Sylvester Stallone Quotes

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing.

Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job PARKING CARS!

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal.

Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.

Don't discuss your dreams. Pursue them!

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.

Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality - that's the main event.

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out.

The older I get the more things I gotta leave behind.

I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if you keep on walking.

I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God's Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.

When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.

Dreams cost nothing. They are free. The hard part is just keeping them going.

Consider the source...Don't be a fool by listening to a fool.

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.

Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but the loyalty never fades.

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.

I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult.

In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter.

The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.

Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest.

Remember the mind is your best muscle...BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains... Ride the brain train for success.

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.

I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You just deal with it better. I'm serious.

Clothing is the first step to building a character.

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.

If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.

Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate's or children's egos than your own. You're now a giver instead of a taker.

I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I'll spring back to what I originally was.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.

I'd rather do something I love badly than to feel bad about not doing something I love.

I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body.

I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault.

Movies are the work of a collective conscious. It takes 500-800 people on a movie to complete a vision.