--- title: "Quote of the Day – Today’s Quote as an Image | quote.video" description: "A new public-domain quote every day, the same for everyone, with its author and source. Save it as an image or a short video for work, class or your Story." url: https://quote.video/quote-of-the-day --- # Quote of the day Today’s quote is on the right: one line from a writer worth reading, with their name and the book it comes from. It changes at midnight, and everyone sees the same quote on the same day. Turn it into a square image for a post or a slide, or a short animated video for your Story, in one click. The quotes rotate through 410 hand-picked lines by 125 writers, all in the public domain. Quote of the day · Friday 13 November > People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after. [Oliver Goldsmith](https://quote.video/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith) [Make it an image](https://quote.video/quote-maker#text=People+seldom+improve+when+they+have+no+other+model+but+themselves+to+copy+after.&author=Oliver+Goldsmith&make=1) [Make a video](https://quote.video/#text=People+seldom+improve+when+they+have+no+other+model+but+themselves+to+copy+after.&author=Oliver+Goldsmith&make=1) ## This week’s quotes of the day Missed one? Here are the last six days; the [archive](https://quote.video/quote-of-the-day/archive) goes further back. 1. Thursday 12 November > The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city. [Oliver Wendell Holmes](https://quote.video/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes) The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. vi 2. Wednesday 11 November > Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who is indifferent about all. [Johann Kaspar Lavater](https://quote.video/quotes/author/johann-kaspar-lavater) 3. Tuesday 10 November > A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature. [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://quote.video/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson) Essays. First Series. Friendship 4. Monday 9 November > No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such. [Marcus Aurelius](https://quote.video/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius) Meditations, Book X.16 · translated by George Long 5. Sunday 8 November > Pride is a vice which pride itself inclines every man to find in others and overlook in himself. [Samuel Johnson](https://quote.video/quotes/author/samuel-johnson) 6. Saturday 7 November > Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. [Jonathan Swift](https://quote.video/quotes/author/jonathan-swift) Thoughts on Various Subjects ## Quote of the day for work Short enough to open a stand-up, a team newsletter or a Monday message in Slack or Teams. Paste the text, or post it as an image: press **Make a video**, choose a 1:1 size, and export a PNG instead. 1. > Victory belongs to the most persevering. [Napoleon](https://quote.video/quotes/author/napoleon) [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Victory+belongs+to+the+most+persevering.&author=Napoleon&make=1) 2. > Diligence is the mother of good fortune. [Miguel de Cervantes](https://quote.video/quotes/author/miguel-de-cervantes) Don Quixote, Part ii. Chap. xliii [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Diligence+is+the+mother+of+good+fortune.&author=Miguel+de+Cervantes&make=1) 3. > Every man is the architect of his own fortune. Sallust [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Every+man+is+the+architect+of+his+own+fortune.&author=Sallust&make=1) 4. > The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. [Richard Brinsley Sheridan](https://quote.video/quotes/author/richard-brinsley-sheridan) [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=The+surest+way+not+to+fail+is+to+determine+to+succeed.&author=Richard+Brinsley+Sheridan&make=1) 5. > We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see. Herodotus [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=We+are+less+convinced+by+what+we+hear+than+by+what+we+see.&author=Herodotus&make=1) 6. > The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. [Molière](https://quote.video/quotes/author/moliere) [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=The+less+we+deserve+good+fortune%2C+the+more+we+hope+for+it.&author=Moli%C3%A8re&make=1) ## Quote of the day for students On learning, curiosity and effort, for a classroom board, a revision wall or the top of a worksheet. 1. > Out of sight out of mind. [Thomas à Kempis](https://quote.video/quotes/author/thomas-a-kempis) [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Out+of+sight+out+of+mind.&author=Thomas+%C3%A0+Kempis&make=1) 2. > Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. [Alfred Tennyson](https://quote.video/quotes/author/alfred-tennyson) Locksley Hall, Line 141 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Knowledge+comes%2C+but+wisdom+lingers.&author=Alfred+Tennyson&make=1) 3. > Deep vers’d in books, and shallow in himself. [John Milton](https://quote.video/quotes/author/john-milton) Paradise Regained, Book iv. Line 327 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Deep+vers%E2%80%99d+in+books%2C+and+shallow+in+himself.&author=John+Milton&make=1) 4. > There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. [William Shakespeare](https://quote.video/quotes/author/william-shakespeare) Hamlet, Act ii. Sc. 2 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=There+is+nothing+either+good+or+bad%2C+but+thinking+makes+it+so.&author=William+Shakespeare&make=1) 5. > The first and last thing which is required of genius is love of truth. [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://quote.video/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe) [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=The+first+and+last+thing+which+is+required+of+genius+is+love+of+truth.