Inspirational film quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
Powerful Collection of Most Famous Film Quotes
Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first. – Sean Maguire, Good Will Hunting
It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything. – Fight Club, Tyler Durden
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is our choices. – Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out? – Movie What a girl wants
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. – Gone With the Wind, 1939
I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. – The Godfather, 1972
You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. – On the Waterfront, 1954
Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it. – Rafiki, from The Lion King
If we didn’t do what we loved, we wouldn’t exist. – Adonis, Creed II
At some point you’ve got to decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you. – Juan, Moonlight
The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I’d hoped to give you forever. – Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. – The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Here’s looking at you, kid. – Casablanca, 1942
Go ahead, make my day. – Sudden Impact, 1983
All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up. – Sunset Blvd., 1950
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. – From Moulin Rouge
Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’. – Yoda
I’m scared of everything. I’m scared of what I saw. I’m scared of what I did, of who I am…. and most of all, I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you. – Baby in Dirty Dancing
Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there. – Good Will Hunting (see more Good Will Hunting quotes)
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Remember those posters that said, Today is the first day of the rest of your life? Well, that’s true of every day but one…the day you die. – American Beauty
You’re nothing to me until you’re everything. – American Hustle
Every man dies, not every man really lives. – Braveheart
May the Force be with you. – Star Wars, 1977
Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night. – All About Eve, 1950
You talking to me? – Taxi Driver, 1976
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. – Cool Hand Luke, 1967
The truth is a matter of circumstances, it’s not all things to all people all the time. – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
I believe whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you…stranger. – The Dark Knight, The Joker
When you decide to be something, you can be it. – Frank Costello, The Departed
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. But if you give him a mask, he will tell you the truth. – The Fifth Estate, Julian Assange
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent. – Don Collier, Fury
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. – Apocalypse Now, 1979
Love means never having to say you’re sorry. – Love Story, 1970
The stuff that dreams are made of. – The Maltese Falcon, 1941
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it, always. – Gandhi, Gandhi (1982)
All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain. – Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner
A boy’s best friend is his mother. – Anthony Perkins, Psycho
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. – Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society
Get busy living, or get busy dying. – Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption
E.T. phone home. – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
They call me Mister Tibbs! – In the Heat of the Night, 1967
Rosebud. – Citizen Kane, 1941
Made it, Ma! Top of the world! – White Heat, 1949
Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained. – President Snow, The Hunger Games
If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you’d be the first person in the history of the world. – Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Nobody’s perfect. – Some Like It Hot
Now you’re looking for the secret, but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. – The Prestige
I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore! – Network, 1976
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. – Casablanca, 1942
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. – The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! – A Fish Called Wanda
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. – Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator
There’s no place like home. – The Wizard of Oz
They may take our lives, but they will never take… our FREEDOM! – Braveheart
Do, or do not. There is no try. – Yoda, Star Wars
Love cannot be found where it doesn’t exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does. – David Schwimmer, Kissing a Fool
Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want. – Heath Ledger, 10 Things I Hate About You
Bond. James Bond. – Dr. No, 1962
There’s no place like home. – The Wizard of Oz, 1939
I am big! It’s the pictures that got small. – Sunset Blvd., 1950
Show me the money! – Jerry Maguire, 1996
Why don’t you come up sometime and see me? – She Done Him Wrong, 1933
I don’t regret the things I’ve done, but those I did not do. – Empire Records
My momma always said, Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. – Forrest Gump
Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me. Alright? You dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period. – Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness
To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life. – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
I’m walking here! I’m walking here! – Midnight Cowboy, 1969
Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.’ – Casablanca, 1942
You can’t handle the truth! – A Few Good Men, 1992
I want to be alone. – Grand Hotel, 1932
After all, tomorrow is another day! – Gone With the Wind, 1939
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. – Gandalf, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Great men are not born great, they grow great. – Mario Puzo, The Godfather
Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim. – Dory, Finding Nemo
What we do in life echoes in eternity. – Maximus, Gladiator
Every man dies, but not every man really lives. – William Wallace, Braveheart
I know what I have to do now. I’ve got to keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? – Cast Away
Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. – Rocky, Rocky Balboa
Round up the usual suspects. – Casablanca, 1942
I’ll have what she’s having. – When Harry Met Sally, 1989
You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. – To Have and Have Not, 1944
You’re gonna need a bigger boat. – Jaws, 1975
You drilled a hole in the dentist?! – Denise, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
If you were not so stubborn you would make a great queen.
