Construction Quotes

1. “You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledgehammer on the construction site.” —
Frank Lloyd Wright
2. “Construction will always be needed. You will always need to renovate projects.” — Wayne
Messam
3. “I once called construction companies to bid on an addition to the school library so that there
would suddenly be people outside, measuring the building. ‘Who authorized this?’ the
principal would ask. The answer: ‘Howie Mandel.’” — Howie Mandel
4. “Got 99 problems, and ‘loose screws’ are definitely one of them.” — Walter “The Wrench”
White
5. “Tried cooking once. Apparently, it’s frowned upon to use a power drill to stir the soup.” —
Bill “The Bulldozer” Bryant
6. “If at first you don’t succeed, that’s about average for a construction project.” — Sam “The
Sledgehammer” Stevens
7. “When in doubt, remember that a construction site is the only place where you get to hit
things to make them work.” — John “Hammer” McLeod
8. “People just naturally assume that dogs would be incapable of working together on some sort
of construction project. But what about just a big field full of holes.” — Jack Handey
9. “In construction, the only project that goes exactly according to plan is the lunch break.” —
Sandra “Square” Rodriguez

10. “If you see me running, try to keep up — the crane operator just got a text message.” —
Chuck “Digger” Williams
11. “I told my kids that being in construction was like playing with LEGOs, but with more
cursing.” — Dave “Nails” Brown
12. “Construction: The only place where you can tell someone to ‘hit the road’ and they actually
do it.” — Linda “Paver” Carter
13. “Work in construction, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. They didn’t mention the 5 a.m. alarm
clock.” — Gary “The Grader” Griffin
14. “Measure twice, cut once, swear silently.” — Tim “Level” Johnson
15. “The door handle is the handshake of the building.” — Juhani Pallasmaa
16. “My favorite architect? The one who brings donuts to the site.” — Tim “The Tiler” Taylor

Women in Construction Quotes to Help Break Down Walls

17. “As a woman, I am still mistaken for one of the homeowners on the site, but that quickly gets
resolved once I start giving directions.” — Michele Myers
18. “Don’t be afraid to take up space in this field. At times, it will feel like you stick out like a
sore thumb, but you have an important job to do.” — Carly Curtin
19. “I don’t care if you’re male, female, gender neutral, gender nonbinary… [It’s]… a nonissue
… And we’re starting to see that a lot more in the construction world” — Jennifer Richmond
20. “I think the most important thing we can teach women is to never settle. The world will
always try and find ways to tell you ‘no.’ In reality, the possibilities are endless.” — Brittany
Parsons
21. “Ignore the noise and negativity. As is the case for men and women alike, you will encounter
difficult people who, knowingly or unknowingly, put obstacles in your way. And, from time
to time, you may find yourself dealing with the effects of someone who is determined to do
harm to your career. My advice is to keep your head down and focus on doing your job so
brilliantly that those standing in your way have no choice but to get out of the way or get run
over.” — Laurie Ford
22. “As a woman, you can defy all stereotypes, go against the grain and still dominate in a male-
dominated industry.” — B.A. Golston
23. “When you look at these careers, there is no reason that a woman can’t do any of these.” —
Mollie Elkman

24. “My best advice is to just listen and learn. The industry, like my boss said when I
transitioned, is if you can do the job, we don’t have a problem with who you are and what
you do in your personal life.” — Jennifer Richmond
25. “Just like any other industry, if you keep your nose to the grindstone, submerge yourself in
the opportunity to learn and don’t overthink being a woman surrounded by men, you will
succeed.” — Lindsay Smith
26. “I believe women are innovators, especially in this industry, because they come from a new
or a fresh perspective.” — Mollie Elkman
27. “I would bet that in ten years, it will no longer seem unusual to see a woman on a
construction site. And my hope is that in 20 years, this industry is THE place that women
want to work.” — Nora Spencer
28. “As a female in a male-dominated industry, it can be intimidating … My advice would be to
find your voice. Don’t fear the unknown, step outside your comfort zone and even if you fall
short, you’ll learn from those experiences.” — Tanya Matzen

