Maximus Quotes

At my signal, unleash hell.[to Quintus]

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.[to Commodus]

If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you’re already dead!

You’re young, pretty, smart, a princess even. But none of that will keep terrible tragedy from falling upon you.

What we do in life, echoes in eternity.

We will create our hope. We will create our destiny. We will create our will. We will not let anyone or anything stop us, because nothing can keep us from being free!

The time for half measures and talk is over.[to Senator Gracchus]

Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear.[ to Quintus]

I knew a man who once said, “Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.”[to Commodus, quoting Marcus Aurelius]

Are you not entertained?! Are you not entertained?! Is this not why you’re here?!

5,000 of my men are out there in the freezing mud. 3,000 of them are bloodied and cleaved. 2,000 will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing.[to Marcus Aurelius]

What happened?[Lucy MacLean]It’s the same thing that always happens. Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree on how.[Maximus]