Motivation quotes

“- Kelly: Shut that son of a bitch down, now! This ain't what I signed on for. I'm not ready to die, not for you.
- Vic Deakins: Everybody dies, Kelly. I'm as good a reason as any.”

Howie Long - Kelly
John Travolta - Vic Deakins

“Before you achieve you must believe.”
James Franco - Jake Huard

“- John Connor: What is your mission?
- Terminator: To... ensure the survival... of John Connor... and Katherine Brewster.
- John Connor: You are about to fail that mission.”
Nick Stahl - John Connor
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator

“No kid, giving up is for rookies. I came back because I'm not quitting on you. I'm willing to go the distance. How about you?”

Danny DeVito - Phil

“I know your coaches would go out there to have fun or to fulfill your dream. I am asking that you win this one for me. Yeah! Win this one for Gus Cantrell! So let's stay loose, have fun, and let's go out there and take a bite out of the big team's ass!”

Scott Bakula - Gus Cantrell

“- Hoagie: I have an irresistible urge to kiss you, Ellen Brody.
- Ellen Brody: Why?
- Hoagie: Because... it would not occur to you why.”
Sir Michael Caine - Hoagie
Lorraine Gary - Ellen Brody

“The Queen's in danger, Olivia's counting on us, we're about to be horribly splatted and all you can do is lie there feeling sorry for yourself.”

Val Bettin - Dr. David Q. Dawson

“When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his men were well motivated.”
Sir Sean Connery - Marko Ramius

“You pushed me this far, now I'm pushing you the rest of the way. You know, back in the woods, even when things looked really bad, I always thought we'd make it because I thought you were too stubborn to quit. Well, you're not going to quit, not now, not when we're this close.”

Michael J. Fox - Chance

“I'm a motivator, not a physical therapist.”
Bill Murray - Jack Corcoran

“We're responsible for the protection of 100,000 square miles of territory. And against us are ranged thousands of the finest light cavalry on Earth. I found that out this morning. It's a big job, gentlemen... and it's gonna need a fine regiment.”

Errol Flynn - George Armstrong Custer

“- Basil of Baker Street: Ratigan's proved he's more clever than I. He never would have walked into such an obvious trap.
- Dr. David Q. Dawson: Pull yourself together. You can stop that villain.”

Barrie Ingham - Basil of Baker Street
Val Bettin - Dr. David Q. Dawson

“For one brief embarrassing moment, I chose to give up. But your words were just the reminder I needed.”

Parvesh Cheena - Samir

“You know there are no coincidences in this universe. Everything happens for a reason.”
Rick Peters - Elvis Presley

“- Pavel: Muslims lived in this area for 600 years. The Nazis tried to wipe them out, then the communists and the Serbs.
- Cole: Why do this to them?
- Pavel: Language, religion, property, greed, you choose. Men kill other men and nobody knows why.”
Tamás Puskás - Pavel
Bokeem Woodbine - Cole

“Okay, here's your motivation. You're lost, you're angry in the woods, and no one is here to help you.”

Joshua 'Josh' Leonard - Himself

“- Alexander Dane: You're just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?
- Jason Nesmith: It's a rock monster. It doesn't have motivation.
- Alexander Dane: See, that's your problem, Jason. You were never serious about the craft.”
Alan Rickman - Alexander Dane
Tim Allen - Jason Nesmith

“I'm your guard, Tiger. Don't make any sudden moves, 'cause I'm crafty and I'm quick. I've got the instints of a cat. What am I saying? I am a cat.”

Dom DeLuise - Tiger

“- Hector: Now he's talking war against Troy.
- Paris: Why?
- Hector: Because we control access to the silks and spices of Byzantine.
- Paris: I can't believe people go to war over nutmeg.
- Hector: Well, they do, Paris, and you'd better get used to it.”
Daniel Lapaine - Hector
Matthew Marsden - Paris

“- Principal: Mr. White, you're late!
- Richie: I had to take a piss.
- Principal: What did you say?
- Richie: I mean... I had to urinate.”
Molly McCarthy - Principal
Matt Dillon - Richie

Like my daddy said right before he killed my mom: "You want anything done right, you gotta do it yourself".
Ronald Francis Perlman - Reinhardt

“Hundreds of thousands will fighting to return home. But if they do not offer the sacrifice in blood now, we will all pay dearly with added gallons later. So if some must die, it is in a worthy cause.”
Tom Selleck - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

“If I didn't have a son that still loved me, I'd blow your fucking brains out all over that wall back there... right here, right now.”
George C. Scott - Barney Caine

“- Mr. Boggs: You gonna be a wrestler? You got trouble wrestlin' your wee-wee out of your trousers to take a leak!
- Gordie Boggs: It's not that I have trouble... just sometimes I don't see the point.”
Richard Lineback - Mr. Boggs
David Arquette - Gordie Boggs

“In other parts of the world young men leave home and travel far and wide in search of a promising future. Their journeys are often fueled by dreams of triumphing over evil, finding a great love, or the hopes of fortunes easily made.”
Sir Michael Caine - Dr. Wilbur Larch