300 Life Lessons Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 29

Updated: Apr 14, 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.

281 Oh, man, you made me miss the woman. She's gone. -Man, I did you a good favor, brother. -Did me a favor? -That's worse than dope and alcohol. That white woman, that's man's trick. That's worse than alcohol.

Drew Bundini Brown in The Greatest (1977)

282 But to the cruelty of fate, the wise surrender. -I never have. And it's too late in life for me to learn how.

Steve Reeves as Romulus in Duel of the Titans (1961)

283 My father used to say, It's a funny thing, but the things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening. I told you he drank like a fish.

Irene Dunne as Terry McKay in Love Affair (1939)

284 What do you expect to do with your money? Bury it with you? If you do, they'll dig you up and steal it.

Claude Rains as Erique Claudin in Phantom of the Opera (1943)

285 You know, gold ain't like stones in a river bed. It don't cry out to be picked up. You got to know how to recognize it. And finding it ain't all... not by a long shot. You got to know how to tickle it so she'll come out laughing.

Walter Huston as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

286 Mama always said that dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)

287 I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You want to take life as it comes at you.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997)

288 You know what? I say we concentrate on work, buddy. That's what I do every time my life turns to dog _. I concentrate on work, and that gets me by. All right, buddy? It's gonna be great.

Tom Arnold as Albert Gibson in True Lies

289 It's the approach of death that terrifies. -I suppose if the unborn knew of the approach of life, they'd be just as terrified.

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

290 Father said I must watch people, I must be careful who I trust in. And father always advised me well.

Quote from Disciple of Shaolin Master (1981)