Every morning you get up, you have a choice.
You can choose to be mediocre and operate safely inside your comfort zone, or you can choose to be a badass who lives boldly and throws everything you’ve got into your mission to be the greatest.
What would be your choice?
I say, if you want to be happy and feel good about yourself, always choose to be the badass because happiness is not a privilege, but a badass choice!
Here are the best quotes I could find on the web covering what it takes to be a badass in life and make a unique mark on the world.
Let’s kick off this collection of badass quotes!
10 Epic Badass Quotes
1. “You need to have a ten-ton gorilla of desire behind your decision or else you’ll wimp out the second things get hard.” — Jen Sincero
2. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
3. “Pursue the impossible. Become a legend.” — Iris Aviere
4. “Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.” — Joel Osteen
5. “The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” — Bono
6. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” — Helen Keller
7. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
8. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
9. “How did you get in here?’ (…) ‘How I got here isn’t important, because I could do it twenty times again, each time a different way.” ― Rachel Aaron
10. “No matter how good you are, someone is always going to be against you. But never let them be the limit of your success.” — Terry Mark
Inspirational Quotes On Being Badass
1. “If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with a heart of an angel.” — Keanu Reeves
2. “Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.” — Henry Rollins
3. “Just keep moving forward and don’t give a sh#t about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.” — Johnny Depp
4. “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.” — Christian Larson
5. “There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.” — Robert Jordan
6. “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” — George Herbert
7. “Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind you’ve got to convince.” — Unknown
8. “What if you decided to do the most outrageous, most exciting thing you ever dared fantasize about, regardless of what anyone, including your terrified self, thought? THAT would be living.” — Jen Sincero
9. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” — Og Mandino
10. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs
11. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
12. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” — Brian Tracy
13. “A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” — Vernon Howard
14. “Strength is the product of struggle. You must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t.” — Henry Rollins
15. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” — Jerome
16. “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safe, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” — Sir Cecil Beaton
17. “Mother told me a couple of years ago, ‘Sweetheart, settle down and marry a rich man.’ I said, ‘Mom, I am a rich man.’” — Cher
18. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog.” — Mark Twain
19. “To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
20. “If things are going bad and life is tough, hang in there. Ride it out. Come out on top.” — Ashton Irwin
21. “To hold it together when everyone else would understand it if you fell apart, that’s true strength.” — Miyamoto Musashi
22. “Life is tough and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.” — Sebastian Pinera
23. “It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” — Mae Jemison
24. “Greatness comes from humble beginnings; it comes from grunt work. It means you’re the least important person in the room — until you change that with results. There is an old saying, ‘Say little, do much.’” — Ryan Holiday
25. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” — Eric Thomas
26. “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain
27. “You are a badass. You were one when you came screaming onto this planet and you are one now. The Universe wouldn’t have bothered with you otherwise. You can’t screw up so majorly that your badassery disappears. It is who you are. It’s who you always will be. It’s not up for negotiation.” — Jen Sincero
28. “When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or let it strengthen you.” — Kay-Marie Fletcher
29. “Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
30. “Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be a badass.” — Terry Crews
Short Badass Quotes
1. “If you are a badass, you will always have the last laugh.” — Invajy
2. “I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.” — Cassandra Clare
3. “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” — Emiliano Zapata
4. “Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” — Philip Sidney
5. “The question isn’t who is going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
6. “Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn
7. “Do today what others won’t and achieve tomorrow what others can’t.” — Jerry Rice
8. “You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.” — Muriel Siebert
9. “Fall seven times. Stand up eight.” — Ancient Japanese Proverb
10. “Move in silence, only speak when it’s time to say checkmate.” — Unknown
11. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” — Farrah Gray
12. “Do the most productive thing possible at every given moment” — Tom Hopkins
13. “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” — Yoda
14. “There are no men like me. Only me.” — Jaime Lannister
15. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Dr. Robert Schuller
16. “See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things.” — Laozu
17. “Whenever life hammers you, bounce back with a smile.” — Invajy
18. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
19. “Power is not given to you, you have to take it.” — Beyonce
20. “One day, I am gonna make the onions cry.” — Unknown
21. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King
22. “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” — Joe Namath
23. “Shoot me again, you best pray I’m dead.” — Daryl Dixon
24. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali
25. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
26. “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” — Ben Hogan
27. “I don’t have dreams, I have goals.” — Harvey Specter
28. “I got my own back.” ― Maya Angelou
29. “Never half-as# two things. Whole-as# one thing.” — Ron Swanson
30. “The best revenge is massive success.” — Frank Sinatra
Badass Quotes For Your Haters
1. “Never retract, never explain, never apologize. Just get things done and let them howl.” — Nellie McClung
