Real Gangster Quotes About Life

Real gangsters have a unique perspective on life. They have seen and done things that most people can’t even imagine. Here are the top 99 quotes about life from real gangsters:

1. “I never lose. Either I win or I learn.” – Nelson Mandela
2. “I’d rather die like a man, than live like a coward.” – Tupac Shakur
3. “The only way to change the world is to make a little noise.” – Malcolm X
4. “There’s no such thing as a life that’s better than yours.” – J. Cole
5. “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” – Jay Z
6. “I never sleep, ’cause sleep is the cousin of death.” – Nas
7. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
8. “It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa
9. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
10. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
11. “If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” – J.M. Power
12. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley
13. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
14. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
15. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
16. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
17. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
18. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
19. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
20. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
21. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” – Alexander the Great
22. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
23. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
24. “I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.” – Isaac Asimov
25. “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
26. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
27. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” – Malcolm X
28. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
29. “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
30. “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
31. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
32. “I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.” – Oprah Winfrey
33. “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.” – Beyoncé
34. “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” – John Wooden
35. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
36. “If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.” – Unknown
37. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
38. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
39. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
40. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
41. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
42. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
43. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
44. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
45. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
46. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
47. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
48. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
49. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
50. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
51. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
52. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
53. “The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.” – Unknown
54. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
55. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
56. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
57. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
58. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
59. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
60. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
61. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
62. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
63. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
64. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
65. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
66. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
67. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
68. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
69. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky