39 Inspirational Lawyer Quotes That Will Spark Your Ideas

A lawyer is someone who helps you in legal matters. And they help you with various things, such as divorce, bankruptcy, and civil disputes.  They are knowledgeable about all of the different rules surrounding a specific issue and can apply them accordingly. Thus they are experts in the law and how it works.

Lawyers should be your first stop when you need to figure out a case or an issue. A lawyer can help you draft the articles of incorporation for your company or give an opinion on whether you are planning to start a new business.

A good lawyer should have expertise in all the areas: corporate, estate, family law, criminal law, real estate law, and more.

Here are 39 inspirational lawyer quotes that will inspire you to win every battle

1. “Lawyers are men who will swear black is white — if they are paid for it.” ― Edward Counsel

2. “If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.” ― Charles Dickens

3. “You must keep your mind on the objective, not on the obstacle.” ― William Randolph Hearst

4. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ― Chinese proverb

5. “When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.” ― Napoleon Hill

6. “Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.” ― Napoleon Hill

7. “A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it to himself.” ― Henry P. Brougham

8. “Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.” ― Jim Rohn

9. “Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.” ― Will Rogers

10. “One of the things I was taught in law school is that I’d never be able to think the same again – that being a lawyer is something that’s part of who I am as an individual now.” ― Anita Hill

11. “A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a “brief.” ― Franz Kafka

12. “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.” ― Mario Puzo

13. “He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.” ― Charles Lamb

14. “I’m a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it.” ― Megyn Kelly

15. “Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.” ― Jeremy Bentham

16. “How many lawyer jokes are there? One, the rest are true stories.” ― Thomas F. Shubnell

17. “A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.” ― Sir Walter Scott

18. “A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.” ― Thomas Jefferson

19. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” ― Tony Robbins

20. “A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he’s won his case.” ― Alan Dershowitz

21. “The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.” ― Jeremy Bentham

22. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” ― Jim Rohn

23. “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” ― Chinese proverb

24. “A lawyer’s dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.” ― Samuel Butler

25. “The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.” ― Henry David Thoreau

26. “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” ― Bob Dylan

27. “A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.” ― Robert Frost

28. “A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.” ― Patrick Murray

29. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ― Jim Rohn

30. “Lawyers are operators of toll bridges which anyone in search of justice must pass.” ― Jane Bryant Quinn

31. “Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.” ― Jim Rohn

32. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” ― Farrah Gray

33. “Lawyers are like professional wrestlers. They pretend to get mad and fight, but then they socialize after a trial is over.” ― Robert Whitlow

34. “I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.” ― Stephen Wright

35. “Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.” ― Lani Guinier

36. “Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.” ― Jimmy Spithill

37. “I’m a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity – these values mean a lot to me.” ― Mohamed ElBaradei

38. “Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.” ― Napoleon Hill

39. “A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it to himself.” ― Henry P. Brougham

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