Last updated May 12th 2025
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46. Remember: bee yourself.
Genie gives Aladdin a pep talk before his date with Princess Jasmine, as only Genie can. He has such a way with buzzwords (pun intended). It's always better to "bee" yourself!
45. Ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them!
44. Don't feed the bear!
After Winnie the Pooh gets stuck in Rabbit's house, Rabbit emphasizes the importance of not feeding the bear.
43. My dream wouldn't be complete without you in it.
42. He loves me...
Ariel plays a game of "he loves me, he loves me not..." while thinking about the dashing human prince Eric.
41. Anyone could see that the Prince was charming. The only one for me... There's nobody like him, anywhere at all.
40. Love is putting someone else's needs before yours.
Olaf knows what love is, and explains it eloquently to Anna in one of the most memorable quotes from Frozen.
39. Always let your conscience be your guide.
After giving Pinocchio the gift of life, the Blue Fairy urges the puppet to be a good boy, and always let his conscience be his guide.
38. Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.
37. It is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.
36. I never look back, darling.
It distracts from the now.
The Incredibles' Edna Mode has it figured out. If you live in the past, you'll miss what's right in front you. There's no better time to live than in the right now.
35. If you focus on what you left behind you will never see what lies ahead.
34. If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all.
Repeating his father's words at his mother's prompting, Thumper delivers the most diplomatic line from any Disney movie in a lovably simple, straightforward way.
33. We can't just run away from who we are.
32. Even miracles take a little time.
The Fairy Godmother reminds us that patience is a virtue, and that dreams won't come true on their own, that they require time to nurture and foster. Cinderella's long-suffering faith in her dreams made it possible for them to come true.
31. It was worth it if you learned something from it.
30. Life's not a spectator sport.
29. You can either run from it (the past), or learn from it.
Rafiki delivers one of Disney's most popular and memorable quotes, telling Simba that, though sometimes painful, life teaches us lessons that can help us grow and be better, stronger.
28. Some people are worth melting for.
27. Trust. It's what friends do.
26. Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Who can forget how Stitch found a good little family of his own?
25. I just want you to be happy, whatever you decide.
24. There is nowhere you could go that I won't be with you.
23. I'll always be right here.
22. The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter.
21. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become.
20. Never, ever, lose sight of what’s really important.
19. Daddy's got you.
18. I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad.
17. Beauty is found within.
16. Best. Day. Ever!
Rapunzel enjoys her newfound freedom outside her tower.
15. There it is, Wendy: second star to the right and straight on till morning.
14. Oh, bother.
13. Curiouser and curiouser...
Alice finds many curious things to be curious about on her journey down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland.
12. Nothing's impossible.
11. There's always a chance, as long as one can think.
10. To infinity ... and beyond!
One of Disney's most popular and memorable lines is a Buzz Lightyear catchphrase from Toy Story. It's a sweet reminder of one of the great wonders of childhood: the limitlesss power of imagination.
9. Giving up is for rookies.
8. Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.
7. They can't order me to stop dreaming.
Cinderella keeps hope and optimism alive where her cruel stepmother and stepsisters cannot hold dominion: her own free mind.
6. A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.
5. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
4. Anyone can cook. But only the fearless can be great.
Gusteau teaches Remy that courage is one of the secret ingredients to success in this bold quote from Ratatouille.
3. You can't turn back the clock... But you can wind it up again.
2. The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
1. The very things that held you down are gonna carry you up and up and up!
Timothy Mouse gives an excellent example of irony, and by the same token teaches us that sometimes what we may first see as a flaw or an impediment can help us grow and make us better. Dumbo learns the importance of being all he can be: if you just believe in yourself, the sky's the limit!