Gladiator

• "While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand.
  When falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall.
  And when Rome falls -- the World."

• "When a man sees his end he wants to know there has been some purpose to his life." - Marcus Aurelius

• "Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together, we survive." - Maximus

• "Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how, but... we can decide how we meet that end, so that we are remembered...as men." -Proximo

• "I knew a man who once said, 'Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.'" - Maximus

• "Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and air." - Maximus

• "What am I going to do with you? You simply won't die." -Commodus

• "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!" -Commodus

• "Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it once, make us believe it again. He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him." -Lucilla

• "He sleeps so well because he is loved." -Commodus

• "Why don't they know they're already dead?" -Maximus

• "One kind word, one full hug while you pressed me to your chest and held me tight, would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years.... What is it in me you hate so much? All I ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar, Father. Father, I would butcher the whole world if you would only loved me!" -Commodus

• "I am a slave! What possible difference can I make?" -Maximus

• "What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus

• "Life is a gift from our fathers to us. Who are you to give it up for lack of lifting a spoon?" -Juba

• "In this life, we all die. All we can choose is how we die. And how we are remembered. Be remembered proudly.* -Proximo

• "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." -Maximus

• "Better to die for a friend than to die for gold." -Juba

• "I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people." -Gracchus

• "We mortals are but shadows and dust." -Proximo

• Maximus "Do you find it difficult to do your duty?"
  Cicero: "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to."

• "The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death and they will love him for it." -Gracchus

• Gracchus: "He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?"
  Falco: "Give him time, Gracchus. He's young, he may do very well."
  Gracchus: "For Rome, Falco? Or for you?"

• "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?"

• Maximus: "You would fight me?"
  Commodus: "Why not? Do you think I am afraid?"
  Maximus: "I think you've been afraid all your life."

• Lucilla: "I want to help you."
  Maximus: "Yes, you can help me... Forget you ever knew me, and never come back here again."

• Quintus: "People should know when they are conquered."
  Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"

• Marcus: "When was the last time you were home?"
  Maximus: "Two years, two hundred and sixty-four days and this morning."

• "Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe they fought and died for nothing." -Maximus

• "There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile." -Marcus Aurelius

• "I may die here in this cell or in the arena tomorrrow. What possible difference can I make?" -Maximus

• "He will bring them death, and they will love him for it." -Gracchus

• Gracchus: "But the Senate IS the people, sire. Chosen from AMONG the people. To speak FOR the people."
  Commodus: "I doubt if any of the people eat so well as you, Gracchus. Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius."

• "Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom." -Proximo

• Marcus: "You have proven your valor once again, Maximus. Let us hope for the last time."
  Maximus: "There is no one left to fight, sire."
  Marcus: "There is always someone left to fight. How can I reward Rome's greatest general?"
  Maximus: "Let me go home."
  Marcus: "Ah, home."

• Marcus: "Won't you accept this great honor that I have offered you?"
  Maximus: "With all my heart, no."
  Marcus: "Maximus, that is why it must be you."

• "You have a great name. He must kill your name before he kills you." -Juba

• "Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. This is not it. This is not it!" -Maximus

• Maximus: "You ask me what I want. I too want to stand up to the Emperor as you did."
  Proximo: "Then listen to me. Learn from me. I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd. You will win your freedom."
  Maximus: "I will win the crowd. I will give them something they have never seen before."