“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
— Will Rogers
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”
“Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.”
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.”
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”
“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.”
“A vision, without a plan, is just a hallucination.”
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“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!”
“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.”
“Real estate is the best investment in the world because it is the only thing they’re not making any more.”
“Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.”
“A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you.”
“Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.”
“Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ”
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
“It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.”
“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.”
“If you are trying to get out of the hole, stop digging.”
“America is a land of opportunity and don’t ever forget it.”
“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.”
“If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it’ll change.”
“I know worrying works, because none of the stuff I worried about ever happened.”
“Don’t wait to buy land, buy land and wait.”
“Just because it’s common sense, doesn’t mean it’s common practice.”
“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”
“Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.”
“People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.”
“A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.”
“The best way out of a difficulty is through it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”
“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”
“Invest in inflation. It is the only thing going up.”
“We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”
“The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back.”
“Everyone is a self-made man. Only the successful admit it.”
“What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.”
“Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it’s called golf.”
“Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.”
“With Congress, every time they make a joke it’s a law, and every time they make a law it’s a joke.”
“There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches.”
“We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs.”
“In time of crisis people want to know that you care, more than they care what you know.”
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
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