61 Movie Quotes about Resilience (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: July 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about resilience, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 You have spirit for one so small, and such spirit is deserving of a sporting chance.

George Sanders as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (1967)

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

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

3 But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself.

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV (1985)

4 Hmm. There. That'll hold up against anything. -Including us. How are we supposed to get out?

Quote from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

5 When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.

Nathan Lane as Timon in The Lion King (1994)

6 Guaranteed not to wear, tear, rip or ravel.

Quote from Lady and the Tramp

7 But you know the best thing about pain? -I don't know! -It lets you know you're not dead yet!

Viggo Mortensen as Master Chief in G.I. Jane

8 If I wanna stay alive, no one will ever kill me.

Quote from Game of Killers (1978)

9 Boy, I've reached almost 50 years of age with my system. Not many men last long in these parts.

Lee Van Cleef as Colonel Douglas Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More

10 Enemies have been attacking us for centuries. Our walls still stand.

Peter O’Toole as Priam in Troy