Dead poet society movie quote
Inspiring movie quotes

11 Dead Poets Society movie quotes that are important for people who are in search of the purpose of life

The movie ‘Dead Poets Society,’ featuring Robin Williams, is rich with wise and inspiring quotes and poems. It inspires us to explore our inner desires and potentials, and encourages us to follow our heart’s desires, walk our own paths and live an extraordinary life. In this article I will share some Dead Poet Society movie quotes that resonate with me and wish I got to know when I was a child, and i wish to have such an inspiring teachers in childhood too. However, better late than never, now that I know, I hope these help you too, and when you see these quotes you will have the courage to follow your heart. 

If you feel these movie quotes resonate with you too, I highly recommend you to watch the film Dead Poets Society. Especially if you are parents or educators, I believe some of the wisdom from this film can encourage and inspire your kids to find their potential and purpose in life too.

Dead Poets Society movie quotes
Image credit: IMDb:Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 1: I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately

Henry David Thoreau “I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die. discover that I had not lived.”

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 2: tis not too late to seek a newer world

Alfred Lord Tennyson: “ Come, my friends. tis not too late to seek a newer world.

For my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset. And through we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven. That which we are, we are:one equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 3: we must constantly look at things in a different way

Why do I stand up here? I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. See, the world looks very different from up here. 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 4: Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way

Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way. Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try. Now when you read, don’t just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think. 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 5: find your own voice

春風化雨經典台詞Dead Poets Society movie quotes

You must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 6: Dare to strike out and find new ground

Thoreau said” most men lead lives of quiet desperation”, don’t be resigned to that, break out. Don’t just walk off the edge like lemmings, look around you. Dare to strike out and find new ground.

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 7:  everyone started off with their own stride, their own pace

If you noticed, everyone started off with their own stride, their own pace. 

(But there’s) difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 8: you must trust that your beliefs are unique

We all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own. Even though others may think them odd or unpopular. Even though the herd may go, That’s Ba-a-ad. 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 9: two roads diverged in the wood, and I took the one less traveled by

Robert Frost said, “two roads diverged in the wood, and I took the one less traveled by.” and that has made all the differences” 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 10: find your own walk

I want you to find your own walk right now, your own way of striding, pacing any direction. Anything you want, whether it’s proud, whether it’s silly, anything. The courtyard is yours. you don’t have to perform, just make it for yourself. 

Dead Poets Society Movie Quotes 11: Carpe Diem, seize the day

Dead Poets Society movie quote Carpe Diem, seize the day

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

Old time is still a-flying. 

And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. 

Carpe Diem, seize the day, gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 

Each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die. 

These alumnis are not that different from you, are they? 

Same haircuts, full of hormones, just like you. 

Invincible, just like you feel. 

The world is their oyster. 

They believe they’re destined for great things, just like many of you. 

Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. 

Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? 

These boys are now fertilizing daffodils. 

But if you listen real close you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. 

Carpe Diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.

Certainly, there are many more beautiful poems and classic quotes from Dead Poets Society movies. These ones mentioned above are the ones that resonate with me the most. I hope they inspire you as well. Which ones resonate with you the most?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *