50 Quotes from The Shawshank Redemption That Ignite Hope
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1–10: Quotes About Never Giving Up
- “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
- “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
- “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really.”
- “That's it! Step aside, this fucker's havin' hisself hisself a hissy-fit!” (comic relief in hardship)
- “Every man has his breaking point.”
- “I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.”
- “You either get busy living or get busy dying.”
- “I find I’m so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head.”
- “I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams.”
- “Salvation lies within.”
11–20: Quotes That Inspire Faith and Belief
- “There are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. There's something inside... that they can't get to.”
- “That’s the beauty of music. They can’t take that away from you.”
- “Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
- “Hope is a good thing.”
- “There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret.”
- “Some birds aren’t meant to be caged.”
- “That’s it! That’s the secret—hope.”
- “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
- “Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.”
- “Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone.”
21–30: Quotes on Endurance and Strength
- “Pressure... and time. That’s all it takes.”
- “That’s all it takes, really. Pressure and time.”
- “Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness.”
- “Sometimes it makes me sad, though… being gone.”
- “That’s what prison is, really: routine, and then more routine.”
- “Hope is what keeps us going.”
- “They send you here for life, and that’s exactly what they take.”
- “The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.”
- “I tell you, these walls are funny.”
- “First you hate ‘em, then you get used to ‘em.”
31–40: Quotes That Speak to Redemption
- “Redemption. It's a powerful thing.”
- “You can get used to just about anything.”
- “That’s it! That’s what they call institutionalized.”
- “I’d like to think the last thing that went through his head was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.”
- “It’s funny. On the outside, I was an honest man.”
- “Things went on like that for a while.”
- “It was as if some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage.”
- “We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men.”
- “Andy Dufresne – who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.”
- “Sometimes it’s the little things that keep a man going.”
41–50: Quotes to Carry You Forward
- “Remember, Red, hope is a good thing.”
- “I guess I just miss my friend.”
- “Zihuatanejo. It’s down in Mexico, a little place on the Pacific Ocean.”
- “I hope to see my friend and shake his hand.”
- “I hope.”
- “I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.”
- “You can’t stop what’s coming.”
- “That’s the magic of hope—it refuses to quit.”
- “They can’t take away who you are.”
- “No matter how bad things get, there’s always a way out.”
