The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.

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.

For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted to spend.

I am so disconnected from the world of rock 'n' roll. I was always peripheral, partly because of the drug culture. I was not involved in that.

When you associate with scum, you become scum.

{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.

Be a little kinder to each other.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

I stopped using Twitter for a while just because I got sick of it and I started using it again, but I don't check the "mentions."