Spencer Tracy

Actor American 1900 – 1967

Naturalistic actor known for powerful performances and versatility.

378 quotes

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Kindness
"There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy."
Beauty
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."
Success
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Work
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Life
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Hope
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Dreams
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Courage
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
Motivation
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Adventure
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Adventure
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
Time
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."
Perseverance
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right."
Motivation
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Change
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Freedom
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Fear
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
Inspiration
"Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it."
Wisdom
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."
Happiness
"Get busy living or get busy dying."
Life
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
Dreams
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."
Hope
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
Motivation
"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
Success
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Perseverance
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
Kindness
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
Life
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
Strength