Kingdom of Heaven (film)

"You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be."

"I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle."

"Whoever dies here today, you will certainly be among them."

"Let's work on your skills. Take a high guard, like this. The Italians call it 'la posta del falcone - the guard of the hawk. Strike from high. Like this."

"If you have come to kill me, even these days, it is not easy."

"A new world. A better world. A kingdom of conscience...a kingdom of heaven."

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; that is your oath. [Slaps Balian] And that is so you remember it. Rise a knight, and Baron of Ibelin."

"Jerusalem is easy to find, go to where the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else."

"No matter your position, you are of my house, and we support the king."

"Defend the King.... If the King is no more save the people..... You are all that survives me... Do not let me down."

"What man is a man who does not make the world better?"

"A queen never walks. And yet you are walking."

"How can you be in hell, when you are in my heart?"

"If we do not burn these bodies, we will all be dead of disease in three days. God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't...then he is not God. And we need not worry."

"They are here."

"Is this why you came to the Holy Land? Come on!"

"When this wall comes down, there will be no quarter. If you throw down your arms, your families will die. We can break this army here! So I say let them come! Let them come!"

"If this is the Kingdom of Heaven, let God do with it as he will."

"[To Sybilla, after surrendering Jerusalem] Your brother's kingdom is here - (points to the mind) - and here - (points to the heart) - and that kingdom can never be surrendered."

"If the ribs are broken, the marrow will enter the blood and you will develop fever and die or a cyst will form and you will live. You're in the hands of God."

"You sail now for Jerusalem as your father wished. I'll follow within the week. Now the voyage is perilous. If God has purpose for you there, he'll keep you safe in his hands. [pauses] If not, God bless."

"I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. I've seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves. And goodness - what God desires - is here [points to Balian's head] and here [points to Balian's heart] and by what you decide to do every day you will be a good man...or not."

"When I was sixteen I won a great victory. I felt in that moment that I should live to be one hundred, now I know I shall not see thirty. None of us know our end really, or what hand will guide us there. A King may move a man, a father may claim a son. That man can also move himself. And only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played, or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone. Even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCC8tjrXYE8&ab_channel=GiangNguyen Balian and King Baldwin IV"

"Come forward. I am glad to meet Godfrey's son. He was one of my greatest teachers. He was there when, playing with the other boys, my arm was cut. And it was he, not my father's physicians, who noticed that I felt no pain. He wept when he gave my father the news, that I am a leper."

"The Saracens say that this disease is God's vengeance against the vanity of our kingdom. As wretched as I am, these Arabs believe that the chastisement that awaits me in hell is far more severe and lasting. If that's true, I call it unfair."

"Come. Sit. Do you play? The whole world is in chess. Any move can be the death of you. Do anything except remain where you started and you can't be sure of your end."

"On your knees... lower. I am... Jerusalem. And you, Reynald, will give me the kiss of peace. [Takes off glove]"

"[To Sibylla] My beautiful sister. So beautiful. I'm sorry if I've caused you any pain. Remember me as I was."

"There'll be a day when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a greater good."

"Jerusalem is dead Tiberias. No kingdom is worth my son alive in hell. I shall go to hell instead."

"[To Tiberias] How long before he wears a mask? Will you have one made for him? How did my boy deserve it?"

"But this isn't adultery. It's washing. But if it were adultery... which it isn't... the Commandments are not for people like us. They are for the others."

"You never fight back. You always turn the other cheek. I think that you conceive yourself without sin. That is a sin!"

"[After raiding a peaceful caravan] I am what I am. Someone has to be."

"[To Guy] If the war's to be now or later, I would have it now."

"[To Balian] You're your father's son. He was my friend. I'm yours."

"[To Balian] May God be with you, he's no longer with me."

"[On the practice of posthumously mutilating suicide victims] The law can go too far... I ask myself, would Jesus do it thusly? There is so much done in Christendom of which Christ would be incapable."

"Your quality will be known among your enemies before ever you meet them."

"[To Balian as he departs Jerusalem] If God does not love you, how could you have done all the things you have done?"

"Orlando Bloom - Balian of Ibelin"

"Liam Neeson - Godfrey of Ibelin"

"David Thewlis - Hospitaller"

"Marton Csokas - Guy de Lusignan"

"Eva Green - Princess Sibylla"

"Brendan Gleeson - Raynald of Châtillon"

"Jeremy Irons - Raymond, Count of Tiberias"

"Jon Finch - Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem"

"Edward Norton - King Baldwin of Jerusalem"

"Ghassan Massoud - Saladin"