50+ Best Inspirational Movie Quotes to Motivate and Uplift Your Spirit

"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."

- Christopher Gardner

"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."

- John Keating

"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 Balboa

"Do, or do not. There is no "try"."

- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

"There should be no boundaries to human endeavour. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope."

- Stephen Hawking

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

"Every man dies, but not every man really lives."

- William Wallace

"People all say that I've had a bad break. But today--today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

- Lou Gehrig

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

- Albus Dumbledore

"There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope."

- The Theory of Everything

"Life is not the amount of breaths you take. It's the moments that take your breath away."

- Hitch

"It’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer."

- Samwise Gamgee

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

- Coach Carter

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

- Don Vito Corleone

"It's what you do right now that makes a difference."

- Black Hawk Down

"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 Balboa

"Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."

- Alan Turing

"The way it works is, you do the thing you're scared shitless of, and you get the courage AFTER you do it, not before you do it."

- Three Kings

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille."

- Norma Desmond

"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."

- Walter Mitty

"We can't retract the decisions we've made. We can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here."

- Law Abiding Citizen

"We walk away from our dreams afraid we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed."

- William Forrester

"When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you."

- Roy McAvoy

"You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. 'Have you found joy in your life?' 'Has your life brought joy to others?'"

- The Bucket List

"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control."

- Eat, Pray, Love

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."

- Forrest Gump

"Do or do not. There is no try."

- Yoda

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

- Ferris Bueller

"There's no place like home."

- Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz

"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss."

- Benjamin Button

"You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to."

- Good Will Hunting

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

- Atticus Finch

"Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear."

- Maximus

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

- Gandalf

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are … it is our choices."

- Dumbledore

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

- Louisa May Alcott

"Kindness isn't weakness, but strength."

- Cinderella

"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim."

- Dory

"Everything is possible, even the impossible."

- Mary Poppins

"It’s what you do right now that makes a difference."

- Jeff Struecker

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all."

- Fa Zhou

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. (Desmond Tutu)"

- Desmond Tutu

"You complete me."

- Jerry Maguire

"There’s just no telling how far I’ll go."

- Moana

"The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you."

- Stephanie Perkins

"You control your destiny – you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems."

- Merida

"Today is a good day to try."

- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

"Fear is the mind-killer."

- Paul Atreides

"Everything that made that giant tree is already contained inside this tiny little seed. All it needs is some time, a little bit of sunshine and rain, and voila! ... Now, you might not feel like you can do much now, but that’s just because, well, you’re not a tree yet. You just have to give yourself some time. You’re still a seed."

- Flik

"A wise man can learn more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

- Niki Lauda

"Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want."

- 10 Things I Hate About You

"In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. And after what you've gone through, if you haven't done that by now, it ain't gonna never happen. Now go on back."

- Rudy

"Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn't mean they're lost forever."

- X-Men: Days of Future Past

"Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe."

- Selma

"O captain, my captain."

- Todd (Dead Poets Society)

"Let’s just allow ourselves to be whatever it is we are."

- Andrew Largeman

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."

- Fight Club

"Our survival instinct is our greatest source of inspiration."

- Matt Damon as Dr. Mann

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

- It's a Wonderful Life

"To find something, anything, a great truth or a lost pair of glasses, you must first believe there will be some advantage in finding it."

- Jude Law as Jack Burden

"Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one."

- Grandmother Willow

"If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead."

- Ratatouille

"The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up."

- Dumbo

"How many times do I have to teach you: just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved."

- Shuri

"When you get a different vantage point, it changes your perspective ... It allows us to see things that maybe we should have seen a long time ago."

- Neil Armstrong

"A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have."

- Roger Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

"May the Force be with you."

- Star Wars

"You know how everyone’s always saying, ‘Seize the moment’? I don’t know, I’m kinda thinkin’ it’s the other way. Like the moment seizes us."

- Nicole

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

- Gone with the Wind (1939)

"Hope is not a strategy."

- August Walker

"It's the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

- Rick Blaine

"If you build it, he will come."

- Field of Dreams (1989)

"Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange."

- Inception

"You don't need a compass to find your direction in life."

- North Star

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

- White Heat (1949)

"The stuff that dreams are made of."

- The Maltese Falcon (1941)

"Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper."

- Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

"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!"

- On Golden Pond (1981)

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."

- Dirty Dancing

"My mother thanks you; my father thanks you; my sister thanks you; and I thank you."

- George M. Cohan (Yankee Doodle Dandy)

"Show me the money!"

