Top 200 Short Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Great communication begins with connection.”

— Oprah Winfrey

52. “Born to lose. Live to win.”

— Lemmy Kilmister

53. “Things change; that’s the way it is.”

— Tupac Shakur

54. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.”

— Mike Murdock

55. “Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.”

— Richard Branson

56. “Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.”

— Simon Sinek

57. “When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.”

— Napoleon Hill

58. “Change is never easy, but always possible.”

— Barack Obama

59. “Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

— Saadi

60. “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”

— Ansel Adams

61. “No man is greater than his prayer life.”

— Leonard Ravenhill

62. “Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

63. “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

— George Santayana

64. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.”

— Robin S. Sharma

65. “He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.”

— Seneca

66. “Do your best and then relax.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

67. “You can’t build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you’re going to have a strong superstructure.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

68. “Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.”

— Christopher Morley

69. “Be slow to criticize. And fast to appreciate.”

— Robin S. Sharma

70. “Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

71. “To be someone’s inspiration is the biggest goal in my life.”

— Demi Lovato

72. “Every beginning has an end and every end is a new beginning.”

— Santosh Kalwar

73. “Bravery is the solution to regret.”

— Robin S. Sharma

74. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.”

— Fran Lebowitz

75. “True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

76. “When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!”

— Brené Brown

77. “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

— Alfred Tennyson

78. “Leaders are those who empower others.”

— Bill Gates

79. “We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.”

— Stevie Wonder

80. “Time waits for no one.”

— Yasutaka Tsutsui

81. “I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

82. “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.”

— Dave Ramsey

83. “I’m not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.”

— Tim Ferriss

84. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

— Bert Lance

85. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

— John F. Kennedy

86. “Observe your thoughts, don’t believe them.”

— Eckhart Tolle

87. “When every action has a purpose, every action has a result.”

— Greg Plitt

88. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

— Helen Keller

89. “Flexibility is the key to stability.”

— John Wooden

90. “Meditation is the action of silence.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

91. “My life is perfect even when it’s not.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

92. “Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”

— Paulo Coelho

93. “Less is more.”

— Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

94. “My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless.”

— Rumi

95. “Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.”

— Jim Rohn

96. “Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.”

— Simon Sinek

97. “Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

98. “My father always used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.””

— Desmond Tutu

99. “Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.”

— William Shakespeare

100. “Good fences make good neighbors.”

— Robert Frost