Jackie Chan: Inspirational Quotes from a Martial Arts Legend
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.
The best fights are the ones we avoid.
I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire.
There are always challenges at every stage of our life.
I am not a star, I am an actor.
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated.
Family is not who’s blood is in you, it’s who you love and who loves you.
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
If you’re too free, you’re like the way I was when I was young, and I didn’t know what’s what.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.
Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie? Study computers instead.
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. – Jackie Chan
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life. – Jackie Chan
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. – Jackie Chan
My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films. – Jackie Chan
The best fights are the ones we avoid. – Jackie Chan
I am not a star. I am an actor. I am a man in the world. That’s how I think of myself. – Jackie Chan
I want to make people laugh and I want to make people cry, even in the same minute. – Jackie Chan
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.? – Jackie Chan
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ?Jackie Who??. – Jackie Chan
We live now in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It?s fertilizer, it?s like living fertilizer because you?re forced on yourself. – Jackie Chan
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
The best fights are the ones we avoid.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
Every time I make American film, I just trust in American directors and American writers. Same as in Hong Kong.
I only want my work to make people happy.
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
Real martial arts is not about fighting, it?s about healing.
I don’t want to be an action star; action stars are always fighting or dying.
I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.
Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket.
Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don’t go to the hospital, it’s nothing for me.
In the past, when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ‘Jackie, who are you?’
Anything can be a weapon if you are holding it right.
In my movies, I’m not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also, I’m not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one person.