When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

If you tell me there’s something I can’t do, I’ll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we’ve got more strength than we think we do.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Just because something didn’t work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

When I was writing ‚Kitchen Confidential,‘ I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

My life is a struggle.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

I feel real good because it’s about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don’t fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‚I’m with you kid. Let’s go.‘

We’re going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life – I don’t mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.