Top 200 Clever Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Nothing is constant except change.”

— Heraclitus

102. “Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.”

— Michael Jackson

103. “Impossible is just an opinion.”

— Paulo Coelho

104. “A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.”

— Charles F. Kettering

105. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”

— Publilius Syrus

106. “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”

— Oscar Wilde

107. “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”

— Will Rogers

108. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, you're doing something.”

— Neil Gaiman

109. “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”

— H. L. Mencken

110. “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.”

— Frank Zappa

111. “You're only given a little spark of madness. Don't lose it.”

— Robin Williams

112. “Ordinary people have big TVs. Extraordinary people have big libraries.”

— Robin S. Sharma

113. “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

114. “To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”

— Charlie Munger

115. “Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

— Paulo Coelho

116. “If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule. Never lie to yourself.”

— Paulo Coelho

117. “Never ask questions you don’t want to know the answers to.”

— Tom Krause

118. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.”

— Ralph Marston

119. “Those who never make mistakes work for those of us who do.”

— Henry Ford

120. “Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.”

— Christopher Morley

121. “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”

— Mark Twain

122. “If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.”

— Douglas Adams

123. “Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.”

— Connor Franta

124. “Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.”

— Jim Rohn

125. “Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.”

— Albert Schweitzer

126. “There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging.”

— Heraclitus

127. “The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.”

— Fridtjof Nansen

128. “There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.”

— John Heywood

129. “Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

130. “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”

— Terry Pratchett

131. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

132. “42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family.”

— Douglas Adams

133. “Don’t suffer fools or you’ll become one.”

— Tim Ferriss

134. “Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”

— Zig Ziglar

135. “Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”

— John Green

136. “The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

137. “The days are long, but the years are short.”

— Gretchen Rubin

138. “When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”

— Paulo Coelho

139. “You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.”

— Paulo Coelho

140. “The intelligent man is never bored.”

— Isaac Asimov

141. “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

— Winston Groom

142. “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”

— Linda Grayson

143. “Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.”

— Benjamin Franklin

144. “Look for the answer inside your question.”

— Rumi

145. “I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.”

— Isaac Asimov

146. “What’s past is prologue.”

— William Shakespeare

147. “There is no “I” in “Team,” but there is an “E” for “Everyone.” A team achieves more when everyone contributes.”

— Robert Cheeke

148. “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”

— Oscar Wilde

149. “Mackay’s Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.”

— Harvey MacKay

150. “Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.”

— David Bowie