&author=Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe&make=1) 6. > Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. [Confucius](https://quote.video/quotes/author/confucius) Analects, II.15 · translated by James Legge [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Learning+without+thought+is+labour+lost%3B+thought+without+learning+is+perilous.&author=Confucius&make=1) ## Short positive quotes of the day One line each, under ninety characters: easy to read on a phone lock screen or a sticky note. 1. > Energy is Eternal Delight. William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, c. 1790 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Energy+is+Eternal+Delight.&author=William+Blake&make=1) 2. > To bear is to conquer our fate. [Thomas Campbell](https://quote.video/quotes/author/thomas-campbell) On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=To+bear+is+to+conquer+our+fate.&author=Thomas+Campbell&make=1) 3. > A man of pleasure is a man of pains. [Edward Young](https://quote.video/quotes/author/edward-young) Night Thoughts. Night viii, Line 793 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=A+man+of+pleasure+is+a+man+of+pains.&author=Edward+Young&make=1) 4. > The busy bee has no time for sorrow. William Blake Proverbs of Hell, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, c. 1790 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=The+busy+bee+has+no+time+for+sorrow.&author=William+Blake&make=1) 5. > Let us make hay while the sun shines. [Miguel de Cervantes](https://quote.video/quotes/author/miguel-de-cervantes) Don Quixote, Part i. Book iii. Chap. xi [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Let+us+make+hay+while+the+sun+shines.&author=Miguel+de+Cervantes&make=1) 6. > Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://quote.video/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson) Self-Reliance, Essays: First Series [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Nothing+can+bring+you+peace+but+yourself.&author=Ralph+Waldo+Emerson&make=1) ## Funny quotes of the day Dry wit from Twain, Wilde and friends, for a lighter start to the day. 1. > Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. [William Shakespeare](https://quote.video/quotes/author/william-shakespeare) Twelfth Night, Act I Scene 5 [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Better+a+witty+fool+than+a+foolish+wit.&author=William+Shakespeare&make=1) 2. > I can resist everything except temptation. [Oscar Wilde](https://quote.video/quotes/author/oscar-wilde) Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act I [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=I+can+resist+everything+except+temptation.&author=Oscar+Wilde&make=1) 3. > The truth is rarely pure and never simple. [Oscar Wilde](https://quote.video/quotes/author/oscar-wilde) The Importance of Being Earnest, Act I [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=The+truth+is+rarely+pure+and+never+simple.&author=Oscar+Wilde&make=1) 4. > There is none so blind as they that won’t see. [Jonathan Swift](https://quote.video/quotes/author/jonathan-swift) Polite Conversation. Dialogue iii [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=There+is+none+so+blind+as+they+that+won%E2%80%99t+see.&author=Jonathan+Swift&make=1) 5. > Fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives. [Jonathan Swift](https://quote.video/quotes/author/jonathan-swift) Polite Conversation. Dialogue ii [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Fingers+were+made+before+forks%2C+and+hands+before+knives.&author=Jonathan+Swift&make=1) 6. > Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. [Oscar Wilde](https://quote.video/quotes/author/oscar-wilde) Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act III [Make a video ](https://quote.video/#text=Experience+is+the+name+every+one+gives+to+their+mistakes.&author=Oscar+Wilde&make=1) ## Share today’s quote as an image or video 1. **Make it an image** opens the [quote image maker](https://quote.video/quote-maker) with today’s quote and its author filled in. 2. Pick a template, or keep the one it opens with. Change **Size** to 1:1 for a feed or a slide, or 9:16 for a Story. 3. Press **Export** and choose **Image (PNG)**, or **Video (MP4)** for an animated version. On a phone, **Share** sends it straight to an app. **Make a video** opens the [quote video maker](https://quote.video/) instead, where the words animate in, with music if you like. Want a different line? The [random quote generator](https://quote.video/quote-generator) draws from the whole library, and the [Bible verses by topic](https://quote.video/bible-verses) have a verse of the day of their own. ## Quote of the day questions ### Where do the quotes come from? From quote.video’s [public-domain quote library](https://quote.video/quotes). The 410 quotes in the daily rotation were picked by hand from books published before 1929, each credited to its author and, where known, the work it comes from. Lines that old collections only attribute to someone, without a source, are left out. ### Does everyone see the same quote today? Yes. Each date has its own quote, worked out from the date itself, so a colleague in the same time zone sees exactly what you see. The quote changes at midnight where you are. ### Can I see yesterday’s quote, or the quote for another date? This week’s quotes are listed above, and the [quote of the day archive](https://quote.video/quote-of-the-day/archive) has every day of recent months plus a box to look up any date, such as a birthday. ### Can I use the quote of the day at work or in something I sell? Yes. Every quote is in the public domain, so you can put it in a newsletter, a slide, a poster or a product. Crediting the author is good manners, not a legal requirement. ### Will the same quote come round again? Not for a long time: the 410 quotes are shown once each, in a fixed shuffled order, before the cycle starts again.