86 Awesome Legend Quotes For Life's Most Epic

Why Legend Quotes?

Legends are everywhere, in movies and real life. These quotes are about legends around us, in fiction, science, and other media types, and also depict the life of legends.

You must have heard a famous saying, "Legends are not born, they are made" quite often. A legend can be anyone who has accomplished a spectacular and respectable feat. We are sure you will be motivated and inspired by this list of quotes.

What Parents Should Know

• Many legend quotes are about reality and brutal truth, which can be difficult for many to digest. 
• Legend quotes will not only inspire you but force you to contemplate life choices and actions. 
• A life of legend is also filled with ups and downs. To be known as a legend, you need to turn these difficulties into opportunities to rise to the top. 

What To Talk About With Kids

• Lifetime legendary quotes are given by great personalities like Pablo Picasso, Douglas Hyde, and Caitlin Moran.
• A legend is also a highly revered story from ancient times that cannot be proven true. For example, legends of mythology like Odysseus from Ancient Greece. 
• Legends of mythology also include geological events that changed the course of time for the planet, like the exploding lake and Noah's ark.

Most Popular Legend Quotes

1. "Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries...endures for a reason." - Dan Brown, 'The Lost Symbol'

2. "After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth'." - J. R. R. Tolkien, 'The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien'

3. "Legend remains victorious in spite of history." - Sarah Bernhardt

4. "You look more like a legend when you accomplish a lot at a young age." - Lil Yachty

5. "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." - Babe Ruth

6. "You're a legend in your own mind." - Harry Callahan

7. "If you want to be a legend you have to fight with legends." - Aleksei Oleinik

8. "Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present." - Lauren Bacall

9. "If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff." - J. J. Watt

Inspiring Legend Movie Quotes

10. "Ronald Kray:You're not afraid of anything?

Reggie Kray: Oh, only myself, you know, and you."

11. "I always liked you, Frances, I always did. 'Cause, you have the ability to see into the future. You do. And that's the same as me." - Ronald Kray

12. "Mike Jobber:Well your brother's done a runner

Reggie Kray:Nah he's just genuinely disappointed with you, that's all."

13. "Sometimes to achieve greatness, you do, you have to cut off a little piece of yourself no matter how much it hurts, in order to grow, in order to move on." - Ronald Kray

14. "Frances Shea: You could go straight.

Reggie Kray:Life isn't always what we want it to be."

15. "Me and my brother, we're gonna rule London!" - Ronald Kray

16. "Reggie Kray:What exactly are you asking me to do, Mr. Bruno?

Angelo Bruno:I'm asking you to do something about Ron.

Reggie Kray:I can't do that. He's my brother."

17. “Angelo Bruno: Come to Philadelphia! You see a nice girl, we'll get her for you!

Ronald Kray: I prefer boys. Italians, sometimes Greek, but I am not prejudiced.”

18. “Ronald Kray: You hit me.

Reggie Kray: Yeah.

Ronald Kray: Right!”

19. Me and my brother, we're gonna rule London! - Ronald Kray

20. London in the 1960s, everyone had a story about the Krays. They were twins. Reggie was a gangster prince of East End, Ronnie Kray was a one-man mob. - Frances Shea

21. “Ronald Kray: You're not afraid of anything?

Reggie Kray: Oh, only myself you know... and you

Ronald Kray: Um.

Ronald Kray: Yeah”

22. We're talking about being gangsters, that's what we are! - Ronald Kray

23. “Mike Jobber: Well your brother's done a runner

Reggie Kray: Nah he's just genuinely disappointed with you, that's all.”

24. “Mike Jobber: Reg, Ron. The Richardsons were unexpectedly engaged, so we're gonna look after you

Reggie Kray: Ah, it's alright, the landlord's gonna change the barrel for me. Don't mind if I pour myself a pint, would ya?”

25. “Frances Shea: You could go straight...

Reggie Kray: Life isn't always what we want it to be.”

26. “What care I for human hearts? Soft and spiritless as porridge! A faerie's heart beats fierce and free!” - Oona

27. “Angelo Bruno: Do something about Ron

Reggie Kray: I can't do that... he's my brother.”

28. “Yeah... You're not laughing now, are you?” - Ronald Kray

29. “Jack: I... I must be dreaming...

Honeythorn Gump: If life is a dream, better you dread the waking!”

30. “This place holds more magic for me than any palace in the world.” - Princess Lily

31. “Higher, higher, burning fire, making music like a choir!” - Blix

32. “This shot be just as sweet as pie.” - Blix

33. “Jack: How do you know my name?

Jack: Stop it! Go away!

Honeythorn Gump: I know everything, Jack. Yet I do not understand what has happened today. Suppose you tell me, Jack? You know these woods as well as any elf. Did you not see something odd today, any strange spirits? Did nothing untoward happen?”

34. “Jack: I took Lily to see the unicorn...

Honeythorn Gump: you did WHAT?

Honeythorn Gump: SILENCE!”

34. “Neither country proverb nor King's command could keep me from the woods, today.” - Princess Lily

35. "Life isn't always what we want it to be." - Reggie Kray

36. “Frank Shea: You've got glamour, Frances. You're like an East End starlet.