Construction Safety Quotes to Build Stronger Foundations

29. “There’s no such thing as being too safe in construction.” — Author Unknown
30. “Safety should never be a priority. It should be a precondition” — Paul O’Neill
31. “It is necessary for us to learn from others’ mistakes. You will not live long enough to make
them all yourself.” — Admiral H.G. Rickover
32. “People say accidents are due to human error, which is like saying falls are due to gravity.”
— Trevor Kletz
33. “Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.” — Author Unknown
34. “Safety doesn’t happen by accident.” — Jerry Smith
35. “Tomorrow: your reward for working safely today.” — Robert Pelton
36. “What you do today can improve all of your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston
37. “Safety is a full-time job; don’t make it a part-time practice.” — Author Unknown
38. “If you don’t think it is safe, it probably isn’t.” — Jerry Smith
39. “Safety first is safety always.” — Charles Melville Hays
40. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” — Benjamin Franklin
41. “Safety is our first concern, not deadlines.” — Mikhail Manin

42. “You are your last line of defense in safety.” — Kina Repp
43. “Better a thousand times careful than once dead.” — Author Unknown
44. “No job is so important and no service so urgent — that we cannot take time to do our job
safely.” — AT&T Bell System Safety Creed
45. “Working safely is like breathing — if you don’t … you die.” — Jerry Smith
46. “Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward” — Bryant McGill
47. “Safety is a choice you make. Accidents are the choices you ignore.” — Author Unknown
48. “It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the
right way.” — Wallace D. Wattles
49. “It takes leadership to improve safety.” — Jackie Stewart
50. “If the owner or manager does not show an interest in preventing employee injury and
illness, then the employees will probably not give it much thought either.” — Rhode Island
Small Business Recovery Program
51. “Your employees learn by example. If they don’t see you practicing good safety habits, they
won’t think safety is important.” — Electrical Construction & Maintenance

52. “The last thing you want to do is put your warehouse workers in danger — just to boost your
profit margins. A safe warehouse is an efficient warehouse.” — Business First Family
Organization
53. “Safety isn’t expensive, it’s priceless.” — Jerry Smith
54. “Train your employees on rack safety and they’ll identify and report the damage. Empower
them to report damage and you’ll avoid accidents.” — Robert Bouchard
55. “The greatest responsibility of a leader is to give the people in your span of care a grounded
sense of hope for the future” — Bob Chapman

Inspirational Construction Quotes To Electrify Your Soul

56. “Building is not just about shelter. It’s about realizing dreams, making statements, creating
spaces where life happens.” — John “Architect” Aarons
57. “We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” — Winston Churchill
58. “You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it
requires people to make the dream a reality.” — Walt Disney
59. “A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means
when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.” — Louis Kahn
60. “Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts. Buildings are
witnesses to the human ability to construct concrete things.” — Peter Zumthor
61. “I think the days before cell phones, when it was dirt clod wars at construction sites, was a lot
more wholesome and productive, to be perfectly honest.” — Mike Leach
62. “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” — William Shakespeare
63. “In construction, we don’t just work with concrete and steel, but with hope and dreams.” — Jackie “The
Jackhammer” Jackson
64. “Hard hats and steel-toed boots: the real suit of the modern hero.” — Gary “The Grader” Green
65. “Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.” — Stephen
Gardiner
66. “There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers’ battle with the heavens that cover
them.” — Federico Garcia Lorca
67. “The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.” — Louis Kahn
68. “From blueprints to buildings, we’re making dreams tangible.” — Larry “The Foreman” Franklin
69. “If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer
quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.” — David Chipperfield
70. “Every day on the job is a testament to the triumph of human will over the laws of gravity.” — Bill “The
Scaffold King” Spencer
71. “The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation — a force for construction
and destruction.” — Jonathan Haidt

