I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

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.

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

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.

Celebrate your achievements, but never let them sink you into the pool of complacency.

All this time, William doesn’t move from my side, his hand surely and confidently glued to my waist like it belongs there, one piece of a puzzle that matches the other, making the picture complete.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

You should not be subjected to the pressures, the intimidation, whether by Government or by the private sector, which would force you into self-censorship.

You can gerrymander one district, but it's very difficult to gerrymander the whole country.

Biggest affirmative argument I know in favor of 'If a man die, shall he live again?' is just the way you feel inside you that nothin' can stop you from livin' on.

I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

If you do not choose the kingdom of God, it does not matter what you choose instead.

I’ve grown a lot, and I’m learning every week.