Drive Your Passion: The Ultimate Collection of Inspirational Car Quotes

"I decide when I'm done."

- Lightning McQueen

"Don't fear failure. Be afraid of not having the chance. You have the chance!"

- Sally

"This is my last chance, Cruz, my last chance. If I lose, I never get to do this again."

- Lightning McQueen

"A dream without ambition is like a car without gas… you’re not going anywhere."

- Sean Hampton

"Ka-Chow!"

- Lightning McQueen

"I couldn’t find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself."

- Ferdinand Porsche

"The racing is the reward. Not the stuff."

- Lightning McQueen

"It's all about motivation, Mr. McQueen. You can use anything negative as fuel to push through to the positive!"

- Cruz Ramirez

"I can't go out on the track and do the same old thing, it won't work."

- Lightning McQueen

"One winner, 42 losers. I eat losers for breakfast."

- Lightning McQueen

"Kid, you can beat these guys. Find a groove that works for ya and get that lap back."

- Doc Hudson

"That I didn't belong. The other racers looked nothing like me. You know, they-they were bigger, and-and stronger, and so... confident. And when they started their engines... that was it. I knew I'd never be a racer. I just left. It was my one shot, and I didn't take it."

- Cruz Ramirez

"The cars we drive say a lot about us."

- Alexandra Paul

"You'll never be as fast as Storm, but you can be smarter than him."

- Smokey

"You will never be the racer you once were. Accept it. You can't turn back the clock, kid. But, you can wind it up again."

- Smokey

"This grumpy old race car I know once told me something, 'It's an empty cup.'"

- Lightning McQueen

"If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough."

- Mario Andretti

"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."

- Leonard Bernstein

"Every car you see is in some way an extension of the people who drive them."

- Sam Witwicky (Transformers)

"To me, the car business is a lot like football. When you make a mistake, it’s glaring."

- Lee Iacocca

"There was a lot left in me. I never got the chance to show them."

- Doc Hudson

"Because we are a town worth fixing!"

- Sally

"I create feelings in others that they themselves don't understand."

- Lightning McQueen

"It's futile to resist change, man."

- Fillmore

"I used to watch you on TV, flying through the air. You seemed so fearless. I wish I knew what that felt like."

- Cruz Ramirez

"This one's for you, Doc."

- Lightning McQueen

"Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win."

- Enzo Ferrari

"In life, you need either inspiration or desperation."

- Tony Robbins

"Racing is a matter of spirit, not strength."

- Janet Guthrie

"I’ve always been asked, ‘What is my favorite car?’ and I’ve always said ‘The next one.'"

- Carroll Shelby

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

- Henry Ford

"The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings."

- Lewis Hamilton

"I knew you couldn't drive, I didn't know you couldn't read."

- Doc Hudson

"Life is too short for traffic."

- Dan Bellack

"Come on. I'm a racecar, you're... a much older racecar, but under the hood, you and I are the same."

- Lightning McQueen

"Cars are the sculptures of our everyday lives."

- Chris Bangle

"Don't you worry, pal. You had a good run."

- Jackson Storm

"You can’t find your soul with your mind; you must use your heart."

- Gary Zukav

"Wow, thank you, Mr. McQueen! You have no idea what a pleasure it is for me to finally beat you."

- Jackson Storm

"I am not a car enthusiast. I’m a racing enthusiast. The car is just a tool."

- Fernando Alonso

"And there's the insult we were missing."

- Lightning McQueen

"It's even better than I pictured it. Thank you."

- Sally

"If you don’t feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated."

- Paul F. Davis

"Oh, he's just a little bit shy, and he hates ya for killing his flowers."

- Tow Mater

"Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines."

- Enzo Ferrari

"The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive."

- Sir William Lyons

"I sure wish he'd hurry up and get back 'cause we got a whole summer's worth of best friend fun to make up for."

- Tow Mater

"I love the sound of a car’s engine, like a symphony of pistons and gears singing in harmony."

- Daniel Saint

"I don’t like race cars that are purely mechanical. I want a car that has its own life, its own heart, and soul."

- Bernd Rosemeyer

"Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated."

- Jean Baudrillard

"People need transportation. You’re a critical part of their day. You should not take it lightly."

- Travis Kalanick

"Money may not buy happiness, but I’d rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus."

- Françoise Sagan

"I don’t sell cars; I sell engines. The cars I throw in for free since something has to hold the engines in."

- Enzo Ferrari

"The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul."

- Walter Raleigh

"I love vintage cars because you can do so much more to them."

- T-Pain

"Race cars don't have phones, Cruz."

- Lightning McQueen

"Goodbyeeeeeeeeeeee! OK, I'm good."

- Mater

"You have more talent in one lug nut than a lot of cars have in their whole body. But you're stupid."

- The King

"Fly away, Stanley, be free!"

- Fillmore

"You don’t have to be an expert in cars to love them."

- Ritu Ghatourey

"McQueen and Sally parked beneath a tree, K-I-S-sumthin', sumthin', sumthin' ... T!"

- Tow Mater

"The only time to look down on someone is when you are helping them up."

- Jesse Jackson

"A car is like a mother-in-law – if you let it, it will rule your life."

- Jaime Lerner

"I have to admit I’m a bit of a car enthusiast. It’s almost a sickness."

- Rick Riordan

"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it."

- Dudley Moore

"The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man."

- Marshall McLuhan

"Tow Mater. Average intelligence."

- Tow Mater

"The beach ate me."

- Cruz Ramirez

"What in the blue blazes? Crazy hotrodder!"

- Radiator Springs Sheriff

"Whatever you do, DO NOT EAT the free pistachio ice cream! It has TURNED."

- Tow Mater

"My electronic personal assistant. You know, like on your phone. You have a phone, don't you?"

- Cruz Ramirez

"It’s not about the destination, it’s about the ride."

"A car is like a blank canvas, and the journey is your brushstroke."

"Life is too short to drive a boring car."

"When you’re driving, you feel like you’re the only person on the planet."

"Cars bring me sheer joy. It’s not just about the speed; it’s the thrill, the emotions, and the connection."

"I don’t drive fast, I fly low."

"Every car has a story to tell, and those who love them can hear it."

"If you don’t look back at your car after you park it, you own the wrong car."