging is a communications mechanism handed to us by the long tail of the Internet.” – Tom Foremski
• “A blog is merely a tool that lets you do anything from change the world to share your shopping list.” – Unknown
• “Blogging is best learned by blogging… and by reading other bloggers.” – George Siemens
• “The heart of blogging is linking… linking and commenting. Connecting and communicating – the purpose of the Internet.” – George Siemens
• “Blogging is hard because of the grind required to stay interesting and relevant.” – Sufia Tippu
• “One critical consideration when launching a blog is what you are going to call it.” – Chris Garrett
• “For hope is but the dream of those that wake.” – Matthew Prior
• “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James
• “Years teach us more than books.” – Berthold Auerbach
• “Nothing can stop of the man with the right mental attitude from reaching his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson
• “It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” – Abraham Lincoln

Some additional quotes can be found on popular quotation websites or at Finest Quotes.

What were some of the best quotes that you have read/discovered that can be applied to blogging? Which ones from the list above do you like the most?