100+ Famous Quotes from Gone with the Wind: Timeless Movie Lines & Copywriting Inspiration

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

"I'll think about that tomorrow. I can't think about that now."

"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."

"You know, Rhett, I don't give a damn what people say."

"I'll do anything to get money. Anything at all."

"War and politics are men’s business, but survival is women’s work."

"When you want something bad enough, you find a way."

"I’ve always found that trouble helps me wake up and face facts."

"Land is the only thing that lasts. Land is the only thing that matters."

"I’ll rebuild Tara. I swear it."

"If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, I’ll do it to survive."

"Hard times make strong women, and strong women don’t whine."

"You should be kissed and often, by someone who knows how."

"I loved you more than I've ever loved any woman—and I've waited for you longer than I've ever waited for anything."

"You mean so much to me that I can't even tell you."

"I was born knowing you'd come back because I need you."

"Every man has one woman he can't forget. You're mine."

"I wanted nothing but you, Scarlett. And you gave me nothing."

"I’ve loved you since the day I met you. That hasn’t changed."

"There’s no use pretending. I love you, plain and simple."

"My heart aches every time I see you with someone else."

"You’re like the air I breathe—you’re just there, whether I like it or not."

"If loving you is wrong, then I don’t want to be right."

"Even when I hate you, I still want you."

"I don’t care if it’s unladylike. I’m not a lady, I’m a survivor."

"I won’t play the part of the helpless woman. Not anymore."

"Let them gossip. I’ve got better things to do than care."

"I made my own rules. If they don’t like it, too bad."

"I don’t answer to anyone but myself."

"Being proper won’t feed my family. Action will."

"I’d rather be called ruthless than starve quietly."

"They said a woman can’t run a business. Watch me."

"I don’t need your permission to live my life."

"Just because it’s tradition doesn’t mean it’s right."

"I’ll wear red if I want to. Let Atlanta gasp."

"Independence isn’t given. It’s taken."

"Sir, you’re no gentleman," and he replied, "And you, miss, are no lady."

"I’m not sure I deserve you, but I’m going to keep you anyway."

"You look like the devil dressed as a Methodist bishop."

"You’re worse than a Yankee—with better manners."

"Pray? Yes, I’ll pray—as soon as I finish cheating at solitaire."

"I admire your courage, Miss O’Hara, if not your grammar."

"You have a talent for stating the obvious—with great enthusiasm."

"Congratulations. You’ve managed to offend everyone in the room—including yourself."

"Your lies are so transparent, I can see the truth through them."

"You’re not stupid—you just have terrible judgment."

"If ignorance were painless, you’d be immortal."

"You’re the kind of woman who makes sin look charming."

"You’re right. I’ll go back to Tara. I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

"I finally realized I didn’t love Ashley. It was just a dream I clung to."

"I had everything I wanted except the one thing I needed—him."

"He was the only man I ever truly loved, and I let him go."

"I built a wall around my heart, and now I can’t tear it down."

"Grief doesn’t fade—it just becomes heavier over time."

"I lost more than a husband. I lost my chance at happiness."

"The worst part of losing you is realizing I never really had you."

"I thought money could buy security. I was wrong. It can’t buy love."

"Sometimes the person you want most is the one who breaks you."

"I buried my pride today. But it didn’t bring him back."

"I’d give all my wealth for one more hour with you."

"I am a daughter of the land. Nothing will ever change that."

"O’Haras don’t beg. We endure."

"I may be many things, but I am not a coward."

"My name is Scarlett O’Hara, and I pay my debts."

"I come from Irish stock—stubborn, proud, and fierce."

"A true Southern lady? No. But I’m real, and that’s more than they can say."

"I wear my pride like a second skin."

"People forget who I am, but I never do."

"My strength isn’t in my beauty—it’s in my will."

"I may bend, but I will never break."

"I carry Tara in my blood. That’s where my power comes from."

"Call me selfish. Call me strong. Just don’t call me weak."

"Money is power, and I intend to have plenty of it."

"I don’t want to be dependent on anyone ever again."

"Success is the best revenge."

"I’ll build an empire if it kills me."

"Power isn’t given. It’s seized."

"I’d rather be feared than pitied."

"No man will ever control my fortune—or my fate."

"I don’t need love. I need results."

"Let them whisper. My ledgers speak louder."

"I don’t climb ladders—I knock down doors."

"Wealth isn’t just money. It’s freedom."

"I’ll be richer than the Yankees ever dreamed of."

"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."

"The past is gone. Don’t dig it up just to suffer again."

"Experience is a brutal teacher, but she teaches well."

"You can’t live in dreams, Scarlett. Reality bites harder."

"People change when survival demands it."

"Hope is dangerous when it blinds you to truth."

"The world doesn’t care about your feelings. It only respects action."

"Strength isn’t the absence of fear—it’s moving forward despite it."

"Every choice leaves a mark. Choose wisely."

"Love fades. Respect lasts. Power endures."

"The smartest people learn from their mistakes. The wisest prevent them."

"Regret is heavy. Carry it once, then put it down."

"War makes monsters out of men and heroes out of fools."

"The Old South is dead. Let it stay buried."

"Slavery wasn’t noble. It was convenient—for some."

"Men talk of honor while women bury their children."

"The war didn’t destroy us. Our pride almost did."

"Freedom means nothing if you can’t feed your family."

"Reconstruction isn’t progress if it crushes the innocent."

"The rich lose fortunes. The poor lose lives."

"History remembers generals. I remember the starving."

"Flags change. Suffering stays the same."

"Peace is just war paused."

"They called it glory. I call it waste."

"Some folks are born to struggle. I was born to overcome."

"Destiny isn’t written in stars. It’s carved in choices."

"I don’t believe in luck. I believe in fighting for what’s mine."

"If fate throws me down, I’ll rise with dirt on my hands."

"God may have a plan, but I have a will."

"I was meant for more than waiting on a porch for a man."

"Call it fate, call it fire—I won’t be extinguished."

"The wind carries change. I ride it, not resist."

"I don’t wait for destiny. I create it."

"If the world ends tomorrow, I’ll still plant a garden today."

"My story isn’t over. Not by a long shot."

"They said I’d fall. I’m still standing."