Construction Motivation Quotes

72. “There’s no problem a good hammer can’t solve.” – Joe “The Builder” Thompson
73. “Brick by brick, stone by stone, every great thing was built by those who believed they
could.” — Tom “The Mason” Mitchell
74. “Success isn’t just the building itself. It’s the journey of building, the growing, the learning.
It’s construction in progress.” — Fred “Foreman” Foster
75. “Every nail driven should be as another round of applause for our creating hands.” — Dave
“Carpenter” Campbell
76. “Building is about getting around the obstacles that are presented to you.” — Jeremy Renner
77. “In the construction world, tools are important. But the greatest tool you have is your mind.”
— Rebecca Barnessin
78. “In every beam we place, in every wall we raise, exists the potential for something amazing.”
— Albert “The Engineer” Evans

79. “Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column or cutting a piece of stained glass in the
construction of something much bigger than ourselves.” — Adrienne Clarkson

Hard Work Quotes About Construction

80. “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” —
Benjamin Franklin
81. “Every structure we build is a monument to the power of human imagination and hard work.”
— Susan “The Surveyor” Sanders
82. “Use the best possible materials, and reveal the quality of those materials and the
craftsmanship of their assembly.” — Karl Friedrich Schinkel
83. “I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper
construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then,
 if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.” —
Wilbur Wright
84. “I did a lot of heavy lifting — construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty
work.” — Sixto Rodriguez
85. “I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.” — Bob Corker
86. “There’s no satisfaction like seeing a house stand tall because of your own hands.” —
Samantha “The Carpenter” Chapman
87. “Out of all my friends, I believe I’m the only kid whose dad made us work to cut rebars; we
laid bricks in construction sites and did other real work every summer for minimum wage.
Our dad said that it’s important in the future that when we tell people to dig a hole, that you
personally know how long it will take to dig that hole.” — Eric Trump

88. “I worked construction clean-up. I was driving a pickup truck at the age of 14 on a
construction site. I loved building and being part of the process. You got to see your work.”
— Michael Kelly
89. “Though farm chores and construction work are the most physically demanding jobs that I
currently do, they feel like recess to me. And there’s something really beautiful about work
that feels like play.” — Chip Gaines
90. “A day without dust and sweat is a day not well spent.” — Michael “The Mason” Martinez
91. “A building is only as strong as the hands that built it” — Author Unknown

Quotes About Beautiful Construction

92. “To me, a building — if it’s beautiful — is the love of one man. He’s made it out of his love
for space, materials, things like that.” — Martha Graham
93. “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” — Frank Gehry
94. “We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:
then, that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.” — John Ruskin
95. “It is not the beauty of the building you should look at: it’s the construction of the foundation
that will stand the test of time.” — David Allen Coe
96. “A world which sees art and engineering as divided is not seeing the world as a whole.” —
Professor Sir Edmund Happold
97. “Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.” — Julia Morgan
98. “The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.” — Jacques Chirac

Under Construction Quotes To Show Life’s a Work in

Progress
99. “Every human being is under construction from conception to death.” — Billy Graham
100. “I’m young, I still have a lot to learn. We will say that I am a Ferrari under construction.”
— Ousmane Dembele
101. “A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You
have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.” — Steve Harvey
102. “The shortest distance between two points is under construction.” — Leo Aikman
 103. “If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it’s a
failure.” — Douglas Coupland
104. “A human being is a being who is constantly ‘under construction,’ but also, in a parallel
fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.” — Jose Saramago
105. “I think I’m always a little bit under construction. I’m a project that I’m trying to improve
upon.” — Nick Nurse
106. “The road to success is always under construction…there are lots of potholes but no
traffic jams.” — Dan Pena

Future of Construction Quotes To Guide Us To New Heights

107. “Augmented and virtual reality technologies are the future of smart construction, and we
are just starting to see the possibilities.” — Grant Imahara
108. “The future of construction is all about people.” — Tom Agresta
109. “Nothing in this world is more simple and more cheap than making cities that provide
better for people.” — Jan Gehl
110. “While we still have a long way to go, we have begun to be able to push the envelope
even further toward net zero energy construction.” — Maggie Leslie

