Top 200 Quotes for Better Decisions (2025 Update)

1. “You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

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2. “Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.”

— William Arthur Ward

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3. “Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Positive Work Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

4. “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.”

— W. Edwards Deming

Also featured in: Performance Quotes, Science Quotes, Statistics Quotes

5. “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Decision-Making Quotes

6. “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Also featured in: Values Quotes, Decision-Making Quotes, Wise Quotes, Purpose Quotes

7. “Where you are today is the sum of every choice you’ve ever made. If you don’t like where you are, start making different choices!”

— Dave Ramsey

Also featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Financial Success Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Path Quotes

8. “I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.”

— Charlie Munger

Also featured in: Intelligence Quotes

9. “A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes, Real Quotes, Momentum Quotes

10. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Financial Success Quotes, Quality Quotes, Achievement Quotes, Purpose Quotes

11. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you’ll do things differently.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Business Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

12. “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

13. “You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Time Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes

14. “To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Life Quotes

15. “Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

16. “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Life Quotes, Time Quotes, Thought Provoking Quotes

17. “Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Focus Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowering Quotes

18. “Put God first in everything you do.”

— Denzel Washington

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Christian Motivational Quotes, Blessed Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Sunday Morning Quotes

19. “Three rules for a career: Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself. Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire. Work only with people you enjoy.”

— Charlie Munger

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Business Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Career Development Quotes

20. “You cannot make progress without making decisions.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Winning Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Choices Quotes

21. “If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Quotes About Money, Investing Quotes

22. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Action Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

23. “We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.”

— Andy Stanley

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Self-Improvement Quotes

24. “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”

— Alan Simpson

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Morality Quotes, Character Quotes, Virtue Quotes

25. “Whatever happens, take responsibility.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Effort Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

26. “When anger rises, think of the consequences.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Life Philosophy Quotes, Wise Quotes, Character Quotes

27. “Do the right thing because it is right.”

— Immanuel Kant

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Powerful Quotes, Character Quotes

28. “When you know your WHY, you’ll know your WAY.”

— Michael Hyatt

Also featured in: Professional Growth Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Path Quotes

29. “THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?”

— Alan Redpath

Also featured in: Quotes About Thinking, Virtue Quotes, Communication Quotes, Family Quotes

30. “I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.”

— Ben Carson

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowerment Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

31. “If the big rocks don’t go in first, they aren’t going to fit in later.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Wisdom Quotes, Firsts Quotes

32. “If you can’t measure it, you can’t change it.”

— Peter F. Drucker

Also featured in: Inspirational Business Quotes, Performance Quotes, Efficiency Quotes, Decision-Making Quotes

33. “Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.”

— Harry S. Truman

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Moving Forward Quotes, Sunday Motivational Quotes

34. “Once a decision is made, you should stop worrying and start working. It’s not always what we know that makes it a good decision. It is what we do to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Choices Quotes

35. “Personal power is the ability to take action.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Effort Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

36. “I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

37. “Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.”

— Lou Holtz

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

38. “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”

— Napoleon

Also featured in: Decision-Making Quotes, History Quotes

39. “Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”

— Chanakya

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Quotes About Work, Purpose Quotes

40. “The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.”

— Steve Maraboli

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Short Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

41. “To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Morality Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

42. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”

— Abraham Maslow

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Growth Quotes

43. “Doing the right thing isn’t always easy – in fact, sometimes it’s real hard – but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.”

— David Cottrell

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Morality Quotes, Responsibility Quotes, Monday Quotes

44. “Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

Also featured in: Reflection Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Victory Quotes, Self Control Quotes

45. “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”

— William Penn

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Justice Quotes, Quotes About War, Principles And Laws

46. “Before you invest in something, invest the time to understand it.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Quotes About Money

47. “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Taking Action Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes, Progress Quotes

48. “You are what you choose to be today. Not what you've chosen to be before.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Happy Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes

49. “Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Military Quotes

50. “If you want things to change, you have to change. If you want things to be better, you have to be better.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Commitment Quotes