I would make a great queen because I am stubborn…if that is what I wanted. – from an exchange between T’Challa and Nakia, Black Panther
Being human is a condition which requires an anesthetic. – Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody
Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges! – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948
I’ll be back. – The Terminator, 1984
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. – The Pride of the Yankees, 1942
If you build it, he will come. – Field of Dreams, 1989
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. – Forrest Gump, 1994
Dying for the right cause. It’s the most human thing we can do. – Freysa, Blade Runner 2049
Fire. It is a reflection of our own mortality. – Dean Armitage, Get Out
When will the lesson be learned! You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth! – Winston Churchill, Darkest Hour
We Shall Never Surrender. – Soldier, Dunkirk
All the courage in the world cannot alter fact. – Niander Wallace, Blade Runner 2049
How many times do I have to teach you: just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved. – Shuri, Black Panther
So if I’m not black enough and if I’m not white enough, then tell me, Tony, what am I!? – Don Shirley, Green Book
Favor is a breeze that shifts direction all the time. – Harley, The Favourite
That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. – Neil Armstrong, First Man
We rob banks. – Bonnie and Clyde, 1967
Plastics. – The Graduate, 1967
We’ll always have Paris. – Casablanca, 1942
I see dead people. – The Sixth Sense, 1999
Show me the money! – Jerry Maguire
The only failure is not to try – George Clooney
Don’t be afraid to fail. It’s not the end of the world and in many ways it’s the first step toward learning something better and getting better at it -Jon Hamm
After many years of self-flagellation, I’ve realized that beating myself up doesn’t get me anywhere – Chris Pine
Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So I take every opportunity – Cameron Diaz
I’ve come across many actors like me who didn’t have a backup. That drive & will made it work – Clive Owen
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it – Denzel Washington
Stella! Hey, Stella! – A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars. – Now, Voyager, 1942
Shane. Shane. Come back! – Shane, 1953
Well, nobody’s perfect. – Some Like It Hot, 1959
It’s alive! It’s alive! – Frankenstein, 1931
The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit – Morgan Freeman
I’m a big believer in ‘never say never’ – Jim Parsons
Be so good they can’t ignore you – Steve Martin
We’re going to be okay. You can rest now. – Pepper Potts, Avengers: Endgame
Look, talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a way to say it to have people listen to it, that’s a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you’ll never know. That’s just the truth. – Jackson Maine, A Star Is Born
Houston, we have a problem. – Apollo 13, 1995
You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk? – Dirty Harry, 1971
You had me at ‘hello.’ – Jerry Maguire, 1996
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. – Animal Crackers, 1930
There’s no crying in baseball! – A League of Their Own, 1992
La-dee-da, la-dee-da. – Annie Hall, 1977
Hope is not a strategy. – Walker, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
When you get a different vantage point it changes your perspective… It allows you to see things you should have seen a long time ago. – Neil Armstrong, First Man
Who are we if we can’t protect them? We have to protect them. – Evelyn Abbott, A Quiet Place
It’s not destroying. It’s making something new. – Lena, Annihilation
I keep telling everybody they should move on and grow. Some do. But not us. – Steve Rogers, Avengers: Endgame
You want to get out of the hole? First you’re going to have to put down the shovel. – Agent Rick Dicker, Incredibles 2
Put two ships in the open sea without wind or ride and they will come together. – Arthur, Aquaman
A boy’s best friend is his mother. – Psycho, 1960
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. – Wall Street, 1987
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. – The Godfather II, 1974
As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again. – Gone With the Wind, 1939
Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into! – Sons of the Desert, 1933
Say hello – to my little friend! – Scarface, 1983
Good words. Good thoughts. Good deeds. – Bomi Bulsara, Bohemian Rhapsody
We need people to care about the one life as much as you care about the millions. That way I don’t have to. – Sloan, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
All you gotta do is trust me. – Jackson Maine, A Star Is Born
Love is blind, Wade. – Blind Al, Deadpool
When I drift off, I will dream about you. It’s always you. – Tony Stark, Avengers: Endgame (also read these Iron Man quotes)
Fortune favors the bold. – Jim Miami Beach, Bohemian Rhapsody
I hope it’s okay if I love you forever, Jack. – Ally Maine, A Star Is Born
What a dump. – Beyond the Forest, 1949
Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you? – The Graduate, 1967
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!” Dr. Strangelove, 1964
Elementary, my dear Watson. – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1929
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape. – Planet of the Apes, 1968
