Quotes to inspire and reflect

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.

This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.

Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace.

I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.

If your dreams don’t scare you, then they are not big enough.

I don’t count my sit ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts. That’s what makes you a champion.

When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

You don't want no pie in the sky when you die, you want something here on the ground while you're still around.

Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.

Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.

Life is like a boxing match defeat is not declared when you fall, but when you refuse to stand back up.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

I'm so mean, I make medicine sick.

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

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

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

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 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.

I want to get out with my greatness intact.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.