111. “The future of construction is in smart, zero net energy buildings … Whether that means
changing the temperature in unoccupied rooms or reacting to protect itself from an
earthquake, the future of buildings is Smart.” — Richard Frazao
112. “We don’t just construct buildings; we create homes, shape cities and build futures.” —
Rosa “The Roofer” Ramirez
113. “Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, 3D processing and high-resolution imagery will
become so prevalent that on-site visits to monitor progress will be nearly obsolete.” —
Patrick Quigley
114. “I see the future of the construction industry evolving from traditionally pen and paper,
analog, phone call driven business to one that is purely digital.” — Bryan Clayton
115. “As energy costs rise and carbon taxes become realities, buildings that generate their own
power will become commonplace.” — Richard Frazao
116. “Automated equipment’s going to change the bottom line.” — Tom Agresta

117. “With rising material and land costs as well as more attention driven towards green
building standards, we have to think differently about how we build, the materials we use and
where we build.” — Wanona Satcher
118. “Every brick we lay is a foundation for someone’s future.” — Harold “The Bricklayer”
Hughes
119. “Construction is a matter of optimism; it’s a matter of facing the future with confidence.”
— Cesar Pelli
30 Inspiring Real Estate
Quote #1
“Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense,
paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quote #2
“Owning a home is a keystone of wealth…both financial affluence and emotional security.”

Suze Orman

Quote #3
“Landlords grow rich in their sleep.”

John Stuart Mill

Quote #4
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.”

Andrew Carnegie

Quote #5
“The major fortunes in America have been made in land.”

John D. Rockefeller

Quote #6
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”

John Rohn
Quote #7
“The way we see it, real wealth means having the money and the freedom to live life on your
own terms.”

Rich Fettke, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of RealWealth

Quote #8
“I would give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.”

Shakespeare

Quote #9
“Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way to
become wealthy.”

Marshall Field

Quote #10
“The best investment on Earth is earth.”

Louis Glickman, American Business Executive

Quote #11
“Real estate is an imperishable asset, ever increasing in value. It is the most solid security that
human ingenuity has devised. It is the basis of all security and about the only indestructible
security.”

Russell Sage (August 4, 1816 – July 22, 1906), financier, railroad executive and Whig politician from New
York, United States.

Quote #12
“It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautiful. It’s artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real
estate.”

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

Quote #13
“He is not a full man who does not own a piece of land.”

Proverb

Quote #14
“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.”

Mark Twain

Quote #15
“Success in real estate starts when you believe you are worthy of it.”

Michael Ferrara

Quote #16
“[Real estate] is like Jack and the Beanstalk’s goose that lays golden eggs. It’s something that
pays you month after month, whether you are working or not.”

Kathy Fettke, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of RealWealth

Quote #17
“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.”

Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker

Quote #18
“The bottom line: investing in real estate is smart because property is tangible. People always
have, and always will, need shelter. This means it is very unlikely that our need for shelter (ie:
buying or renting homes) will ever go away.”

Kathy Fettke, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of RealWealth

Quote #19
“If you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

Stephen King

Quote #20
“When one door closes, buy another one and open it yourself.”

Anonymous

Quote #21
“The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect… You need a
temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.”

Warren Buffett

Quote #22
“But land is land, and it’s safer than the stocks and bonds of Wall Street swindlers”

Eugene O’neill

Quote #23
“Buy on the fringe and wait. Buy land near a growing city! Buy real estate when other people
want to sell. Hold what you buy!”

John Jacob Astor

Quote #24
“Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it is a
perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.”

Winston Churchill

Quote #25
“What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on
which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Quote #26
“When you invest, you are buying a day that you don’t have to work.”

Aya Laraya

Quote #27
“You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life, at some point, you have to
unleash the potential and make your move.”

Eric Thomas

Quote #28
“Don’t wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait.”

Will Rogers, actor

Quote #29
“In the real estate business you learn more about people and you learn more about community
issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than
any other profession that I know of.”

Jhonny Isakson

Quote #30
And last, but not the least real estate quote…
“You are not buying a house, you are buying a lifestyle.”

