Bad Ass Quotes

530 Bad Ass quotes by 288 unique authors

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli
It always seems impossible until its done. — Nelson Mandela
If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And… — Abraham Maslow
Creativity takes courage. — Henri Matisse
I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing. — Steve McQueen
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. — Margaret Mead
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. — H. L. Mencken
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. — Margaret Mitchell
I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. — Grandma Moses
I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward. — Fridtjof Nansen
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. — Friedrich Nietzsche
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. — Anais Nin
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. — Chuck Norris
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. — William Osler
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our… — Ben Okri
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. — George S. Patton
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. — George S. Patton
My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll… — Unknown Author
You can't move mountains by whispering at them. — Unknown Author
Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there. — Unknown Author
I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I… — Unknown Author
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there… — Terry Pratchett
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. — Marcel Proust

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