53 Proverbs Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jul 1, 2025

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

1 One good turn deserves another.

Kathryn Beaumont as Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

2 No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it.

Pat Morita as The Emperor Of China in Mulan (1998)

3 Yes, it's only in my dreams. But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.

Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty (1959)

4 A wolf remains a wolf, even if it has not eaten your sheep.

Roddy McDowall as VINCENT LF-396 in The Black Hole (1979)

5 'All sunshine makes a desert,' so the Arabs say.

Roddy McDowall as VINCENT LF-396 in The Black Hole (1979)

6 Beware the Greeks bearing gifts.

Rossana Podestà as Helen Of Troy in Helen of Troy (1956)

7 That's a fact, Miss. It's like they say: it ain't never so bad that it can't be worse.

Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut in The African Queen (1952)

8 Today, we rest. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai

9 The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness. I'm quoting him.

Marlyn Mason as Nikki Bell in Longstreet

10 Their bark is worse than their bite.

Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)

53 Proverbs Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips)

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