Morgan Freeman movie quotes

“If you think about the very nature of life - I mean, on the very beginning, the development of the first cell divided into two cells - the sole purpose of life has been to pass on what was learned.”
Morgan Freeman - Professor Norman

“Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.”
Morgan Freeman On Martin Luther King

“Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.”
Morgan Freeman

“It is our moments of struggle, that define us.”
Morgan Freeman - President Trumbull

“- Brenda Mazibuko: You're risking your political capital, you're risking your future as our leader.
- Nelson Mandela: The day I am afraid to do that is the day I am no longer it to lead.”
Adjoa Andoh - Brenda Mazibuko
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“Rugby is a very rough game, almost as rough as politics.”

Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them...” (continue)(continue reading)
Morgan Freeman - God

“If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.”
Morgan Freeman

“You criticize without understanding. You seek only to address your own personal feelings. That is selfish thinking, Zindzi. It does not serve the nation.”
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“We humans are more concerned with having than with being.”
Morgan Freeman - Professor Norman

“Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm!”
Morgan Freeman - Principal Joe Clark

A single mom who's working two jobs and still finds time to take her kid to soccer practice, that's a miracle. A teenager who says "no" to drugs and "yes" to an education, that's a miracle.
Morgan Freeman - God

“There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't.”

Morgan Freeman - Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

“I don't know; every man has his breaking point.”

Morgan Freeman - Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Lord said: "do whatever you have to do". And he didn't say "Joe, be polite".
Morgan Freeman - Principal Joe Clark

“- Daisy Werthan: Idella was lucky.
- Hoke Colburn: Yes'm. I expect she was.”

Jessica Tandy - Daisy Werthan
Morgan Freeman - Hoke Colburn

“- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: King me.
- Andy Dufresne: Chess. Now there's a game of kings.
- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: What?
- Andy Dufresne: Civilized. Strategic...
- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: ...and a total fuckin' mystery. I hate it.”

Morgan Freeman - Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Tim Robbins - Andy Dufresne

“Apathy is the solution. I mean, it's easier to lose yourself in drugs than it is to cope with life. It's easier to steal what you want than it is to earn it. It's easier to beat a child than it is to raise it. Hell, love costs: it takes effort and work.”
Morgan Freeman - Somerset

“- Willie Davis: What's the matter?
- Albert Garner: My face is killing me. I never had to smile so much in my life.”
Morgan Freeman - Willie Davis
Alan Arkin - Albert Garner

“- Jenny Lerner: I want exclusivity.
- President Beck: Now listen, young lady. This is a presidential favour. I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache. And I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. Now, it may seem like we have each other over the same barrel but it just seems that way.”

Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner
Morgan Freeman - President Beck

“- Joe Harding: Jump in the basket.
- Willie Davis: Who do you think i am? E.T?”
Sir Michael Caine - Joe Harding
Morgan Freeman - Willie Davis

“- Joe Matheson: I never thought this would happen to me.
- Frank Moses: What?
- Joe Matheson: Getting old.”
Morgan Freeman - Joe Matheson
Bruce Willis - Frank Moses

“Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.”
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“My only child was murdered. She was twelve. Did you hear about it? What you probably didn't hear, and what I hope you never have to deal with, Miss Gennaro, is what that feels like. What I have to deal with. Knowing that my little girl likely died crying out for me to come and save her. And I never did.”
Morgan Freeman - Jack Doyle

“Little beat big when little is smart. First with the head, then with the heart.”
Morgan Freeman - Geel Piet