20 Movie Quotes That Will Inspire You to Reach Your Potential

Last updated on Aug 13th, 2023

20 Movie Quotes That Will Inspire You to Reach Your Potential

Life is full of possibilities, while people are full of potential.

Each of us has the potential for amazing things, things that we have only dreamed so far. Realizing your potential is about doing things you never knew you could do and breaking the boundaries that hold you back.

But that is not always easy because your struggles can have other plans. In those situations, you will need additional motivation to unleash your full potential.

Let these movie quotes inspire you to maximize your potential and become a better person.

Sometimes people need to step outside of who they are to realize who they could really be. - Suge Knight (All Eyez On Me Quotes)
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Sometimes people need to step outside of who they are to realize who they could really be.Suge Knight, All Eyez On Me (2017)

It's never too late to become what you might have been. - Nurse Betty (Away From Her Quotes)
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It’s never too late to become what you might have been.Kristy, Away From Her (2006)

The only person standing in your way is you. - Thomas Leroy (Black Swan Quotes)
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The only person standing in your way is you.Thomas Leroy, Black Swan (2010)

Most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything. - Noah Cross (Chinatown Movie Potential Quotes)

 

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Most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they’re capable of anything.Noah Cross, Chinatown (1974)

It's what you have never done, what you never conquered that waits for you. - Cleopatra (Cleopatra Quotes)
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It’s what you have never done, what you never conquered that waits for you.Cleopatra, Cleopatra (1963)

Remember, everything you need to make it great is in you. - Anna (The Good Night Quotes)
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Remember, everything you need to make it great is in you.Anna, The Good Night (2007)

Sometimes it is the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine. - Christopher Morcom (The Imitation Game Quotes)

 

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Sometimes it is the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.Christopher Morcom, (to Alan), The Imitation Game (2014)

Your real strength comes from being the best "you" you can be. - Po (Kung Fu Panda 3 Quotes)
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Your real strength comes from being the best “you” you can be.Po, Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

You never won't know what you can't achieve before you don't achieve it. - Mr. Gordon (21 Jump Street Quotes)
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You never won’t know what you can’t achieve before you don’t achieve it.Mr. Gordon, 21 Jump Street (2012)

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There is greatness in everyone.Calvero, Limelight (1952)

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You take one step, and then you take another. After a while, you find out you’re walking all by yourself.David Hewitt, The Little Foxes (1941)

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. - Galadriel (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Quotes)

 

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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Deep in most of us is the potential for greatness or the potential to inspire greatness. - Jean Brodie (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Quotes)
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Deep in most of us is the potential for greatness or the potential to inspire greatness.Jean Brodie, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

You can shine no matter what you're made of. - Bigweld (Robots Quotes)
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You can shine no matter what you’re made of.Bigweld, Robots (2005)

As long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be. - Thanos (Avengers: Endgame Quotes)
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As long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be.Thanos, Avengers: Endgame (2019)

We can be anyone. We can do anything. It's only a matter of going. - Ilsa Faust (Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation 2015 Quotes)

 

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We can be anyone. We can do anything. It’s only a matter of going.Ilsa Faust, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)

Your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really. - Chuck Barris (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Quotes)
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Your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really.Chuck Barris, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Be the very best version of yourself that you can be. - Marion McPherson (Lady Bird Quotes)
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Be the very best version of yourself that you can be.Marion McPherson, Lady Bird (2017)

We're placed here with certain talents and capabilities and it's up to each one of us to use those talents and capabilities as best you can. - John Glenn (The Right Stuff Quotes)
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We’re placed here with certain talents and capabilities and it’s up to each one of us to use those talents and capabilities as best you can.John Glenn, The Right Stuff (1983)

If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now. - Shifu (Kung Fu Panda 3 Movie Potential Quotes)

 

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If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now.Shifu, Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Bonus

If there's one thing life has taught me, there's always room to grow. - Scott Lang (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Quotes)
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If there’s one thing life has taught me, there’s always room to grow.Scott Lang, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)