Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series, soldier John Rambo in the five Rambo films, mercenary Barney Ross in the three The Expendables films and structure engineer Ray Breslin in the three Escape Plan films. He wrote or co-wrote most of the 16 films in the first three popular franchises and directed many of them. Stallone’s film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry and had its props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. His use of the front entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps, and Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum. He received positive reviews, as well as his first Golden Globe Award win and a third Academy Award nomination, for reprising the role of Rocky Balboa in Ryan Coogler’s 2015 film Creed. May his quotes inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “The fear is the fuel that we use for overachievement. If I wasn’t afraid at times, I wouldn’t work as hard.” Sylvester Stallone
2. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
3. “I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.” Sylvester Stallone
4. “Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.” Sylvester Stallone
5. “Consider the source. Don’t be a fool by listening to a fool.”Sylvester Stallone
6. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
7. “Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.” Sylvester Stallone
8. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
9. “Remember the mind is your best muscle. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains. Ride the brain train for success.” Sylvester Stallone
10. “I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind and furious optimism.”Sylvester Stallone
11. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
12. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
13. “I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.” Sylvester Stallone
14. “Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality – that’s the main event.” Sylvester Stallone
15. “Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.”Sylvester Stallone
16. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
17. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
18. “Going on one more round, when you don’t think you can that’s what makes all the difference in your life.” Sylvester Stallone
19. “I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge because I constantly feel the weight of time.” Sylvester Stallone
20. “We’re all expendable. We think the world’s going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then life goes on.”Sylvester Stallone
21. “I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.” Sylvester Stallone
22. “You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.” Sylvester Stallone
23. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
24. “If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.” Sylvester Stallone
25. “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.”Sylvester Stallone
26. “Life is an opponent that never stops punching, so you better never stop punching back.” Sylvester Stallone
27. “Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.” Sylvester Stallone
28. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
29. “That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighbourhood.” Sylvester Stallone
30. “I’m not a genetically superior person. I built my body.”Sylvester Stallone
31. “I stopped thinking the way other people think a long time ago. You gotta think like you think.” Sylvester Stallone
32. “Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades.” Sylvester Stallone
33. “Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.” Sylvester Stallone
34. “I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator.” Sylvester Stallone
35. “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.” Sylvester Stallone
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