Elvis Presley Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from the King of Rock and Roll

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it.

I don’t think I’m bad for people. I think I’m a good influence on people, especially the young kids.

I’m not sure what happiness means. I do know that it’s not a constant thing.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image.

Do something worth remembering.

Elvis Presley Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from the King of Rock and Roll part 2

The only thing black people can do for me is shine my shoes and buy my music.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

When I first started singing, I was like a robot.

Rock and roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them.

A little less conversation, a little more action.

I’ve tried my whole life to be the kind of person who’s not afraid to take chances.

Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God. I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.

It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.

You’ve got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I’m not trying to be someone else. I’m comfortable with who I am.

I’m not the king of rock and roll. I’m the king of people’s hearts.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going to be different. I’m going to suck it up and carry on.

I’m strictly for animal rights. I can’t bear to see animals being treated cruelly.

Do something worth remembering.

Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.

People ask me how I stay sane, and I tell them I laugh at life.

I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

I’ll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I’ll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don’t think those things are right for me.

The only things you regret in life are the risks you didn’t take.

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.

People see me on stage and don’t realize how much work goes into it. No, I don’t mean standing up and singing, but the calculation of knowing where to move.

Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend, without a song.

Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it.

I don’t think I’m bad for people. I think I’m a good influence on people, especially the young kids.

I’m not sure what happiness means. I do know that it’s not a constant thing.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image.

Do something worth remembering.

The only thing black people can do for me is shine my shoes and buy my music.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

When I first started singing, I was like a robot.

Rock and roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them.

A little less conversation, a little more action.

I’ve tried my whole life to be the kind of person who’s not afraid to take chances.

Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God. I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.

It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.

You’ve got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I’m not trying to be someone else. I’m comfortable with who I am.

I’m not the king of rock and roll. I’m the king of people’s hearts.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going to be different. I’m going to suck it up and carry on.

I’m strictly for animal rights. I can’t bear to see animals being treated cruelly.

Do something worth remembering.

Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.

People ask me how I stay sane, and I tell them I laugh at life.

I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

I’ll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I’ll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don’t think those things are right for me.

The only things you regret in life are the risks you didn’t take.

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.

People see me on stage and don’t realize how much work goes into it. No, I don’t mean standing up and singing, but the calculation of knowing where to move.

Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend, without a song.

Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.