Top 50 Paul Arden Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “It’s not how good you are it’s how good you want to be.”

— Paul Arden

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2. “Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.”

— Paul Arden

3. “It’s better to regret what you have done than what you haven’t.”

— Paul Arden

4. “You will become whoever you want to be.”

— Paul Arden

5. “Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.”

— Paul Arden

6. “Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you’ve got, and fix it as you go.”

— Paul Arden

7. “If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.”

— Paul Arden

8. “Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.”

— Paul Arden

9. “How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.”

— Paul Arden

10. “If you can’t solve a problem, it’s because you’re playing by the rules.”

— Paul Arden

11. “The world is what YOU think of it, so think of it DIFFERENTLY and your life will change.”

— Paul Arden

12. “The more strikingly visual your presentation is, the more people will remember it. And more importantly, they will remember you.”

— Paul Arden

13. “When it can’t be done, do it. If you don’t do it, it doesn’t exist.”

— Paul Arden

14. “Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful.”

— Paul Arden

15. “Don’t look for the next opportunity, the one you have in hand is the opportunity.”

— Paul Arden

16. “Don’t give a speech. Put on a show.”

— Paul Arden

17. “Don’t be afraid of silly ideas.”

— Paul Arden

18. “The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you will become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish. Somehow the more you give away the more comes back to you.”

— Paul Arden

19. “Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There’s equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.”

— Paul Arden

20. “Great people have great egos; maybe that’s what makes them great.”

— Paul Arden

21. “Most people are reasonable. That’s why they only do reasonably well.”

— Paul Arden

22. “Have you noticed that the cleverest people at school are often not the ones who succeed in life?”

— Paul Arden

23. “The perosn who doesn’t make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.”

— Paul Arden

24. “Be unfashionable. Take risks.”

— Paul Arden

25. “Do not covet your ideas.”

— Paul Arden

26. “Even a bad idea executed is better than a good idea undone.”

— Paul Arden

27. “Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know and more will come back to you.”

— Paul Arden

28. “Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great.”

— Paul Arden

29. “You need to aim beyond what you are capable of.”

— Paul Arden

30. “Life’s all about ‘me’ anyway.”

— Paul Arden

31. “The more strikingly visual your presentation is, the more people will remember it.”

— Paul Arden

32. “Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it’s tempting to shift the blame. Don’t. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you’re capable of.”

— Paul Arden

33. “Everything we do we choose. So what is there to regret? You are the person you chose to be.”

— Paul Arden

34. “Start taking bad decisions and it will take you to a place where others only dream of being.”

— Paul Arden

35. “Talent helps, but it won’t take you as far as ambition.”

— Paul Arden

36. “Risks are a measure of people. People who won’t take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more.”

— Paul Arden

37. “Religion is a light bulb, created by man to help him to see in the dark.”

— Paul Arden

38. “Successful solutions are often made by people rebelling against bad briefs.”

— Paul Arden

39. “Do not put cleverness in front of the communication.”

— Paul Arden

40. “All creative people need something to rebel against, it’s what gives their lives excitement, and it’s creative people who make the clients’ lives exciting.”

— Paul Arden

41. “Experience is the opposite of being creative.”

— Paul Arden

42. “Change your tools, it may free your thinking.”

— Paul Arden

43. “To be original, seek your inspiration from unexpected sources.”

— Paul Arden

44. “There are rules in advertising, and those rules are self-imposed by the client companies because they don’t want their products to be seen as dishonest.”

— Paul Arden

45. “The point is we are all selling. We are all in advertising. It is part of life.”

— Paul Arden

46. “Failure was a major contributor to its success.”

— Paul Arden

47. “I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don’t impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.”

— Paul Arden

48. “Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing.”

— Paul Arden

49. “If, instead of seeking approval, you ask, ‘What’s wrong with it? How can I make it better?’, you are more likely to get a truthful, critical answer.”

— Paul Arden

50. “Be true to your subject and you will be far more likely to create something that is timeless.”

— Paul Arden