Real Estate quotes for buyers and sellers

1. Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real
estate values than from all other causes combined.—William Jennings Bryan

2. I will forever believe that buying a home is a great investment. Why? Because you can’t live
in a stock certificate. You can’t live in a mutual fund.—Oprah Winfrey
3. Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous
community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the
basis of wealth.—Theodore Roosevelt

4. Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing.—John Stuart Mill

5. Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way
to become wealthy.—Marshall Field

6. There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than
the possession of a piece of land.—Harriet Martineau

7. If you don’t own a home, buy one. If you own a home, buy another one. If you own two
homes, buy a third.—John Paulson

8. I still think buying a home is the best investment any individual can make.—John Paulson

9. The ownership of a home, the feelings of independence that comes with the possession of a bit
of the earth are among the most powerful incentives to high civic interest and usefulness.—
Calvin Coolidge

10. The house you looked at today and wanted to think about until tomorrow may be the same
house someone looked at yesterday and will buy today.—Koki Adasi

11. A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
—Barbara Corcoran

12. Buy on the fringe and wait. Buy land near a growing city! Buy real estate when other people
want to sell. Hold what you buy!—John Jacob Astor

13. But land is land, and it’s safer than the stocks and bonds of Wall Street swindlers.—Eugene
O’Neill

14. Everyone wants a piece of land. It’s the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a
car or washing machine. Land will only double its value in ten years.—Sam Shepard

15. Buy real estate in areas where the path exists…and buy more real estate where there is no
path, but you can create your own.—David Waronker

16. Investing puts money to work. The only reason to save money is to invest it.—Grant Cardone

17. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.—
George A. Moore

18. Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.—Hazrat Inayat Khan
19. It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the
only thing that can’t fly away.—Anthony Trollop

20. The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be
questioned.—Maya Angelou

21. I knew, as every peasant does, that land can never be truly owned. We are the keepers of the
soil, the curators of trees.—Lisa St. Aubin de Teran

22. Property mistakes are like a bad haircut…they grow out in the end.—George Choy

23. The only thing you are guaranteed in new construction is that it is going to take longer than
they told you.—Egypt Sherrod

24. The bottom line: investing in real estate is smart because property is tangible. People always
have, and always will, need shelter. This means it is very unlikely that our need for shelter (ie:
buying or renting homes) will ever go away.—Kathy Fettke

25. In any market, in any country, there are developers who make money. So I say all of this
doom and gloom, but there will always be people who make money, because people always want
homes.—Sarah Beeny

26. It’s not about the money, though that’s nice to have. At the end of the day, it’s really about
matching the right buyer to the right seller. We’re matchmakers—real estate matchmakers.

—Valerie Fitzgerald

27. There’s always opportunity in real estate. It’s just a matter of finding that opportunity in the
current market.—Samantha DeBianchi

28. You need to fear not having the business more than you fear calling your leads.―Beverly
Ruffner

29. Real estate is a contact sport.— Tracey Hampson

30. I advise women to invest in real estate. It is the collateral to be preferred above all others, and
the safest means of investing money.—Hetty Green

31. Real estate is like Jack and the Beanstalk’s goose that lays golden eggs. It’s something that
pays you month after month, whether you are working or not.—Kathy Fettke

Inspirational real estate quotes

32. Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.—
Suze Orman
33. Property has its duties as well as its rights.—Thomas Drummond

34. Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.—Ada Louise Huxtable

35. I would give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.—William Shakespeare

36. The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying
for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.— Margaret Mitchell

37. Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common
sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the
world.—Franklin D. Roosevelt

38. Personal property brings you into society with men. But land is part of God’s estate in the
globe; and when a parcel of land is deeded to you, and you walk over it, and call it your own, it
seems as if you had come into partnership with the original proprietor of the earth.—Henry Ward
Beecher

39. The problem with real estate is that it’s local. You have to understand the local market.—
Robert Kiyosaki

40. Before you start trying to work out which direction the property market is headed, you should
be aware that there are markets within markets.—Paul Clitheroe

41. Real estate investment, your life goals, and current life journey should be in the same straight
line. Many are losing investors because these three are not in line.—SM Paranjothi Pandian

42. It’s not about the money, though that’s nice to have. At the end of the day, it’s really about
matching the right buyer to the right seller. We’re matchmakers—real estate matchmakers.

