Brooding over blunders is the biggest blunder.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
“What I’ve Learned,” Esquire (Jan 2004)
(Source)
Quotations by:
Ali, Muhammad
If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
(Attributed)
We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can’t love only some of his children.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey [written with Hana Yasmeen Ali] (2004)
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted thirty years of his life.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
Interview, Playboy (Nov 1975)
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.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
Quoted in New York Times (21 Nov 1965)
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
Quoted in NY Times (6 Apr 1977)