Quotes By Steven Seagal

Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it.

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

I've been a musician since childhood, and music is my first love. I love it.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.

You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you've got a lot of inaccuracies out there.

I love getting out on the streets and helping people.

I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.

Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.

My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well.

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

I have made a lot of mistakes.

You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. And you could say that I became an adviser to several CIA agents in the field and, through my friends in the CIA, met many powerful people and did special works and special favors.

There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.

I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.

I was a very religious kid. I was raised as an Episcopalian.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.

For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'

The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

I want to make a movie that can grab people by the heartstrings.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.