495 Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.

The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You’re going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do.

If it’s not broken, break it. That’s how new discoveries are made. That’s why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

If you express yourself too much, you’re considered weak.

I’ve always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative death. The physical death is an inevitability.

When I’m on a location, I pick a restaurant that’s close and private and eat all my meals there.

There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It’s not easier, it’s more difficult.

I’ve made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.