62 Godfather Quotes That Will Inspire Fearlessness In You

Great men are not born great, they grow great.

You have to take time and trouble.

I have a special practice. I handle one client.

I don’t fear you, Michael. I just dread you.

I’m smart, and I want respect.

Look how they massacred my boy.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

I say we make him dead. You give me the order, I take care of it.

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.

My father taught me many things here – he taught me in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me.

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.

The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.

I want reliable people, people who aren’t going to be carried away.

Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes.

I’m going to leave you now because I know that you are busy on this, the day of your daughter’s wedding.

You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?

The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.

Tom, this is business and this man is taking it very, very personal.

We’re going to the mattresses.

Power wears out those who do not have it.

I want you to use all your powers and all your skills.

Tattaglia is a pimp.

I want somebody good — and I mean very good — to plant that gun.

Come on, kid, don’t fool around.

You know, Mike, you’re gonna turn out all right.

I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to break the peace we have made here today.

She was the light of my life. A beautiful girl.

This war stops now.

I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots.

Never tell anyone outside the Family what you are thinking again.

What’s the matter with you? I think your brain is going soft with all that comedy you are playing with that young girl.

I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!

Now we’re talking business, let’s talk business.

Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!

You’re getting a real reputation, Sonny! I hope you’re enjoying it!

Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news at once.

When they come… they come at what you love.

They should have stopped Hitler at Munich.

I bet Russian Czars never paid that much for a horse.

I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should listen.

You can act like a man! What’s the matter with you? Is this how you turned out, a Hollywood finocchio that cries like a woman?

You think too much of me, kid. I am not that clever.

I hope their first child be a masculine child.

It’s a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

A man in my position can’t afford to look ridiculous.

Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

That’s my family, Kay. It’s not me.

Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.

In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.

I have learned more from the streets than in any classroom.

I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman. Blood is a big expense.

My father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.

It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.

I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion.

Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.

Women and children can be careless, but not men.

I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.

A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.

For justice, we must go to Don Corleone.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.