Top 160 Common Sense Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Jen Sincero

152. “The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.”

— Jim Rohn

153. “It takes 65 muscles to frown and 13 to make a smile. Why work overtime?”

— B. J. Palmer

154. “Your attitude is a choice you make.”

— Denis Waitley

155. “The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.”

— Denis Waitley

156. “Choices have consequences.”

— Scott Sigler

157. “Berkshire was built on the eternal verities: basic mathematics, basic horse sense, basic fear, and basic diagnosis of human nature to make predictions regarding human behavior. We stuck to the basics with a certain amount of discipline and it has worked out quite well.”

— Charlie Munger

158. “If you’re lazy, don’t expect much in terms of success. You’re owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It’s earned.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

159. “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.”

— Sam Levenson

160. “Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.”

— John Wooden

161. “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.”

— Arthur Brisbane

162. “People don’t plan to fail. They fail to plan.”

— Mark McCormack

163. “I’ve found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.”

— Ted Williams

164. “The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.”

— Robert Anthony

165. “Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.”

— Jim Rohn

166. “You’re responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it’s up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you – for any of you.”

— Louis Sachar

167. “It doesn’t cost anything to be nice to people.”

— Don Meyer

168. “Motivation is like taking a bath; if you stop doing it, you begin to stink!”

— Zig Ziglar

169. “If you are trying to get out of the hole, stop digging.”

— Will Rogers