Jackie Chan, a famous Chinese martial artist and actor, has been awarded the “Order of the Rising Sun” from Japan to contribute to international film. He is also an icon of pop culture and a film action director in his own right.
He was born on April 7th, 1954, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. He has been active since the 1960s with roles such as a stuntman with Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon (1973). Jackie Chan has gained worldwide fame thanks to films such as The Big Brawl (1980), Rumble in The Bronx (1996), and Shanghai Noon (2000).
He became a global icon for his action, comedy, and martial arts films, making him one of China’s most successful film actors and Hong Kong. Chan was born in southern China, but he moved to Hong Kong with his family at 11. He began training in martial arts at the age of seven and later joined the Hong Kong Police Force.
Here are his most inspiring quotes that will motivate you to fight for your dream to make your life worth living.
Top 40 Most Inspiring Jackie Chan Quotes
“Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.”
“Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don’t go to the hospital, it’s nothing for me.”
“Great success only comes with great ambition.”
“If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.”
“Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.”
“When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.”
“Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.”
“Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.”
“We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.”
“I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.”
“When I’m in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself ‘why?’”
“Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”
“I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.”
“I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.”
“I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It’s not like an action star.”
“I prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.”
“I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.”
“If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?”
“Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.”
“I’m afraid to fail again.”
“Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.”
“We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.”
“I only want my work to make people happy.”
“When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: “You’re useless…” But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That’s how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.”
“You don’t need a reason to be nice to someone.”
“My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.”
“Family is not who’s blood is in you, it’s who you love and who loves you”
“Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.”
“Why did I become? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.”
“I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.”
“I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn’t know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.”
“I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.”
“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”
“When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.”
“Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things”
“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.”
“I want to build up my philosophy… my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.”
“The best fights are the ones we avoid.”
“I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.”
“The ads all call me fearless, but that’s just publicity. Anyone who thinks I’m not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.”
