Chuck Norris quotes:

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.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

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.

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.

The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is a prime example. Even though Obama KNEW - from the moment of the assault - that it was a TERRORIST attack, he didn't let the American people know.

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.

Violence is my last option.

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

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 knows the last digit of PI.

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!

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

The only time we fail is when we stop trying.

I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

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

when the boogie man goes to sleep he checks his closet for me

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?

I think I can achieve more outside the political arena.

It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids.

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.

Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen.

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.

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.

I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?

Use God's mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil's strongholds.

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

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.

There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one.

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.

Anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way

Run while you still have the chance.

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.

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.

Good morals lead to good laws.

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.

Running from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.

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

The only time you lose at something is when you don't learn from that experience.

Life is very fragile and you never know when it is over. Only one instance and then it might be too late to accept Gods offer for forgiveness.

The best defense is not to offend.

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

You are not what has happened to you. You are what you choose to become.

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.

One of my life's principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same.

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.

I'm a very religious person.

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.

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

If some thug breaks into my home I can use my roundhouse kick, but I prefer he look down the barrel of my gun.

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

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?

T.E.A.M. = Together Everyone Achieves More.

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...

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.

I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids.

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

I hope I don't get a roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris.

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

If I had said, "I don't stand a chance," one thing is clear: I wouldn't have.

Well, I grew up as a democrat.

I think you can learn from history.

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

My whole goal in my film career is to project a positive image on the screen, that I hope people will enjoy watching.

We're all human beings. And we all have our prejudices and so forth, but the thing is, let's be tolerant with each other. And if we could do that, there would be a lot more peace in our world today.