Top 20 Inspirational Gangster Quotes to Live By

"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then, when you get the money, you get the power. Then, when you get the power, you get the women."

- Scarface (1983)

"Keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

- Michael Corleone

"There are three ways of doing things: the right or wrong way and how I do it."

- Robert De Niro

"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."

- Al Capone

"I'm a gangster, and gangsters don't ask questions."

- Lil Wayne

"You must stop being all you are and become none of what you're not."

- American Gangster (2007)

"It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business."

- The Godfather (1972)

"I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid."

- John Gotti

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."

- Mario Puzo

"I always tell the truth, even when I lie."

- Scarface (1983)

"I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse."

- Vito Corleone

"Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?"

- Paul Walker

"Great men are not born great; they grow great."

- Mario Puzo

"To me, being a gangster was better than being president of the United States."

- Greg Boyle

"The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun."

- Mario Puzo

"The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head."

- Mario Cuomo

"Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut."

- Goodfellas (1990)

"The mafia is the best example of capitalism we have."

- Marlon Brando

"You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic."

- Stephen C. Hogan

"Isolation from power makes men look for a mob in which they can be strong."

- Herbert Gold

"Don't ever take sides with anyone against the family."

- Godfather

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

- Will Durant

"The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room."

- Frank Lucas

"You need more than guts to be a good gangster. You need ideas."

- Rocket

"It's hard to tell whether there are more guns or flowers at a gangster's funeral."

- Will Rogers

"I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness."

- Al Capone

"I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness."

- Al Pacino

"When you're a kid, you see gangsters living the life and kind of want to be like that."

- Jaume Collet-Serra

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but rising every time we fall."

- Confucius

"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."

- Mickey Mantle

"A thug only understands you when you speak his language."

- Alexander Lukashenko

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

- Oscar Wilde

"Some of your worst gangsters are very low-key guys."

- Mickey Rourke

"Comparison is a thug that robs your joy."

- Ann Voskamp

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

"Loyalty is everything. You've got to give loyalty down if you want loyalty up."

"I didn't choose the thug life; the thug life chose me."

"Everybody's a gangster until a gangster walks into the room."

"The gangster life is the life for me."

"My lips are the gun; my smile is the trigger; my kisses are the bullets."

"You will face enormous opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle."

"You can't accomplish anything if you are not courageous enough to take risks."

"If you can't win by fighting fair, fight foul, or have a third party fight with you."

"Blood makes you related, while loyalty makes you blood."

"A person who deserves my loyalty receives it."

"Loyalty is a rare quality, and it's worth the wait."

"The hustle brings the dollar, experience brings the knowledge, and persistence brings success."

"A gangster doesn't think of himself as a hustler; he thinks of himself as a businessman."

"Some people are like a penny. Two-faced and worthless."

"Mess with her, and you mess with me. We deal with you as a team."

"I doubt your intention, man. I cannot trust your future actions."

"Love your haters - they're your biggest fans."

"Young love is beautiful, but time makes fake love ugly."

"A real gangster wants me to think he ain't. A fake wants me to believe he is."