Top 160 Common Sense Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

52. “People buy from people they trust and they trust people they like.”

— Garrison Wynn

53. “To be successful you don’t need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

— Jim Rohn

54. “Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things.”

— Jim Rohn

55. “We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.”

— Charlie Munger

56. “The early bird catches the worm.”

— William Camden

57. “You don’t find willpower, you create it.”

— Anonymous

58. “Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”

— Orison Swett Marden

59. “One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.”

— Gretchen Rubin

60. “Work hard, but make time for your love, family and friends. Nobody remembers PowerPoint presentations on your final day.”

— Chetan Bhagat

61. “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”

— Maurice Switzer

62. “Don’t whine, complain, or make excuses.”

— John Wooden

63. “You don’t demand respect, you earn it.”

— Anonymous

64. “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.”

— Andrew Carnegie

65. “No one can ruin your day without your permission.”

— Steve Gilliland

66. “You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.”

— Dave Ramsey

67. “Work smart. Get things done. No nonsense. Move fast.”

— Susan Wojcicki

68. “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.”

— William Arthur Ward

69. “Success is a refined study of the obvious.”

— Jim Rohn

70. “Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it’s not working.”

— Yogi Berra

71. “Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.”

— Charlie Munger

72. “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.”

— Yogi Berra

73. “Some things you have to do every day. Eating about seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn’t going to get the job done.”

— Jim Rohn

74. “Faber est suae quisque fortunae. Each man is the architect of his own fate.”

— Appius Claudius Caecus

75. “It’s not what happens, it’s what you do that determines your future.”

— Jim Rohn

76. “Don’t judge a book by its cover ’til you’ve read the book.”

— Jamie Lee Curtis

77. “You can’t fix stupid.”

— Ron White

78. “What you see is what you get.”

— Flip Wilson

79. “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

— Will Rogers

80. “A man is known by the company he keeps.”

— Aesop

81. “Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.”

— Lou Holtz

82. “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don’t repeat it.”

— Bear Bryant

83. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”

— David Bly

84. “The way to get ahead is to start now.”

— William Feather

85. “The best camera is the one you have with you.”

— Jay Maisel

86. “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

87. “When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

88. “Ask yourself if what you’re doing today will get you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.”

— Anonymous

89. “There’s a great place to go when you’re broke – to work!”

— Dave Ramsey

90. “Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.”

— Michael Landon

91. “It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

— Jim Rohn

92. “Every dog has its day.”

— John Heywood

93. “Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.”

— Robin S. Sharma

94. “Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It’s all we’ve got.”

— Ricky Gervais

95. “Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.”

— Brian Tracy

96. “It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

97. “I don’t believe in magic. I believe in hard work.”

— Richie McCaw

98. “It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.”

— Jim Rohn

99. “The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.”

— Michael Josephson

100. “Someday is not a day of the week.”

— Janet Dailey