Rajinikanth is one of the most influential and bankable movie stars in Indian cinema. Rajinikanth’s mass popularity and appeal is largely drawn from his mannerisms and stylized delivery of dialogue. He received India’s third highest honour, the Padma Bhushan, for his contribution to Indian cinema. Other than acting, Rajinikanth worked as a screenwriter, film producer and also a playback singer.

He joined the Madras Film institute in 1973 with the help of his friend Raj Bahadur, a fellow bus driver and completed a basic course in acting. Rajinikanth has acted in a total 190 movies, which includes Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, English and Bengali films. Rajinikanth made a foray into Bollywood with Andha Kanoon, but did not make as much of an impact as he had in the south. He has been inspiration to many younger people who want to set there foot in acting industry.

Here are top 10 inspirational quotes of Rajinikanth.

1. Do it for the people who want to see you fail.

2. Yesterday deeds is what we are living today and today’s deeds alone going to decide our tomorrow. So, future is in your hands.

3. God gives a lot of things to bad people, but he will let them fail eventually. God tests good people a lot, but he will never let them down.

4. When desire ends, peace begins.

5. If the food you eat stays in your body, your health will get spoilt. It the money you make stays in your pockets, your life will get spoilt.

6. The less you respond to negative people the more peaceful your life will become.

7. Miracles do happen. An ordinary bus conductor is today sharing the dais with the greatest living legends of India.

8. You won’t get anything without had work. What you get without hard work will never fructify.

9. He never let me fall. When I wanted to leave everything behind, it was Kamal Hassan who cajoled me back to the material world.

10. Successful people always carry two things on their face. Smile and silence. Smile to solve the problems and silence to avoid problems.