- Jerry Maguire (1996)

"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

- Network (1976)

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

- The Usual Suspects

"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

- The Pride of the Yankees (1943)

"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)

"They call me Mister Tibbs!"

- In the Heat of the Night (1967)

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."

- Love Story (1970)

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

- Tennessee Williams

"Nobody’s perfect."

- Osgood Fielding III

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

- Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)

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

- The Godfather (1972)

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

- The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"You talking to me?"

- Taxi Driver (1976)

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

- Casablanca (1942)

"Bond. James Bond."

- Dr. No (1963)

"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."

- Sunset Blvd. (1950)

"You can't handle the truth!"

- A Few Good Men (1992)

"I want to be alone."

- Grand Hotel (1932)

"I'll be back."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

- Forrest Gump (1994)

"I stick my neck out for nobody."

- Rick Blaine

"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."

- Now, Voyager (1942)

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

- Sun Tzu

"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."

- Gone with the Wind (1939)

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

"Hasta la vista, baby."

- Terminator 2: Judgement Day

"Yo, Adrian!"

- Rocky (1976)

"Houston, we have a problem."

- Apollo 13

"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)

"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!"

- 42nd Street (1933)

"Go ahead, make my day."

- Sudden Impact (1983)

"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"

- Midnight Cowboy (1969)

"Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time goes By.'"

- 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)

"We'll always have Paris."

- Casablanca (1942)

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

- Apocalypse Now (1979)

"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape."

- Planet of the Apes (1968)

"Round up the usual suspects."

- Casablanca (1942)

"Hello, gorgeous."

- Funny Girl (1968)

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

- Cool Hand Luke (1967)

"Well, nobody's perfect."

- Some Like It Hot (1959)

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

- To Have and Have Not (1944)

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

- Casablanca (1942)

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

- Jaws (1975)

"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)

"Here's Johnny!"

- The Shining (1980)

"Say "hello" to my little friend!"

- Scarface (1983)

"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."

- All About Eve (1950)

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."

- Sunset Blvd. (1950)

"Here's looking at you, kid."

- Casablanca (1942)

"My precious."

- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

"There's no crying in baseball!"

- Tom Hanks (as Jimmy Dugan in "A League of Their Own")

"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)

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"

- The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"What a dump."

- Beyond the Forest (1949)

"La-dee-da, la-dee-da."

- Annie Hall (1977)

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"

- The Graduate (1967)

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."

- Animal Crackers (1930)

"A boy's best friend is his mother."

- Psycho (1960)

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

- Wall Street (1987)

"They're here!"

- Poltergeist (1982)

"Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

- She Done Him Wrong (1933)

"Is it safe?"

- Marathon Man (1976)

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"

- The Jazz Singer (1927)

"I'll have what she's having."

- When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

"No wire hangers, ever!"

- Mommie Dearest (1981)

"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

- Little Caesar (1931)

"We rob banks."

- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

"Plastics."

- The Graduate (1967)

"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."

- Chinatown (1974)

"I see dead people."

- The Sixth Sense (1999)

"Stella! Hey, Stella!"

- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

"Shane. Shane. Come back!"

- Shane (1953)

"It's alive! It's alive!"

- Frankenstein (1931)

"Soylent Green is people!"

- Soylent Green (1973)

"Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL."

- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"

- Sons of the Desert (1933)

"Striker: Surely you can't be serious."

- Airplane! (1980)

"E.T. phone home."

- E.T.

"Rosebud."

- Citizen Kane (1941)

"You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"Attica! Attica!"

- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

"Toga! Toga!"

- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

"Who's on first."

- The Naughty Nineties (1945)

"A martini. Shaken, not stirred."

- Goldfinger (1964)

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light."

"I'm the king of the world!"

"After all, tomorrow is another day."

"May the odds be ever in your favor."

"You want to get out of the hole? First you’re going to have to put down the shovel."

"I feel on the verge of madness or greatness."

"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!"

"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"

"I feel the need - the need for speed!"

"My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you."

"Snap out of it!"

"Don’t be too hard on yourself. You are still ‘work in progress’"

"Find the ‘stage’ where your passions can flow."

"Your actions speak louder than words."

"Be bold. A crisis reveals the real leader among a tribe of followers."

"Persist to conquer your dreams."

"Expect the unexpected. Be open minded."

"Don’t let uncertainty get in the way of your goals."

"Never give up, never surrender."

"Just Do It…"

"Embrace failure. Use it to propel forward."

"Find your own voice, your own identity."

"Know Thyself. Elevate your Being."

"The World Is Yours."