Top 200 Smart Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.”

— Laozi

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

— Richard Branson

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3. “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Also featured in: Science Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Intelligence Quotes

4. “Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.”

— Charlie Munger

Also featured in: Quotes About Books And Reading, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

5. “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.”

— Kenneth H. Blanchard

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Business Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Positive Work Quotes, Influence Quotes

6. “Comparison is the thief of joy.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Quality Quotes, Wise Quotes

7. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

8. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Famous Quotes, Teacher Quotes

9. “When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Meaningful Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

10. “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”

— Socrates

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

11. “The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Wisdom Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Mind Quotes

12. “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Athlete Quotes

13. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”

— Oscar Wilde

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

14. “Know thyself.”

— Socrates

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15. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Famous Quotes, Short Quotes About Life

16. “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”

— Voltaire

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17. “My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

18. “Life is the sum of your choices.”

— Albert Camus

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Choices Quotes

19. “The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes, Grateful Quotes

20. “You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes, Ambition Quotes

21. “A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.”

— Suze Orman

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Financial Success Quotes, Quotes About Money

22. “Be the leader you wish you had.”

— Simon Sinek

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Business Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes

23. “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Effort Quotes, Preparation Quotes

24. “No man was ever wise by chance.”

— Seneca

Also featured in: Human Nature Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

25. “Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Short Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Science Quotes

26. “To grow yourself, you must know yourself.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Growth Quotes

27. “Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Moving On Quotes

28. “Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

29. “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”

— Richard P. Feynman

Also featured in: Science Quotes

30. “Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Dedication Quotes

31. “What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.”

— Warren Buffett

Also featured in: Decision-Making Quotes, Wise Quotes

32. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Happy Quotes, Reflection Quotes

33. “Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.”

— Zig Ziglar

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34. “You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Positive Life Quotes

35. “Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Personality Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

36. “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

37. “Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Positivity Quotes

38. “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Life Philosophy Quotes, Real Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

39. “Chance favors the prepared mind.”

— Louis Pasteur

Also featured in: Study Quotes, Science Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Sports Quotes

40. “Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes

41. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Changing the World Quotes

42. “Life is long, if you know how to use it.”

— Seneca

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Life Lessons Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

43. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

44. “Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

45. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

— William Arthur Ward

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes, Quality Quotes

46. “The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.”

— Roy L. Smith

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47. “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading. How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book.”

— Jane Austen

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48. “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Also featured in: Knowledge Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

49. “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Joy Quotes

50. “It’s a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline you will be amazed at how much progress you’ll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past?”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Discipline Quotes, Impact Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes