20 Movie Quotes To Live By

I love movies, and sometimes there are some that leave a lasting impression on you. Movies have the ability to make us laugh, cry, and think. Some of the best ones will make you do all of them. Here are 20 great quotes to live by.

20. Good Will Hunting

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“Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.”

– Sean Maguire (played by the masterful Robin Williams)

19. The Pursuit of Happyness

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“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 (played by Will Smith)

18. 10 Things I hate About You

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

– Patrick Verona (played by the late great Heath Ledger)

17. Factotum

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If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs, and maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way.

- Henry Chinaski (played by Matt Dillon)

16. Finding Nemo

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“Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.”

– Dory (voiced by Ellen Degeneres)

15. Cast Away

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“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?”

- Chuck Noland (played by Tom Hanks)

14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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

– Benjamin Button (played by Brad Pitt)

13. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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“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 (played by Ben Stiller)

12. The Empire Strikes Back

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

- Yoda

11. The Shawshank Redemption

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“Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.”

– Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins)

10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”

– Dumbledore (played by the late Richard Harris)

9. Mulan

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

– The Emperor (voiced by the late Pat Morita)

8. The Lion King

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“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.”

– Rafiki (voiced by Robert Guillaume)

7. It's a Wonderful Life

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“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?”

– Clarence the angel (played by the late Henry Travers)

6. The Sandlot

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“Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”

– Babe Ruth (played by Art LaFleur)

5. Finding Forrester

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“Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.”

– Forrester (played by Sean Connery)

4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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

– Ferris (played by Matthew Broderick)

3. Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring

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

– Gandalf (played by Ian McKellen)

2. Balboa

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Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!

- Rocky (played by Sylvester Stallone)

Finally, one that we all need to remember...

1. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

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Be excellent to each other.

-Abraham Lincoln (played by the late Robert V. Barron)