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. – Casablanca, 1942
We need to fail. We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there.- Neil Armstrong, First Man
Listen to me, it’s important that you learn these things. He just wants you to be able to take care of yourself, to take care of me, when I’m old, and grey, and I have no teeth. Don’t worry. – Evelyn Abbott, A Quiet Place
It’s nice to be wanted. – Elastigirl, Incredibles 2
Your mother always knew you were special. She believed… You would be the one to unite our two worlds. – Tom Curry, Aquaman
I love your style. I think we should take more risks. – Mary Austin, Bohemian Rhapsody
Terrorists are schoolboys hoping to spread propaganda through fear. Lane, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Even if there’s a small chance. We owe this, to everyone who’s not in this room, to try. – Natasha, Avengers: Endgame
Here’s Johnny! – The Shining, 1980
They’re here! – Poltergeist, 1982
Is it safe? – Marathon Man, 1976
Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet! – The Jazz Singer, 1927
No wire hangers, ever! – Mommie Dearest, 1981
Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico? – Little Caesar, 1930
I didn’t think of you paying the price for a choice you never made. – Mr. Incredible, Incredibles 2
Looks aren’t everything. – Blind Al, Deadpool
We go to the moon not because it’s easy but because it’s hard. – President John F. Kennedy, First Man
How do you balance the hard stuff with the life stuff? – Violet, Incredibles 2
If I told you what happens, it won’t happen. – Stephen Strange, Avengers: Endgame
I came because because I have no choice. I came to save my home and the people I love. – Tom Curry, Aquaman
Everything is possible, even the impossible. – Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns (see all inspirational Mary Poppins quotes)
It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage. – Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown. – Chinatown, 1974
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. – A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
Hasta la vista, baby. – Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991
Soylent Green is people! – Soylent Green, 1973
Open the pod bay doors, HAL. – 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
Yo, Adrian! – Rocky, 1976
I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. – The Godfather, 1972
It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me. – Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins
We’ll always have Paris. – Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in Casablanca
Hello, gorgeous. – Funny Girl, 1968
Toga! Toga! – National Lampoon’s Animal House, 1978
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. – Dracula, 1931
Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. – King Kong, 1933.
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. – It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. – Kevin Spacey as Roger Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects
The Dude abides. – The Big Lebowski, 1998
There’s no crying in baseball! – Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own
Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. – The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line that is dotted. – Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross
This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. – Casablanca, 1942
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. – Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather: Part II
My precious. – The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, 2002
Attica! Attica! – Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Sawyer, you’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star! – 42nd Street, 1933
Listen to me, mister. You’re my knight in shining armor. Don’t you forget it. You’re going to get back on that horse, and I’m going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we’re gonna go, go, go! – On Golden Pond, 1981
Tell ’em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper. – Knute Rockne All American, 1940To infinity and beyond! – Toy Story, 1995
Our lives are defined by opportunities even the ones we miss. – Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I am big! It’s the pictures that got small. – Sunset Boulevard, 1950
A martini. Shaken, not stirred. – Goldfinger, 1964
Who’s on first. – The Naughty Nineties, 1945
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac…It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! – Caddyshack, 1980
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! – Auntie Mame, 1958
I feel the need – the need for speed! – Top Gun, 1986
Love means never having to say you’re sorry. – Ali MacGraw as Jennifer Cavilleri in Love Story
I mean, funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you? – Goodfellas, 1990
I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way. – Kathleen Turner as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. – Dead Poets Society, 1989
Snap out of it! – Moonstruck, 1987
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you. – Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
Nobody puts Baby in a corner. – Dirty Dancing, 1987
I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! – The Wizard of Oz, 1939
I’m king of the world! – Titanic, 1997
