Looking for the best and inspirational Sylvester Stallone quotes?
Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is widely known for his role as Rocky Balboa in the series of Rocky films.
His life has been a roller coaster ride of triumphs and tragedies. Despite his success, he has often been plagued by health problems that he has managed to overcome time and time again.
In 2014, Sylvester Stallone was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 70. Since then, he has taken care to protect his brain health and reduce potential risks by exercising regularly and eating healthy foods.
Here’s a list of some of his inspiring quotes that will motivate you to improve your life and pursue your dreams.
53 Sylvester Stallone Quotes That Will Make You Succeed
“When you’re scared, when you’re hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you’re going to see what you’re really made of.”
“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.”
“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.”
“When boxers are in the ring, they’re simple. It’s when the fight is over, that’s when the other fight, the real fight, begins. That’s the problem.”
“Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality – that’s the main event.”
“Remember the mind is your best muscle…BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains….Ride the brain train for success.”
“I’m always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I’ll build a new one.”
“The fear is the fuel that we use for overachievement. If I wasn’t afraid at times, I wouldn’t work as hard.”
“Consider the source…Don’t be a fool by listening to a fool.”
“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism”
“Life is an opponent that never stops punching, so you better never stop punching back.”
“Some people maybe try to justify their laziness. You take out what you put in and the more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus, and to listening to his word and have him guide my hand I feel the pressure’s off me.”
“Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”
“I keep trying to tell people. I said, at 40, 45, you’re at that crossroads. You really are there. And it’s not like you can have gain without pain, but this is it. The days are – like when I wrote this whole thing about, in the beginning of my first magazine. I said, “If you live to be 75 years old, that’s 3,900 weekends. That’s it.””
“I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.”
“I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you’re going to fail big or you’re gonna win big.”
“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.”
“That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighbourhood.”
“Going on one more round, when you don’t think you can that’s what makes all the difference in your life.”
“I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”
“If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days – it’s possible to do extraordinary feats.”
“We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it’s a metaphorical battle all of the time.”
“Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.”
“If you don’t have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.”
“You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.”
“Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.”
“I have tons of regrets, but I think that’s one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret comes the best from artists, painters and writers.”
“A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it’s important to show that even under all this strength there’s a fragile side, a side that can be affected.”
“I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge because I constantly feel the weight of time.”
“I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don’t know if I’m the monarch of all I survey.”
“Consider the source. Don’t be a fool by listening to a fool.”
“It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.”
“There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.” –
“Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.”
“I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God’s Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.”
“When I was in junior high school, the teacher voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.”
“We’re all expendable. We think the world’s going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then… life goes on.”
“I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator.”
“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism.”
“For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can’t all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That’s where you set your goal.”
“I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.”
“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.”
“I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. You gotta think like you think.”
“Your spiritual sense will make you either winner or loser.”
“I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.”
“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
“Dreams cost nothing. They are free. The hard part is just keeping them going.”
“When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. You think you can do anything, can take the world on your shoulders.”
“I’m not a genetically superior person. I built my body.”
“If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.”
“When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.”
“Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that’s just the way it is.”
