307 Life Lessons Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 19

Updated: Sep 2, 2026

A selection of life lessons quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

181 Wise up, you guys. Life isn't this easy.

Burt Ward as Robin in Batman (1966)

182 Life is not merely a matter of breathing and a beating heart.

Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin in The Tingler (1959)

183 When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with the pistol will be a dead man. That's an old Mexican proverb, and it's true.

Quote from A Fistful of Dollars

184 You know something? You ought to spend a little more time trying to do something with yourself, and a little less time trying to impress people. You might be better off.

Paul Gleason as Richard Vernon in The Breakfast Club

185 You're really lucky you can have this attitude toward death. I think I'm afraid of death 24 hours a day. I swear.

Julie Delpy as Céline in Before Sunrise

186 If you feel you cannot carry on, if you now care to admit that you are woefully out of your depth, that bell is your salvation. Strike it three times, and you're out.

Viggo Mortensen as Master Chief in G.I. Jane

187 Your own life? What's that? -Good times. And laughs with people I like.

Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman; Joseph Cotten as Devlin in Notorious

188 There's more than just getting toys. There is kindness, and the loving warmth of a family on Christmas morn.

Quote from Rudolph and Frosty: Christmas in July

189 Why don't you marry him? -You really want to know? He's still got a lot to learn. I don't want to get in his way for a while. Okay?

Ruth Hussey as Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

190 Don't dive in till you know how deep it is.

John Wayne as J.B. Books in The Shootist