If you’re looking looking for the best Clint Eastwood quotes then check out the following inspirational words of wisdom.
Clint Eastwood is an American actor, producer, and director who rose to fame for his appearances in many western movies in the 1960’s.
He’s either acted in or directed classic movies such as:
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Every Which Way but Loose (1979)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Gran Torino (2008)
- American Sniper (2014)
At 90 years of age, Clint Eastwood epitomises a strong purpose and work ethic. Despite winning four Academy Awards and having an estimated net worth of $375 million, he is still going strong and working on new movies.
Below you’ll find the best collection of Clint Eastwood quotes to inspire you to success.
Inspirational Clint Eastwood Quotes
1. “What you put into life is what you get out of it.” – Clint Eastwood
2. “Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.” – Clint Eastwood
3. “I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.” – Clint Eastwood
4. “Things change. They always do, it’s one of the things of nature. Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.” – Clint Eastwood
5. “There’s plain few problems that can’t be solved with a little sweat and hard work.” – Clint Eastwood
6. “Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.” – Clint Eastwood
7. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” – Clint Eastwood
8. “If a person is confident enough in the way they feel, whether it’s an art form or whether it’s just in life, it comes off – you don’t have anything to prove; you can just be who you are. You.” – Clint Eastwood
9. “If I was not a dreamer, I would have achieved nothing.” – Clint Eastwood
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10. “You should never give up your inner self.” – Clint Eastwood
11. “Everybody’s got a right to be a sucker… once.” – Clint Eastwood
12. “You want to play the game, you’d better know the rules, love.” – Clint Eastwood
13. “If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” – Clint Eastwood
14. “I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.” – Clint Eastwood
15. “Society has made us believe you should look like an 18-year-old model all your life.” – Clint Eastwood
16. “A good man always knows his limitations.” – Clint Eastwood
17. “Fate pulls you in different directions.” – Clint Eastwood
18. “You can’t stop everything from happening. But we’ve gotten to a point where we’re certainly trying. If a car doesn’t have four hundred airbags in it, then it’s no good.” – Clint Eastwood
19. “I’m a mentor to anybody who’s interested.” – Clint Eastwood
20. “I’m not afraid to look bad on the screen.” – Clint Eastwood
21. “If a person doesn’t change, there’s something really wrong with him.” – Clint Eastwood
22. “My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn’t believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.” – Clint Eastwood
23. “We boil at different degrees.” – Clint Eastwood
24. “God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don’t have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I’m sure he didn’t call everybody jerks.” – Clint Eastwood
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25. “Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.” – Clint Eastwood
26. “I’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.” – Clint Eastwood
27. “My whole life has been one big improvisation.” – Clint Eastwood
28. “Some people feel that the world owes them a living.” – Clint Eastwood
29. “As you get older, you’re not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn’t running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.” – Clint Eastwood
30. “I’m a day-to-day-type person.” – Clint Eastwood
31. “Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?” – Clint Eastwood
32. “You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.” – Clint Eastwood
33. “I’m just a kid – I’ve got a lot of stuff to do yet.” – Clint Eastwood
34. “I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.” – Clint Eastwood
35. “When you’re young, you’re very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.” – Clint Eastwood
36. “I do believe in self-help.” – Clint Eastwood
37. “I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.” – Clint Eastwood
38. “I’m not a regrets-type person.” – Clint Eastwood
39. “The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.” – Clint Eastwood
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40. “Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” – Clint Eastwood
41. “Whether you like it or not, you’re forced to come to the realization that death is out there. But I don’t fear death, I’m a fatalist. I believe when it’s your time, that’s it. It’s the hand you’re dealt.” – Clint Eastwood
42. “Be the type of guy that makes other guys want to step up their game.” – Clint Eastwood
43. “The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.” – Clint Eastwood
44. “Let’s not go and ruin it by thinking too much.” – Clint Eastwood
45. “We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.” – Clint Eastwood
46. “Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.” – Clint Eastwood
47. “Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously.” – Clint Eastwood
48. “There’s only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I’ll get married again.” – Clint Eastwood
49. “The fact is, violence is not only not a beautiful thing, but it’s also very painful and not without consequences for the perpetrator as well as the victim.” – Clint Eastwood
50. “It’s a hell of a thing; killing’ a man. You take away everything he ever had and ever would have.” – Clint Eastwood
51. “There’s a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality.” – Clint Eastwood
Quotes On Movies & Acting
52. “I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn’t found interesting things to do.” – Clint Eastwood
53. “There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.” – Clint Eastwood
54. “I keep working because I learn something new all the time.” – Clint Eastwood
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55. “Improvise, adapt and overcome.” – Clint Eastwood
56. “You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.” – Clint Eastwood
57. “It would be great to be 105 and still making films.” – Clint Eastwood
58. “There’s no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don’t try to adapt it, make it commercial.” – Clint Eastwood
59. “I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that’s always nice. And if they don’t like them, then too bad.” – Clint Eastwood
60. “Every movie I make teaches me something. That’s why I keep making them.” – Clint Eastwood
61. “You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.” – Clint Eastwood
62. “Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don’t move fast, but I just keep moving.” – Clint Eastwood
63. “Work hard, keep your nose clean, and just stick around.” – Clint Eastwood
64. “When I see a story, I ask: is this something I’d like to be in? Is this something I’d like to see? And if I’d like to see it, would I like to tell it?” – Clint Eastwood
65. “Like most pictures that I’ve done, I’ve had no idea whether anyone would ever want to see them. But I figured, I’d like to see it.” – Clint Eastwood
66. “Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.” – Clint Eastwood
Quotes On Politics
67. “I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.” – Clint Eastwood
68. “I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. Even as a kid, I was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live.” – Clint Eastwood
69. “It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.” – Clint Eastwood
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70. “I’ve always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.” – Clint Eastwood
71. “I have a very strict gun control policy; if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.” – Clint Eastwood
72. “I mean, I’ve always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else’s hair.” – Clint Eastwood
73. “Man becomes his most creative during war.” – Clint Eastwood
74. “A war is a horrible thing, but it’s also a unifier of countries.” – Clint Eastwood
75. “War is the ultimate conflict, and conflict is the basis of drama to begin with.” – Clint Eastwood
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