Robert Downey Jr. Quotes Collection | Quotsagram

I know very little about acting. I am just an incredibly gifted faker.

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it’s a verb.

You need to know what to do when the sun is not shining.

To me, friendship means loving tolerance.

Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing.

The higher the stakes, the happier I am, the better I will be.

Discipline for me is about respect. It’s not even about self-respect; it’s about respect for life and all it offers.

Worrying is like praying for something that you don’t want to happen.

Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.

It doesn’t matter whether or not you can act. If you can go into a room and make these sweaters want you, that’s what’ll get you the job.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough.

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

Listen, smile, agree and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway.