Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.

Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

Family is not who's blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.

I do small things. I try to do good things every day. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.

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

This summer had been about finding herself, and learning to accept love in its various forms -- and to give love. - Quinn Reynolds

Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen.

Nevertheless, during the sixty years of the twentieth century many problems have come increasingly into the realm of acceptable public discussion.

Toughness is a skill. I don't think we're all born tough. You learn about toughness through your experience.

Only God Forgives was very much a generation gap in a way. It was all the youth of the world that embraced it. I make films for young people. That's what I will continue to do.

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

Truth can stand by itself...If there be but one right [religion], and [Christianity] that one, we should wish to see the nine hundred and ninety-nine wandering sects gathered into the fold of truth.