<div class="container">
  <blockquote>
    Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.—Nido Qubein
  </blockquote>
</div>
body {
  color: #555;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

hr {
  margin: 50px 0;
}

.container {
  margin: 40px auto;
  max-width: 700px;
}

.element {
  padding: 20px;
}

blockquote::before {
  content: "\201C";
  /* style the quote */
  color: deepPink;
  font-size: 3em;
  position: relative;
  top: 20px;
}