131 Badass Quotes to Demonstrate Your Superpowers

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Welcome to the empowering world of badass quotes, where words wield the power to inspire, challenge, and transform.

Throughout history and in our media, figures known for their indomitable spirit and fearless approach to life have left us with phrases that encapsulate their essence—a relentless drive that many aspire to embody.

This collection of empowering quotes serves as a beacon for anyone looking to inject a dose of courage into their daily lives, reminding us that sometimes, all it takes to conquer the world is the right words to live by.

Prepare to be inspired by these powerful expressions that celebrate strength, resilience, and the undying fire within each of us. Let us discover some empowering badass quotes.

But, before we get onto the quotes, let’s talk about what being a “badass” means.

Are you a Badass? Do you want to be?

A badass is someone who is aware of their own inner strength, they understand their own capabilities. It’s not about pretending to be someone that you’re not, it’s about coming to terms with who you really are.

When you think of a badass – who do you think of? Is it the heroes of the popular Marvel movies (who are based around old mythological heroes)? The lone ranger taking on the bad guys? Maybe a character from a book or play, or someone you know?

These are all good examples to live up to, but there are people all around you that demonstrate their superpowers every day. The single mother who keeps on trucking along, an elderly person on an afternoon jog, or the men and women who work to keep us safe – they’re all badass in their own way.

We’ve put together this list of quotes to help you understand that you, indeed, are also a badass. You have done and will do things that show the world how tough you are, but sometimes we have to shine the light of our awareness inside to come to grips with this fact.

How will these quotes help? Sometimes when we tell ourselves that we’re weak, not strong enough, or not good enough it’s negative self-talk at work, it’s just a symptom of self-sabotage.

One of the unique benefits of the written word is that it can be the catalyst for self-reflection, and there is a plethora of wisdom out there you can use to get in touch with your inner badass and show the world your superpowers.

Let’s bring on these badass quotes.

131 Badass Quotes to Demonstrate Your Superpowers

1. “It’s not about being superhuman, it’s about realizing that being human is super!” – Sadhguru
2. “There has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free.” – Alexander the Great
3. “To hold it together when everyone else would understand it if you fell apart, that’s true strength” – Miyamoto Musashi
4. Tough times never last, but tough people do” – Dr. Robert Schuller
5. “A bird on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on her own wings. Always believe in yourself.” – Anonymous

A bird on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on her own wings. Always believe in yourself.” – Anonymous

6. “The question isn’t who is going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
7. “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within.” – Miyamoto Musashi
8. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
9. “May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.” – General George S. Patton
10. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
11. “But where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.” – Inazo Natube
12. “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
13. “All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re right in front of us, they’re behind us… THEY CAN’T GET AWAY THIS TIME.” – Lewis B Puller
14. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
15. “Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.” – Henry Rollins

16. “When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.” – Walter Payton
17. “It ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa
18. “A warrior must only take care that his spirit is never broken” – Shissai
19. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
20. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
21. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
22. “Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war.” – Sun Tzu
23. “I fear not the man who practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee
24. “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” – Mike Tyson
25. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston S. Churchill

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston S. Churchill

26. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
27. “The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.” – Eddie Vedder
28. “Discipline is your best friend. It will take care of you like nothing else can.” – Jocko Willink
29. “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
30. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
31. “Do today what others won’t and achieve tomorrow what others can’t.” – Jerry Rice
32. “He is a man of courage who does not run away but remains at his post to fight against the enemy.” – Socrates
33. “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin
34. “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” – Yoda
35. “I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubble gum.” – “Rowdy” Roddy Piper

36. “I don’t think of the misery, but the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank
37. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain
38. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Van Gogh
39. “You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.” – Richard Bach
40. “You see, in this world, there’s two kinds of people, my friend – those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig”. – Clint Eastwood
41. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi
42. “The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
43. “Strength is the product of struggle. You must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t.” – Henry Rollins
44. “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” – Howard Ruff
45. “When I was a child, my mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you’ll be a general, if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” – Pablo Picasso

When I was a child, my mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you’ll be a general, if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” – Pablo Picasso

46. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
47. “Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.” – Seneca the Younger
48. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how” – Nietzsche
49. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” – Jamie Paolinetti
50. “None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me.” – Rorschach
51. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
52. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle
53. “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” – Seneca the Younger
54. “Through endurance we conquer” – Ernest H. Shackleton
55. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” – Jamie Paolinetti
56. “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional” – Haruki Mirakami
57. “Only those who are willing to risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S Elliot

58. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein
59. “Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it.” – Robert A. Heinlein
60. “Love is my religion – I could die for it” – John Keats
61. “Someday is not a day of the week.” – Denise Brennan-Nelson
62. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
63. “I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man” – Thomas Jefferson
64. “Do or do not. There is no try” – Yoda
65. “You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.” – Muriel Siebert
66. “Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.” – Terry Crews
67. “The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.” – Plutarch
68.  “I don’t have dreams, I have goals.” – Harvey Specter
69. “A stubborn enough person can survive just about anything.” – Zaeed Massani
70. “The edge –  there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” – Hunter S. Thompson
71. “Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” – Douglas Adams

Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” – Douglas Adams

72. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
73. “Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.” – Confucius
74. “He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
75. “At the end of the day, who cares? What’s the big deal? I’m here, I’m going to try my best, and I’m going to go home, and my family’s there…Even though my whole world’s wrapped up in this, who cares?” – Shaun White
76. “Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway” – John Wayne
77. “What is the ultimate quantification of success? For me, it’s not how much time you spend doing what you love. It’s how little time you spend doing what you hate.” – Casey Neistat
78. “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” – Lao Tzu
79. “It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living” – Eckhart Tolle
80. “Nobody’s paying attention to anyone else at all. You think everyone is, but they’re not. So take as long as you want if you’re talented. You’ll get their attention again if you have a reason to.” – B.J Novak
81. “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” – Edmund Hillary
82. “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath
83. “There is a source of strength that will always spring up if thou wilt always look” – Marcus Aurelius
84. “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid” – Epictetus
85. “Life is not waiting for the storm to pass, it’s learning how to dance in the rain” – Vivian Greene
86. “Can you imagine yourself in 10 years if instead of avoiding the things you know you should do, you actually did them every single day – that’s powerful.” – Jordan Peterson
87. “Strength and growth only come through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill

88. “See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things” – Laozi
89. “Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day.” – Heraclitus
90. “The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.” – Steven Pressfield
91. “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
92. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light” – Aristotle
93. “Solitude is one of our great superpowers… Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the courage of convictions to stand behind those decisions.” – Susan Cain
94. “Know that it’s your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.” – Tony Robbins
95. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
96. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gide
97. “If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers…let us make it good.” – Beta Ray Bill
98. “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Frank Zappa
99. “No man can win every battle, but no man should fall without a struggle.” – Peter Parker
100. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
101. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Jason Bennett

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Jason Bennett

102. “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” – Maximus
103. “Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.” – Al Capone
104. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley
105. “At the end of the day, who cares? What’s the big deal? I’m here, I’m going to try my best, and I’m going to go home, and my family’s there…Even though my whole world’s wrapped up in this, who cares?” – Shaun White
106. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
107. “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
108. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
109. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
110. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” – Eric Thomas

111. “When you’re thinking of how to make your business bigger, it’s tempting to try to think all the big thoughts, the world-changing, massive-action plans. But please know that it’s often the tiny details that really thrill someone enough to make them tell all their friends about you.” – Derek Sivers
112. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
113. “What is the ultimate quantification of success? For me, it’s not how much time you spend doing what you love. It’s how little time you spend doing what you hate.” – Casey Neistat
114. “Success isn’t owned, it’s leased. And rent is due everyday.” – J. J. Wyatt
115. “Nobody’s paying attention to anyone else at all. You think everyone is, but they’re not. So take as long as you want if you’re talented. You’ll get their attention again if you have a reason to.” – B.J. Novak
116. “Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.” – Billie Jean King
117. “…Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl

…Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl

118. “The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
119. “My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.” – Muhammad Ali
120. “Discipline equals freedom.” – Jocko Willink
121. “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Mark Twain
122. “Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box, or create another frame around the data, and problems vanish, while new opportunities appear.” – Rosamund and Benjamin Zander
123. “Do not be sorry… be better” – Kratos
124. “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” – Robert Frost
125. “Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” – Rocky Balboa

126. “To complain is always non-acceptance of what is.” – Eckhart Tolle
127. “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
128. “I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.” – Kobe Bryant
129. “Ask yourself at every moment, “Is this necessary?” – Marcus Aurelius
130. “Perseverance is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin
131. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk

Final Thoughts on Badass Quotes

That’s the end of our badass quotes list.

In this curated collection, every quote serves as a testament to human fortitude and the extraordinary capacity we all possess to face challenges head-on.

May these words not only resonate with you but also spark the flame of daring action and bold decisions in your life.

Remember, the essence of true courage lies not in the absence of fear, but in the ability to triumph over it.

Carry these empowering badass quote reminders with you, and let them guide you through the trials and triumphs of your journey.

Truly, to live by such words is to walk a path of relentless pursuit and unwavering resolve.

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