—Valerie Fitzgerald

43. Success is actually a short race—a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to
kick in and take over.—Gary Keller

44. Earn as much as you can, save as much as you can, invest as much as you can, give as much
as you can.—John Wesley

45. The authenticity in your story, the authority in your delivery and the personalization of your
presentation will make you that much more real and able to reach that many more people in your
real estate business.—Loren Weisman

46. Make a customer, not a sale.—Katherine Barchetti

47. Real estate practice is not about selling or buying a home. It’s about representing your
client’s greatest asset to your client’s greatest benefit.—Alex Delgado
48. Real estate is the purest form of entrepreneurship.—Brian Buffini

49. Success in real estate comes down to two factors: taking care of and valuing the customer.―
Michael Miedler

50. The research tells us that a high quality real estate agent that really knows what they are
doing will add more to the equation than they cost. Because people make mistakes when selling
their own home—the mistakes are costly.—Dave Ramsey

51. Success in real estate starts when you believe you are worthy of it.—Michael Ferrara

52. In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community
issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably more
than any other profession that I know of.—Johnny Isakson

53. I am basically a full-time psychologist who shows houses every now and then.—Dori Warner

Motivational real estate quotes

54. Great agents are not constrained by opportunity—they’re constrained by capacity.—Guy Gal

55. This is a real-estate-driven economy from top to bottom.—Christopher Thornberg

56. I view real estate as the most intriguing opportunity that I’ve seen in my business lifetime.—
Richard Rainwater

57. Perhaps the secret to making a billion dollars in real estate is that there is no secret.—David
Lichtenstein

58. Real Estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values, and the least risk.—Armstrong
Williams

59. Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has
been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young [person] or
wage earner of today invests [their] money in real estate.—Andrew Carnegie

60. No investment on earth is so safe, so sure, so certain to enrich its owner as undeveloped
realty. I always advise my friends to place their savings in realty near some growing city. There
is no such savings bank anywhere.—Grover Cleveland

61. Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it.
Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.—
Barbara Corcoran

62. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.—William Penn
Adair
63. To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients’ best
interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest
expectations.—Anthony Hitt

64. Want to disrupt real estate? Ask yourself what people don’t like about the real estate
experience and what they’re doing outside of the tools you provide them.—Kurt Uhlir

65. Every individual deserves to be educated and fully informed on the details that go into every
touchpoint of a real estate transaction.—Doug Fish

66. Don’t beat yourself up. Some transactions will naturally go smoothly, and others are a month
of challenges. Learn what you can from each transaction, move on, and start the next one.—Kurt
Uhlir

67. Good intentions and a desire to help people alone will at best lead you to a mediocre career in
real estate.―Sean Moudry

68. In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.—Warren
Buffett

69. Not following up with your prospects is the same as filling up your bathtub without first
putting the stopper in the drain.—Michelle Moore

70. If you don’t adopt disruptive technology, you will be disrupted.―Brad Inman

71. A forever real estate agent understands that the concept of home is predicated on the many
changes life can bring, and it doesn’t start—or end—with the transaction.―Gino Blefari

72. The more you know about your customers, the more you can provide to them information
that is increasingly useful, relevant, and persuasive.—Jay Baer

73. A real estate agent has two property listings. Now add 11 more. What does the agent have
now? Happiness. That agent has happiness.—Tim Dulany

74. At what lengths are you willing to go to on a daily basis to build a thriving real estate career?
— Jon Cheplak

75. Most top producers in real estate, like in every business, are focused on learning and biased
towards action. If you want to keep growing, you have to make learning and action your highest
priorities.—Kurt Uhlir

76. In real estate, you make 10% of your money because you’re a genius and 90% because you
catch a great wave.―Jeff Greene

77. You are not buying a home…you are buying a lifestyle.—Sarah F. Findel
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78. The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect… You need a
temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.
—Warren Buffett

79. You will become at least as rich as the amount of good debt you take in your life.—H. J.
Chammas

80. Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a
mediocre sale gives good results.—Warren Buffett

