Chuck Norris Quotes

“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.”

— Chuck Norris

“When the boogie man goes to sleep he checks his closet for me”

— Chuck Norris

“If I wanted your opinion, I'd beat it outta ya. - Walker Texas Ranger”

— Chuck Norris

“I said, "I'm satisfied teaching the martial arts."
"Not me," Arnold responded. "Bodybuilding is just a stepping-stone to me. I plan on becoming a real estate mogul, and from there, I plan to get into the movies."
I had to smile as I said to myself, "How's he going to be an actor when he can hardly speak English?”

— Chuck Norris

“I remembered the story of the bumblebee. Aerodynamically it is impossible for the bumblebee to fly. The body is to big for the small size of the wings, but apparently no one told the bumblebee that, so he flies! That's pretty much the story of setting goals. Nothing is impossible unless you believe it is.”

— Chuck Norris

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

— Chuck Norris

I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.

— Chuck Norris

“In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make a change there and get it back to where the teachers have control of the classrooms.”

— Chuck Norris

“It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.”

— Chuck Norris

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

— Chuck Norris

Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

— Chuck Norris

“Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.”

— Chuck Norris

“Well, I grew up as a democrat.”

— Chuck Norris

“People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and gone the next.”

— Chuck Norris

“When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least!”

— Chuck Norris

“I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.”

— Chuck Norris

I think you can learn from history.

— Chuck Norris

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.

— Chuck Norris

“I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.”

— Chuck Norris

“I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.”

— Chuck Norris

“While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.”

— Chuck Norris

“I'm a very religious person.”

— Chuck Norris

“As the adage goes, 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me' ... It's time for patriots everywhere to rally together again and take back America.”

— Chuck Norris

“No one's perfect. And we've all made our mistakes and you just have to live with them and try to not make them again.”

— Chuck Norris

Always remember that your success begins inside you: If you can't see it first, no one else ever will.

— Chuck Norris

“Where's Barack Obama when Christmas references are being erased from civic calendars? Is he crying out in defense of religious liberty and our First Amendment? Nope. He's as silent as a church mouse. And animosity toward religion continues to grow.”

— Chuck Norris

If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen.

— Chuck Norris

“If your soul needs healing, the prescription you need is not Chuck Norris' tears, it's Jesus' blood.”

— Chuck Norris

“I'm very grateful for every thing I have. You know when you start losing that then you start losing what life's all about.”

— Chuck Norris

People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.

— Chuck Norris

“Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.”

— Chuck Norris

“Chuck Norris knows the last digit of PI.”

— Chuck Norris

“Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get.”

— Chuck Norris

“Run while you still have the chance.”

— Chuck Norris

People whine, 'I haven't succeeded because I haven't had the breaks.' You create your own breaks.

— Chuck Norris

“When I got into the film world, I got sucked into the secular aspect of the entertainment field and I really drifted away from my faith. Its amazing ... as successful as I was as an actor, and the money and the fame, there was still something missing.”

— Chuck Norris

I would not want to be a politician ... Let me tell you this: If I was campaigning, and I go against my opponent and he started attacking my character, and I leap over the table and choke him unconscious, would that help my campaign?

— Chuck Norris

The best defense is not to offend.

— Chuck Norris

“Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.”

— Chuck Norris

“Anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way”

— Chuck Norris

“How is it that we can militarily overthrow a military government like Iraq, yet we can't militarily keep illegalities (drugs and aliens) from crossing our borders?”

— Chuck Norris

“My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your presence.”

— Chuck Norris

There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none.

— Chuck Norris

“If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights, you're gonna beg for a left.”

— Chuck Norris

“People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting.”

— Chuck Norris

“I have a lot of guns on my ranch. I don't use them for hunting. I'm not a hunter. It's for protection. The Second Amendment was designed for tyranny.”

— Chuck Norris

“Focus on what it is that you want, set a realistic goal. Start setting goals that you feel you can accomplish. Don't try to go right to the top in one leap. Every time you accomplish a goal you develop the strength and wisdom to accomplish the next one.”

— Chuck Norris

“The 3 key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness Physical Conditioning Mental Toughness”

— Chuck Norris

“The fact is that everyone has ki, which is really little more than a technique of visualization allowing one to utilize the internal energy that we all have and letting it flow through the body ...”

— Chuck Norris

“When I have the beard on I have people behind me in traffic honking their horn. I'm thinking "how in the world?" But it's the beard - it's kind of the stand out thing.”

— Chuck Norris