175 Movie Quotes about Sacrifice (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

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

1 Love is putting someone else's needs before yours.

Josh Gad as Olaf The Snowman in Frozen

2 But you must remember, Mowgli, greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his friend.

Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera in The Jungle Book (1967)

3 You were willing to give your life to rescue this young woman.

Quote from Hercules

4 The point is, Belle would do anything to keep him from being locked up. -Yeah, even marry him.

Richard White as Gaston; Jesse Corti as Lefou in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

5 You have slain something so pure that from the moment the blood touches your lips, you will have a half-life. A cursed life.

Quote from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

6 It was because of your mother. She sacrificed herself for you. And that kind of act leaves a mark.

Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

7 He threw himself into the beam and distracted the MCP just long enough for you to get the disk in.

Quote from TRON (1982)

8 I guess what matters is what he stood for, what he lived for, and what he died for.

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV (1985)

9 Imagine what a horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory. -And I would die for any one of mine.

Gerard Butler as King Leonidas; Rodrigo Santoro as King Xerxes in 300

10 Come. It is time to keep your appointment with The Wicker Man.

Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973)