Quotes to inspire and reflect

I'm so mean, I make medicine sick.

If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.

I may not talk perfect white talk-type English, but I give you wisdom.

Braggin' is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.

Life is short; we get old so fast. It doesn’t make sense to waste time on hating.

You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

I want to get out with my greatness intact.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

I'm a poet, I'm a prophet, I'm the resurrector, I'm the savior of the boxing world. If it wasn't for me, the game would be dead.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain.

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.

What keeps me going is goals.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

We can't be brave without fear.

I shook up the world, I’m the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can't be beat.

I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

I'd like for them to say he took a few cups of love, he took one tablespoon of patience, teaspoon of generosity, one pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then, he mix willingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stirred it up well, then he spreads it over his span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met.

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.