Watching The Imitation Game recently, I loved Joan Clarke’s quote about people who do things that no one can imagine. It’s inspired me to a second collection of 21 more inspirational quotes from movies. You can find more at 21 Great Leadership Quotes from Movies.
Got a favourite of your own? Why not add it in the comments?
“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” Joan Clarke, The Imitation Game
“You ask how to fight an idea. I’ll tell you how. With another idea” Messala, Ben-Hur
“A life is measured by how many others measure their lives by yours” Carter, The Bucket List
“If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” Jimmy Dugan, A League of their Own
“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing.” Evelyn Greenslade, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
“Let’s work the problem people. Let’s not make things worse by guessing.” Gene Kranz, Apollo 13
“Begin each day like it was on purpose.” Hitch, Hitch
“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.” Qui-Gon Jinn, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
“Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.” Dr Sean Maguire, Good Will Hunting
“A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you’re not enough without one, you’ll never be enough with one.” Irv, Cool Runnings
“Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy.” Robert Spritzel, The Weather Man
“Experience is not what happens to a man, it’s what a man does with what happens to him.” George, A Single Man
“Wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth.” Juror #8, 12 Angry Men
“It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.” Remus Lupin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
“There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.” John Keating, Dead Poets Society
“Soon we must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy.” Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” Mohandas K Gandhi, Gandhi
“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, ‘Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.’ Don’t be resigned to that. Break out!” John Keating, Dead Poets Society
“Who’s the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?” Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
“Where there’s injustice, I always believed in fighting. The question is, do you fight to change things or to punish? For myself, I’ve found we’re all such sinners, we should leave punishment to God. And if we really want to change things, there are better things than derailing trains or slashing someone with a sword.” Mohandas K Gandhi, Gandhi
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These are great quotes, one thing though. Joan Clark is not the originator of that quote. It was first told toward the beginning of the movie to Alan from Christopher, then Alan tells it to Joan who tells it back to him in the end.
Well spotted Kate! You’re quite right. Great movie.