Chuck Norris famous quotes

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.
-- Chuck Norris

#Positive #Positivity #People

No one's perfect. And we've all made our mistakes and you just have to live with them and try to not make them again.
-- Chuck Norris

#Mistake #Perfect #Trying

As the adage goes, 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me'... It's time for patriots everywhere to rally together again and take back America.
-- Chuck Norris

#America #Fool Me Once #Together

People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.
-- Chuck Norris

#Sports #Father #Believe

Where's Barack Obama when Christmas references are being erased from civic calendars? Is he crying out in defense of religious liberty and our First Amendment? Nope. He's as silent as a church mouse. And animosity toward religion continues to grow.
-- Chuck Norris

#Religious #Church #Liberty

It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.
-- Chuck Norris

#Stars #People #Guy

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.
-- Chuck Norris

#Determination #Overcoming #Want

When I have the beard on I have people behind me in traffic honking their horn. I'm thinking "how in the world?" But it's the beard - it's kind of the stand out thing.
-- Chuck Norris

#Thinking #People #World

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
-- Chuck Norris

#Humorous #Bad Ass #Men

We're all human beings. And we all have our prejudices and so forth, but the thing is, let's be tolerant with each other. And if we could do that, there would be a lot more peace in our world today.
-- Chuck Norris

#Our World #Prejudice #Would Be

If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen.
-- Chuck Norris

#Fitness #Want #Accomplish

My whole goal in my film career is to project a positive image on the screen, that I hope people will enjoy watching.
-- Chuck Norris

#Careers #People #Goal

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.
-- Chuck Norris

#Inspirational #Giving Up #Mma

There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #Goal #Lines

Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #Children #Karate

Violence is my last option.
-- Chuck Norris

#Hipster #Lasts #Violence

In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make a change there and get it back to where the teachers have control of the classrooms.
-- Chuck Norris

#Inspirational #Dog #Teacher

Chuck Norris knows the last digit of PI.
-- Chuck Norris

#Lasts #Chuck

The only time we fail is when we stop trying.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #Trying #Failing

There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none.
-- Chuck Norris

#World #Faces #Facts

I think you can learn from history.
-- Chuck Norris

#Thinking

If your soul needs healing, the prescription you need is not Chuck Norris' tears, it's Jesus' blood.
-- Chuck Norris

#Jesus #Healing #Blood

You are not what has happened to you. You are what you choose to become.
-- Chuck Norris

#Insightful #You Choose

Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #Mean #Want

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.
-- Chuck Norris

#Feels

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.
-- Chuck Norris

#Lord #Baptized

Good morals lead to good laws.
-- Chuck Norris

#Law #Moral #Good Moral

Use God's mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil's strongholds.
-- Chuck Norris

#Men #Devil #Use

Run while you still have the chance.
-- Chuck Norris

#Running #Chance #Stills

If I had said, "I don't stand a chance," one thing is clear: I wouldn't have.
-- Chuck Norris

#Sports #Chance #Said

Well, I grew up as a democrat.
-- Chuck Norris

#Grew Up #Grew #Democrat

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.
-- Chuck Norris

#Athlete #Sweat #Champion

Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen.
-- Chuck Norris

#America #People #Miserable

I'm a very religious person.
-- Chuck Norris

#Religious #Persons

I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.
-- Chuck Norris

#People #Actors #Critics

I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?
-- Chuck Norris

#Hollywood #Conservative #Very Good

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #School #Korea

While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.
-- Chuck Norris

#Eight #Texas #Years

I hope I don't get a roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris.
-- Chuck Norris

#Chuck #Kicks

People whine, 'I haven't succeeded because I haven't had the breaks.' You create your own breaks.
-- Chuck Norris

#Motivational #People #Break

Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.
-- Chuck Norris

#Sports #Country #Half

when the boogie man goes to sleep he checks his closet for me
-- Chuck Norris

#Sleep #Men #Checks

I would not want to be a politician... Let me tell you this: If I was campaigning, and I go against my opponent and he started attacking my character, and I leap over the table and choke him unconscious, would that help my campaign?
-- Chuck Norris

#Character #Campaigns #Tables

Focus on what it is that you want, set a realistic goal. Start setting goals that you feel you can accomplish. Don't try to go right to the top in one leap. Every time you accomplish a goal you develop the strength and wisdom to accomplish the next one.
-- Chuck Norris

#Goal #Focus #Trying

The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is a prime example. Even though Obama KNEW - from the moment of the assault - that it was a TERRORIST attack, he didn't let the American people know.
-- Chuck Norris

#People #Example #Moments

Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.
-- Chuck Norris

#People #Constitution

I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.
-- Chuck Norris

#Motivational #Thinking #Fog

Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.
-- Chuck Norris

#Proud #Way #Film

When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least!
-- Chuck Norris

#Fighting #Guy #Acting

It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids.
-- Chuck Norris

#Kids #Fighting #Insecure

One of my life's principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #Helping Others #Way

People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting.
-- Chuck Norris

#Art #Attitude #Philosophy

People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and gone the next.
-- Chuck Norris

#Real #People #One Day

I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids.
-- Chuck Norris

#Motivational #Kids #Use

If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights, you're gonna beg for a left.
-- Chuck Norris

#Badass #Rights

I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.
-- Chuck Norris

#Violence

The only time you lose at something is when you don't learn from that experience.
-- Chuck Norris

#Crisis

I have a lot of guns on my ranch. I don't use them for hunting. I'm not a hunter. It's for protection. The Second Amendment was designed for tyranny.
-- Chuck Norris

#Gun #Hunting #Second Amendment