Top 200 George Lucas Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”

— George Lucas

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2. “No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”

— George Lucas

3. “May the Force be with you.”

— George Lucas

Featured in: Fiction Quotes, Character Quotes, Space Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Hero Quotes

4. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

— George Lucas

Featured in: Emotion Quotes, Depression Quotes, Fear Quotes, Darkness Quotes

5. “Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.”

— George Lucas

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6. “So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”

— George Lucas

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7. “We are all living in cages with the door wide open.”

— George Lucas

8. “Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.”

— George Lucas

9. “You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.”

— George Lucas

Featured in: Consistency Quotes

10. “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.”

— George Lucas

Featured in: Famous Movie Quotes

11. “Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.”

— George Lucas

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12. “You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you’re going to go down.”

— George Lucas

13. “Never tell me the odds!”

— George Lucas

14. “Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.”

— George Lucas

15. “Education is the single most important job of the human race.”

— George Lucas

16. “You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.”

— George Lucas

17. “Time is more important to me than money.”

— George Lucas

18. “Do or do not, there is no try.”

— George Lucas

19. “The sciences are the ‘how,’ and the humanities are the ‘why’ – why are we here, why do we believe in the things we believe in. I don’t think you can have the ‘how’ without the ‘why.’”

— George Lucas

20. “The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.”

— George Lucas

21. “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.”

— George Lucas

22. “The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.”

— George Lucas

23. “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.”

— George Lucas

24. “They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes.”

— George Lucas

25. “It’s hard work making movies. It’s like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it’s emotional, tense work. If you don’t really love it, then it ain’t worth it.”

— George Lucas

26. “Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.”

— George Lucas

27. “You don’t see the struggle part of a person’s life. You only see the success they have.”

— George Lucas

28. “Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”

— George Lucas

29. “Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.”

— George Lucas

30. “You really have to focus on what you’re doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.”

— George Lucas

31. “It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.”

— George Lucas

32. “You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.”

— George Lucas

33. “Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that’s how success is measured.”

— George Lucas

34. “Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other.”

— George Lucas

35. “I like to say that films are never finished, they’re only abandoned.”

— George Lucas

36. “The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.”

— George Lucas

37. “You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures.”

— George Lucas

38. “All democracies turn into dictatorships – but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea...”

— George Lucas

39. “Sometimes you must let go of your pride and do what is asked of us. Anakin Skywalker, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones.”

— George Lucas

40. “Most organisms either adapt and become part of the system, or get wiped out. The only thing we have to adapt to the system with is our brain. If we don’t use it, and we don’t adapt fast enough, we won’t survive.”

— George Lucas

41. “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will...”

— George Lucas

42. “If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.”

— George Lucas

43. “Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.”

— George Lucas

44. “Always pass on what you have learned. -Yoda.”

— George Lucas

45. “If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.”

— George Lucas

46. “Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!”

— George Lucas

47. “Real love is on the inside. It’s somebody you have a common ground with, you share the same values, you share the same interests, you share the same humor, you share all those things that are things that will last you the rest of your life.”

— George Lucas

48. “One thing about ‘Star Wars’ that I’m really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That’s why I like the ‘Star Wars’ toys.”

— George Lucas

49. “From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.”

— George Lucas

50. “If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office.”

— George Lucas