Anton Chekhov Inspirational Quotations

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and whole unsuccessful seasons: there will be great misunderstandings and deep disappointments… you must be prepared for all this, expect it and nevertheless, stubbornly, fanatically follow your own way.

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

Man is what he believes.