Top 280 Robin Williams Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.”

— Robin Williams

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2. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”

— Robin Williams

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

— Robin Williams

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4. “Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.”

— Robin Williams

5. “You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.”

— Robin Williams

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6. “Don’t associate yourself with toxic people. It’s better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself.”

— Robin Williams

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7. “Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Time Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Meaning of Life Quotes

8. “Make your life spectacular, I know I did.”

— Robin Williams

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9. “If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.”

— Robin Williams

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10. “There are no rules. Just follow your heart.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Personality Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Desire Quotes

11. “There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Cheer Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Quotes About Giving, Moving Quotes

12. “But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Romance Quotes

13. “You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.”

— Robin Williams

14. “Don’t mess with me, man, I’m a lawyer!”

— Robin Williams

15. “The things we fear the most have already happened to us.”

— Robin Williams

16. “You know what music is? God’s little reminder that there’s something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Harmony Quotes, Aesthetic Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Moving Quotes

17. “Kid, if You Need Booze or Drugs to Enjoy Your Life to the Fullest, You’re Doing It Wrong.”

— Robin Williams

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18. “Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are making too much money.”

— Robin Williams

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19. “Comedy is acting out optimism.”

— Robin Williams

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20. “Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”

— Robin Williams

21. “The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Human Nature Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

22. “I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.”

— Robin Williams

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23. “Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.”

— Robin Williams

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24. “If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Make A Difference Quotes, Fighting Quotes

25. “But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.”

— Robin Williams

26. “If you’re that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.”

— Robin Williams

27. “Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.”

— Robin Williams

28. “There’s a world out there. Open a window, and it’s there.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes

29. “Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.”

— Robin Williams

Featured in: Sad Quotes About Life

30. “I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.”

— Robin Williams

31. “I’m history! No, I’m mythology! Nah, I don’t care what I am, I’m free!”

— Robin Williams

32. “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”

— Robin Williams

33. “Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.”

— Robin Williams

34. “I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.”

— Robin Williams

35. “Avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason boys – to woo women – and in that endeavor, laziness will not do.”

— Robin Williams

36. “I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.”

— Robin Williams

37. “What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.”

— Robin Williams

38. “Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. ‘I want it to be the way it was.’ But if you continue the way it was there will be no ‘is.’”

— Robin Williams

39. “Good people end up in Hell because they can’t forgive themselves.”

— Robin Williams

40. “Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget.”

— Robin Williams

41. “There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.”

— Robin Williams

42. “Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all.”

— Robin Williams

43. “She is not perfect. You are not perfect. The question is whether or not you are perfect for each other.”

— Robin Williams

44. “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’”

— Robin Williams

45. “The truth is, if anything, I’m probably addicted to laughter.”

— Robin Williams

46. “For a while you get mad, then you get over it.”

— Robin Williams

47. “We were romantics. We didn’t just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen. Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh?”

— Robin Williams

48. “What’s true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not.”

— Robin Williams

49. “The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, ‘You want a piece of me?’”

— Robin Williams

50. “If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.”

— Robin Williams