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. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

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

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for. — Chuck Norris

Long ago made it a principle of my life to cultivate a positive frame of mind, to strive to project it, and to share it with those I meet. It is a principle that has served me well. — Chuck Norris

If I had said, ‘I don’t stand a chance,’ one thing is clear: I wouldn’t have. — Chuck Norris

I think you can learn from history. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life’s daily frustrations. — Chuck Norris

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

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! — Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris knows the last digit of PI. — Chuck Norris

Truthfully, I’m proud of each of my films in a certain way. — Chuck Norris

The only time we fail is when we stop trying. — Chuck Norris

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

The only time you lose at something is when you don’t learn from that experience. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

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

For our veterans to have to wait long periods of time to receive care is not only unacceptable to us, but to elected officials as well. — Chuck Norris

As a six–time world karate champion and then a movie star, I put too much trust in who I was, what I could do, and what I acquired. I forgot how much I needed others, and especially God. — Chuck Norris

The key to the future in an aging society is not found in increasing just our life span; we need to increase our health span at the same time. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

Use God’s mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil’s strongholds. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

Whether we are famous or not, we all need God. We also need other people. — Chuck Norris

A walk in nature is a perfect backdrop to combine exercise, prayer, and meditation while enhancing the benefit of these activities. — Chuck Norris

Parks represent an efficient, cost–effective way to improve public health. — Chuck Norris

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. — Chuck Norris

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

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

In 1968, I fought and won the world middleweight karate championship by defeating the world’s top fighters. I then held that title until 1974, when I retired undefeated. — Chuck Norris

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner. — Chuck Norris

You can always tell a person’s real character and personhood by those who closely surround him, especially if they’re family. — Chuck Norris