Rules Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old rules quotes, rules sayings, and rules proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

When you change the rules, you change the game. Lee Emerson Boyer
If you don't play the game, you shouldn't make the rules. Joan Didion
If you choose to break the rules, however, it is probably a good idea to know what the rules are so that you can make a conscious, educated decision about which ones to follow and which ones to ignore. Mary Embree
There isn't any rule book to success. So why waste your time trying to live up to someone else's expectations when you can just make your own rule book? Sydney Oshuna
For most people trying to find the road to success, breaking the rules is a shortcut to failure. Marilyn vos Savant
When people state something, as a rule, they are suggesting that the principle is an important one. Dr. Marthy Grothe
Every game is its rules for they are what define it. David Parlett
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. Edward Warren Buffet
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice. Tom Watson
Life has a way of beating us down, and we learn very young that sometimes the rules that apply to us do not apply to everyone else. Aaron Sharp
Do whatever you would like to do / within limits / Don't hurt others / or influence others / You enjoy doing things you're way / that is good / I'm going to go smoke a cigarette. Shuaib Rawles
Maybe it is all in my head / the threads / the little red threads / weaving through the daily grind / of do this / do that. Finch
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. Robert A. Heinlein
Any fool can make a rule / And any fool will mind it. Henry David Thoreau
Rules are for children. This is war, and in war, the only crime is to lose. Joe Abercrombie
You are remembered for the rules you break. Douglas MacArthur
To every rule, there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one! Vera Nazarian
When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable. Emile Durkheim
The hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is. Eddie Van Halen
Rules help us live our lives when we lose the will to do it on our own. Yvonne Woon
No one rules if no one obeys David Icke
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. Harry Day
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them? Leo Durocher
There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about. Helen Frankenthaler