Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.

Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.

Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

Family is not who's blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

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.

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.

The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.

Each of us is like all of us and like no one else.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

The freedoms won by Americans in 1776 were lost in the revolution of 1913.

One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow.

Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

When you have the goods, you don't need to dress up what you're writing.

How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country?

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.

Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.