2. “When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.” — Donald Trump
3. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” — Albert Einstein
4. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” — Winston S. Churchill
5. “Haters, like parrots, talk much but cannot fly. Dreamers, like eagles, say nothing but conquer the skies.” — Matshona Dhliwayo
6. “Love your haters — they’re your biggest fans.” — Kanye West
7. “Haters don’t hate you… The reality is, they fear that they will never be able to get to where you are right now.” — Leah Remillet
8. “I don’t dislike my haters, they dislike me. I’m doing nothing wrong, I’m just being me.” — Unknown
9. “May God have mercy upon my enemies because I won’t.” — General George S. Patton
10. “There will be haters, there will be doubters, there will be non-believers, and then there will be you proving them wrong.” ― Jennifer Van Allen
11. “Children want attention. Adults want respect. Legends don’t care.” — Unknown
12. “There will always be haters. And the more you grow the more they hate; the more they hate the more you grow.” — Anthony Liccione
13. “Winners focus on winning; losers focus on winners.” — Unknown
14. “Never give in.. never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force, never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” — Winston Churchill
15. “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b#tch, okay.” — Madonna
16. “If they stand behind you, protect them. If they stand beside you, respect them. If they stand against you, destroy them.” — Unknown
17. “If you touch me, I’ll provide you with the opportunity to see if you can heal yourself.” — Richelle Mead
18. “Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.” — Unknown
19. “The will of the strong will never be shaken by doubts of the weak.” — Unknown
20. “Haters are my favorite. I’ve built an empire with the bricks they’ve thrown at me. Keep on hating.” — Unknown
21. “I don’t care what you think about me; I don’t think about you at all!” — Coco Chanel
22. “First they will laugh, then they will copy.” — Unknown
23. “Get so rich and famous that the biggest achievement of your exes becomes dating you.” — Tristan Tate
24. “Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters! I love my haters!” — Gloria Tesch
25. “Haters don’t hate you. They hate themselves because you’re a reflection of what they wish to be.” — Unknown
26. “If someone tells you you’re not beautiful, turn around and walk away so they can have a great view of your fabulous as#”!.”― Miley Cyrus
27. “Give the haters another reason to hate!”― Neelufar Ghalichi
28. “Wish all your enemies a long life, so they can see you succeed in life.” ― Nishan Panwar
29. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ― Steve Martin
30. “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” ― Robert Tew
Motivational Badass Quotes
1. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” — Muhammad Ali
2. “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” — Howard Ruff
3. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” — Norman Vincent Peale
4. “Perseverance is the key to success. Never give up and keep making efforts. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” — Invajy
5. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are not big enough.” — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
6. “Only those who are willing to risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S Elliot
7. “You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” — James A. Froude
8. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
9. “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” — Louisa May Alcott
10. “A heart is a strong muscle and what do muscles do when they are torn? They grow back STRONGER!” — Ivan Avendano
11. “You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.” — Richard Bach
12. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
13. “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” — Bruce Lee
14. “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown
15. “Be strong and face life. Because sometimes life is keeping nothing but only one option. Be strong anyway.” — Unknown
16. “Don’t be perfect. Be you. Don’t be what you think they want you to be. Be what you know you are. Don’t look outside yourself for anything. It’s all within.” — Jackson Kiddard
17. “Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” — Andrew Carnegie
18. “A bird on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings. Always believe in yourself.” — Unknown
19. “Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.” — Rae Smith
20. “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within.” — Miyamoto Musashi
21. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd
22. “Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone.” — Jen Sincero
23. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordana
24. “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” — Ben Franklin
25. “Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”— Bruce Lee
26. “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” — Rocky Balboa
27. “If I persist long enough I will win.” — Og Mandino
28. “Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” — Orison Swett Marden
29. “My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when I was knocked down.” — Bob Moore
30. “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!” — Dr. Seuss
Funny Badass Quotes
1. “He asked me, “What’s your favorite position?” I said CEO.” — Lauren Conrad
2. “I love sarcasm. It’s like punching people in the face, but with words.” — Unknown
3. “I love it when the coffee kicks in and I realize what an adorable badass I’m going to be today.” — Unknown
3. “Life’s a b#tch. You’ve got to go out and kick its as#.” — Maya Angelou
5. “Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don’t last a day in the real world. No one’s a lady anymore. Why do you think we get our claws polished?” — Crystal Woods
6. “My job description is karma delivery person.” — Unknown
7. “The devil whispered to me “I’m coming for you,” I whispered back ‘Bring pizza.” — Unknown
8. “Sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.” — Harvey Specter
9. “The difference between pizza and your opinion is that I only asked for pizza.” — Unknown
10. “People talk about me behind my back and I just sit here like “Damn, I got myself a fan club!” — Unknown
Wrapping It Up
Some people think that being a badass means being tough and intimidating.
I beg to differ.
For me, being a badass means living true to yourself and by your codes, practicing what you preach, and doing the hard work to become the best version of yourself.
For me, it’s all about authenticity. Just like this collection of badass quotes suggests.
Does that sound like you? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
