Top 500 Will Rogers Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

— Will Rogers

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2. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

— Will Rogers

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3. “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”

— Will Rogers

4. “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.”

— Will Rogers

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5. “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”

— Will Rogers

6. “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

— Will Rogers

7. “A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.”

— Will Rogers

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8. “When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.”

— Will Rogers

Featured in: Sleep Quotes, Hilarious Quotes

9. “A vision, without a plan, is just a hallucination.”

— Will Rogers

10. “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

— Will Rogers

11. “The way to make money in the stock market is to buy a stock. Then, when it goes up, sell it. If it’s not going to go up, don’t buy it!”

— Will Rogers

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12. “Real estate is the best investment in the world because it is the only thing they’re not making any more.”

— Will Rogers

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13. “Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.”

— Will Rogers

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14. “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”

— Will Rogers

15. “A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you.”

— Will Rogers

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16. “It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.”

— Will Rogers

17. “Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ”

— Will Rogers

Featured in: Integrity Quotes

18. “Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.”

— Will Rogers

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19. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.”

— Will Rogers

20. “If you are trying to get out of the hole, stop digging.”

— Will Rogers

21. “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it’ll change.”

— Will Rogers

22. “Don’t wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.”

— Will Rogers

23. “A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.”

— Will Rogers

24. “I know worrying works, because none of the stuff I worried about ever happened.”

— Will Rogers

25. “Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.”

— Will Rogers

Featured in: Carpe Diem Quotes, Birthday Quotes

26. “There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”

— Will Rogers

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27. “There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”

— Will Rogers

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28. “America is a land of opportunity and don’t ever forget it.”

— Will Rogers

29. “Just because it’s common sense, doesn’t mean it’s common practice.”

— Will Rogers

30. “Don’t wait to buy land, buy land and wait.”

— Will Rogers

31. “I’m not so much interested in the return ON my money as I am in the return OF my money.”

— Will Rogers

32. “Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.”

— Will Rogers

33. “Invest in inflation. It is the only thing going up.”

— Will Rogers

34. “The best way out of a difficulty is through it.”

— Will Rogers

35. “The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.”

— Will Rogers

36. “People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.”

— Will Rogers

37. “It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it’s the return of my investment.”

— Will Rogers

38. “Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

— Will Rogers

39. “Never miss a chance to shut up.”

— Will Rogers

40. “In time of crisis people want to know that you care, more than they care what you know.”

— Will Rogers

41. “When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”

— Will Rogers

42. “What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.”

— Will Rogers

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43. “You know you’ve got to exercise your brain just like your muscles.”

— Will Rogers

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44. “Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”

— Will Rogers

45. “Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”

— Will Rogers

46. “The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”

— Will Rogers

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47. “Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it’s called golf.”

— Will Rogers

48. “Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.”

— Will Rogers

49. “We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”

— Will Rogers

50. “Everyone is a self-made man. Only the successful admit it.”

— Will Rogers