I fear looking back and wishing I had done things I hadn't.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. Your sky. Your limit. Now. Let's dance.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.

No one alive today has a single ancestor in his or her past who died in infancy. We are the champions, my friend!

We all suffer our share of grief but we are stronger than our grief.

Some friend of yours, perhaps?""Except yourself I have none, " he answered. "I do not encourage visitors.

Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential.

It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.

Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

I think that the real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance of experiencing something that is divine in nature.

Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to.

A leader is admired, a boss is feared.