Top 80 Epic Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Resilience Quotes

2. “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water, my friend.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Learning Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

3. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

— Epicurus

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Smart Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

4. “I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Hero Quotes, Quotes About Fire

5. “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Creative Quotes

6. “Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Resistance Quotes

7. “Courage is grace under pressure.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Famous Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Challenges Quotes

8. “I'll be back.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Famous Quotes, Short Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

9. “Rule your mind or it will rule you.”

— Horace

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Quotes About Thinking, Philosophy Quotes, Self Control Quotes

10. “No man is free who is not master of himself.”

— Epictetus

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Wise Quotes, Self Control Quotes

11. “The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Winning Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Fighting Quotes

12. “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Beautiful Quotes, Nature Quotes, Beauty Quotes, Travel Quotes

13. “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Quotes About War, Quotes About Civilization

14. “I am Cyrus, king of the world...”

— Cyrus the Great

Also featured in: Greatness Quotes, Past Quotes, History Quotes, Quotes About the World

15. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

— Alexander the Great

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

16. “Go ahead, make my day.”

— Clint Eastwood

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Famous Movie Quotes

17. “People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

— Alan Moore

Also featured in: Accountability Quotes, Resistance Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Democracy Quotes

18. “Success isn’t owned – it’s leased. And rent is due every day. Every single day, someone’s coming for your job. Someone’s coming for your greatness. If you’re the greatest, someone wants to be the greatest, and so if you’re not constantly improving your game, somebody else is.”

— J. J. Watt

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Competition Quotes, Football Quotes, Exercise Quotes

19. “I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ’and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Meaning Quotes, Wise Quotes, Different Quotes

20. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.”

— Frank Herbert

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Deep Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Fear Quotes

21. “When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Competition Quotes

22. “Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Quotes About Dreams, Dream Big Quotes, Future Quotes, Fitness Quotes

23. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Also featured in: Past Quotes, Government Quotes

24. “Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”

— H. Ross Perot

Also featured in: Dedication Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Victory Quotes

25. “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Quotes About War

26. “Don’t let small thinking cut your life down to size. Think big, aim high, act bold. And see just how big you can blow up your life.”

— Gary W. Keller

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Expectations Quotes, Vision Quotes

27. “Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?”

— Epicurus

Also featured in: Intelligent Quotes

28. “You want some? Come get some!”

— John Cena

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Competition Quotes, Workout Quotes, Haters Quotes

29. “No one gets out of the game of life alive. You either die in the bleachers, or on the field. So, you might as well play out on the field, and go for it.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Victory Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

30. “And then I am going to rattle the stars.”

— Sarah J. Maas

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Strong Women Quotes

31. “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.”

— Andrew Carnegie

Also featured in: Wealth Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Quotes About Work

32. “Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar.”

— Katy Perry

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Victory Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

33. “What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?”

— Erin Hanson

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Cute Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

34. “Your setback is just a setup for your comeback.”

— Steve Harvey

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

35. “Your current situation does not determine your future. Your future is determined by your decision to succeed.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Impact Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

36. “I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubble gum.”

— Roddy Piper

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Silly Quotes, Sarcastic Quotes, Funny Movie Quotes

37. “The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.”

— Bret Hart

Also featured in: Legacy Quotes, Victory Quotes, Reputation Quotes, Wrestling Quotes

38. “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”

— William Arthur Ward

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

39. “Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Also featured in: Personal Responsibility Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

40. “Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Boldness Quotes

41. “You weren’t made to fit in. You were born to stand out!”

— Jim Caviezel

Also featured in: Believe in Yourself Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Boldness Quotes, You Got This Quotes

42. “Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”

— Jim Valvano

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Rejection Quotes

43. “In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices.”

— Epictetus

Also featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes, Accountability Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

44. “It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Path Quotes

45. “When we give up on our dreams, we die while still alive.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

46. “You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Intention Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Mind Quotes

47. “Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”

— Epicurus

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes

48. “The Show Must Go On!”

— Queen

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes

49. “It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is terrible only if we fear it.”

— Epictetus

Also featured in: Inner Peace Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Suffering Quotes

50. “Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

— Epicurus