Mrs. Shea: East End harlot's, more like it.”

37. “The difference between us, right, apart from, you know, the obvious, and that is that I, right, I work for me. And you, well, you work for them.” - Reggie Kray

38. “A cup of tea can solve anything. Bit under the weather? Tea." - Frances Shea

39. “Never mess with a man's jewels, mate!” - Reggie Kray

40. “People who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones.” - Ronald Kray

41. “Reggie Kray: My loyalty to my brother is how I measure myself.

Frances Shea: What about your loyalty to me?”

42. “In our line of work, it's not good to be famous. Anonymous is the goal.” - Angelo Bruno

43. “The world is quite like London. It's not good, it's not bad, it just is. There's no morality or dishonour, just your own lonely code. Until your race is run. Until the end. Until we're all just ghosts of the people we once thought we were.” - Frances Shea

44. “God doesn't ask if we accept this life. There is no choice. Life is forced upon you. The only choice is how we live it. Or not. That's a choice as well.” - Frances Shea

45. “Sometimes to achieve greatness, you do, you have to cut off a little piece of yourself no matter how much it hurts, in order to grow, in order to move on.” - Ronald Kray

46. “That's my formula -- What I like to do is I like to mix celebrities with a few, just a few, East End villains. The punters, they love it! It's really good for business.” - Reggie Kray

47. “Leslie Payne: ...The world could be our oyster!

Ronald Kray: Payne. You say WE a lot. You also say OUR a lot.

Leslie Payne: Do I?

Ronald Kray: My question is, Is your last name Kray?

Leslie Payne: You take the pearls Ron, I'm perfectly happy with the soft bits.”

48. “Reggie Kray: Frankie, come home.

Frances Shea: I am home. At least until I find somewhere else. I can't go and live with my mum.

Reggie Kray: What can I do to change your mind? You can't. I've changed my mind about one thing, though. What's that? I do want you to remember me. Always. That I existed, that I once walked beside you.”

49. “Ronald Kray: You know, it's possible, right, for a person to become a ghost while they're still alive.

Frances Shea: You think so?

Ronald Kray: Well, it's happened to you, ain't it?”

50. “Aristocrats and criminals have a lot in common. They're both selfish, get bored easily, and have access to wads of cash they didn't have to work honestly to get”  - Frances Shea

Best Legend Quotes

51. "You don't need to be legendary all the time. You can just be legendary for ten minutes a day." - Caitlin Moran

52. "We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend." - Bennett Madison

53. "The difference between the greats and the legends is their ability to focus for longer periods of time." - Jordan Burroughs

54. "When we think about equality and freedom and justice, we know we’ve got more work to do, and we’re going to do that work. We want to do that work, and we hope that our song is an inspiration for those who want to do that work as well." - John Legend

55. "At the heart of every legend, there is a grain of truth." - Michael Scott, 'The Alchemyst'

56. "If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person." - Charles Alexander Eastman

57. "Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it." - Douglas Hyde

58. "A picture lives by its legend - not by anything else." - Pablo Picasso

Legendary Legend Quotes

59. "You can't become legendary if you have no energy." - Robin Sharma

60. "It doesn't matter you were born as Legend. But what does matter is Legendary End. Think about it." - Bruce Lee

61. "Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." - One Stab, 'Legends Of The Fall', Jim Harrison

62. "The right ingredients can create a legend." - Coco Chanel

63. "We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend." - Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Across The Plains'

64. "Great talent stands in line to join your team because the culture becomes the stuff of legend." - Dave Ramsey, 'EntreLeadership: 20 Years Of Practical Business Wisdom From The Trenches'

65. "Every human being has a personal legend to be fulfilled, and this is our reason for being in the world. This personal legend manifests itself in our enthusiasm for the task." - Paulo Coelho

66. "Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does." - Helen Hayes

67. "Anytime you get action legends together, it has to be a classic." - Chuck Norris

68. "There are heroes and then there are legends, heroes get remembered but legends never die." - Boney Kapoor

69. "When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness." - Tecumseh

70. "Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes." - Akon

71. "You don't create legends out of other legends." - Shaggy

72. "There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come." - Canelo Alvarez

73. "I'm not motivated by money or fame. I'm more driven by the electricity of creativity. The idea of being one of the legends that inspired me, being like Tupac." - Vic Mensa

74. "All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived." - John Boorman

75. "I've followed living legends everywhere I've been." - Jesse Marsch

76. "When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that." - Burning Spear

Legend And Hero Quotes

77. "I've never considered myself as a legend - just a simple man with a heart." - Fedor Emelianenko

78. "I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend." - Freddie Mercury

79. "I'm honest - of course, I want to be a legend." - Memphis Depay

80. "A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time." - Usain Bolt

81. "I’m trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music, and soaked up more influences." - John Legend

82. "A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it." - Miles Davis

83. "As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember." - Neil Armstrong

84. "From the age of seven, I was destined to be a legend, to be the world's most popular fighter." - Naseem Hamed

85. "It feels so good to be amongst some of the biggest legends in music - it feels quite surreal." - Anne-Marie

86. "I'm not a real person. I'm a legend." - Jean-Michel Basquiat

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