81. Never depend on a single income, make an investment to create a second source.—Warren
Buffett

82. Every sale has five obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.—Zig Ziglar

83. The key is, no matter what story you tell, make the buyer the hero.—Chris Brogan

84. You must learn that selling is not selling; it is providing and the key to providing is knowing
in advance what to provide.—Todd Duncan

85. I can find you a great apartment, in a great neighborhood, for a low price. Pick two.―Emile
L’Eplattenier

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86. The major fortunes in America have been made in land.—John D. Rockefeller

87. The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.—Ray Brown

88. If you’re not going to put money in real estate, where else?—Tamir Sapir

89. Wise spending is part of wise investing. And it’s never too late to start.—Rhonda Katz

90. When you invest, you are buying a day that you don’t have to work.—Aya Laraya

91. Don’t work for money; make it work for you.—Robert Kiyosaki

92. Expansion always, in all ways.—Ryan Serhant

93. Invest in yourself, you can afford it, trust me.—Rashon Carraway

94. Realtors are the gatekeepers of community.—Trent Williamson

95. Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.—Will Rogers
96. Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.—Mark Twain

97. Home is the nicest word there is.—Laura Ingalls Wilder

98. The best investment on Earth is earth.—Louis Glickman

20 Inspirational Real Estate Quotes

1. “The house you looked at today and wanted to think about until tomorrow may be the same
house someone looked at yesterday and will buy today.”
-- Koki Adasi, Koki & Associates, Inc.
2. "A home is a place to start your story." -- Anita Renfroe
3. “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common
sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in
the world.”

–Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President

4. "Homeownership is the foundation of the American Dream." -- Dennis Weaver, actor

5. “The problem with real estate is that it’s local. You have to understand the local market.”

–Robert Kiyosaki, founder of the Rich Dad Company

6. “I will forever believe that buying a home is a great investment. Why? Because you can’t
live in a stock certificate. You can’t live in a mutual fund.”

–Oprah Winfrey, media mogul

7. "Home is the starting place of love, hope, and dreams." -- Lana Del Ray, singer-songwriter

8. “Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.”

–Will Rogers, actor and humorist

9. "Home is where you always want to be." -- Unknown

10. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”

–George A. Moore, author

11. "Real estate is an imperishable asset, ever increasing in value. It is the most solid security
that the investor can acquire." -- Robert T. Kiyosaki, founder of the Rich Dad Company
12. “It’s not about the money, though that’s nice to have. At the end of the day, it’s really about
matching the right buyer to the right seller. We’re matchmakers—real estate matchmakers.”
–Valerie Fitzgerald, The Valerie Fitzgerald Group

13. "Real estate is a long-term game. Don't try to get rich quick. Instead, focus on buying
properties that will generate income and appreciate over time." -- Warren Buffett, business
magnate
14. “Real Estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values, and the least risk.”

–Armstrong Williams, entrepreneur

15. "Real estate is a great way to build wealth and achieve financial security." -- David Bach,
financial author and entrepreneur
16. "A home is more than just a place to live, it's a place to create memories." -- Unknown

17. "Homeownership is one of the most rewarding experiences in life." -- Unknown

18. “Home is the nicest word there is.”

–Laura Ingalls Wilder, author

19. "The only thing better than having a home is sharing it with the people you love." -- Leonard
Nimoy, actor

20. “Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.”

–Suze Orman, financial advisor and motivational speaker

Real Estate Quotes For Buyer Leads

1. “If you don’t own a home, buy one. If you own a home, buy another one. If you own
two homes buy a third. And lend your relatives the money to buy a home.” John
Paulson
2. “The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.” Ray Brown
3. “Don’t wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait.” Will Rogers
4. “Landlords grow rich in their sleep.” John Stuart Mill
5. “Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.” Andrew
Carnegie
6. “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” Mark Twain
7. “You are not buying a house, you are buying a lifestyle.” Anonymous
8. “Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with
common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the
safest investment in the world.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
9. “I will forever believe that buying a home is a great investment. Why? Because you
can’t live in a stock certificate. You can’t live in a mutual fund.” Oprah Winfrey
10. “Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me. Real
Estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values, and the least risk.”
Armstrong Williams
11. “Owning a home is a keystone of wealth…both financial affluence and emotional
security.” Suze Orman
12. “The bottom line: investing in real estate is smart because property is tangible.
People always have, and always will, need shelter.” Kathy Fettke
13. “The major fortunes in America have been made in land.” John D. Rockefeller
14. “Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the
only way to become wealthy.” Marshall Field
15. “The best investment on Earth is earth.” Louis Glickman
16. “Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a
prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming
independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.” Theodore Roosevelt
17. “Real estate is an imperishable asset, ever increasing in value. It is the most solid
security that human ingenuity has devised. It is the basis of all security and about the
only indestructible security.” Russell Sage
18. “Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the
rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.” William Jennings
Bryan
19. “When one door closes, buy another one and open it yourself.” Anonymous
20. “What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad
foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
21. “In any market, in any country, there are developers who make money. So I say all of
this doom and gloom, but there will always be people who make money, because
people always want homes.” Sarah Beeny
22. “Buy on the fringe and wait. Buy land near a growing city! Buy real estate when other
people want to sell. Hold what you buy!” John Jacob Astor
23. “Land monopoly is not only monopoly, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies; it
is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.”
Winston Churchill
24. “When you invest, you are buying a day that you don’t have to work.” Aya Laraya
25. “A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass
through that long field of his neighbors. I advised him to buy it and it would never
seem long again.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
26. “If you’re not going to put your money into real estate, Where else?” Tamir Sapir
27. “Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly
rather than participate in it.” Warren Buffett “
28. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.”
William Penn Adair
29. “There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my
mind than the possession of a piece of land.” Harriet Martineau
30. “Real estate is the purest form of entrepreneurship.” Brian Buffini
31. “I advise women to invest in real estate. It is the collateral to be preferred above all
others, and the safest means of investing money.” Hetty Green

Real Estate Quotes For Seller Leads

32. “Typically, the research tells us, that a high quality real estate agent that really knows what
they are doing will add more to the equation than they cost. Because people make mistakes
when selling their own home – the mistakes are costly…” Dave Ramsey
33. “If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.” Jim Rohn

Real Estate Quotes For Agents

34. “Realtors® are the gatekeepers of community!” Trent Williamson
35. “If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait till you hire an amateur.” Red
Adair
36. “Sleep is for people without access to the MLS” Lighter Side of Real Estate
37. “I’m a big believer in a high-quality realtor and I endorse realtors for that reason.
High-quality real estate agents all over America.” Dave Ramsey
38. “Don’t beat yourself up. Some transactions will naturally go smoothly, and others are
a month of challenges. Learn what you can from each transaction, move on, and start
the next one.” Kurt Uhlir
39. “Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in
buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the
first eight seconds.” Barbara Corcoran
40. “A real estate agent has two property listings. Now add 11 more. What does the
agent have now? Happiness. That agent has happiness.” Tim Dulany
41. “In the real estate business you learn more about people and you learn more about
community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of
government, probably than any other profession that I know of.” Jhonny Isakson
42. “As a real estate professional, if you’re trying to build a big business, you need to
invest in that business.” Glenn Sanford
43. “To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients’
best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your
greatest expectations.” Anthony Hitt
44. “I am basically a full-time psychologist who shows houses every now and then.” Dori
Warner
45. “Your ability to overcome situations where you’re told ‘no’ will make or break your
business because the best agents are great problem-solvers.” Bernice Ross
46. “This is a real-estate-driven economy from top to bottom.” Christopher Thornberg
47. “Want to disrupt real estate? Ask yourself what people don’t like about the real
estate experience and what they’re doing outside of the tools you provide them.”
Kurt Uhlir
48. “There’s always opportunity in real estate. It’s just a matter of finding that
opportunity in the current market.” Samantha DeBianchi
49. “Success is actually a short race – a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for
habit to kick in and take over.” Gary Keller
50. “Prioritize compassion over commission.” Aarin Chung