Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Quotes

The Chessboard of Life and Strategy

King Baldwin IV: 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.

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Perceptions of Justice and Divine Retribution

King Baldwin IV: 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.

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Meeting Godfrey's Son and Reflecting on Pain

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.

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The Responsibility of One's Own Choices

King Baldwin IV: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCC8tjrXYE8&ab_channel=GiangNguyen Balian and King Baldwin IV] 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. ]

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The Essence of True Goodness

Hospitaller: [points to Balian's head; points to Balian's heart] 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 and here and by what you decide to do every day you will be a good man...or not.

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Faith in God's Purpose During Perilous Journeys

Hospitaller: [pauses] 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. If not, God bless.

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The Fragility of Life and Divine Will

Hospitaller: 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.

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The Inviolable Kingdom Within

Balian of Ibelin: [''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.

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Acceptance of Divine Will in Heaven

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

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Defending Jerusalem: A Call to Stand Firm

Balian of Ibelin: * Rallying the defenders of Jerusalem for what is likely their last stand.

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Defiance in the Face of Destruction

Balian of Ibelin: 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!

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Defiance in the Face of Death

Balian of Ibelin: * To a Teutonic knight trying to kill him as they prepare to fight one another.

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Questioning Intentions in the Holy Land

Balian of Ibelin: Is this why you came to the Holy Land? Come on!

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A solitary figure on the horizon

Balian of Ibelin: * When a single horseman is seen in the distance on top of a hill.

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Imminent Arrival Acknowledged

Balian of Ibelin: They are here.

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The Necessity of Difficult Choices

Balian of Ibelin: 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.

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Love transcends even the depths of despair.

Balian of Ibelin: How can you be in hell, when you are in my heart?

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A Queen's Dignity in Motion

Balian of Ibelin: A queen never walks. And yet you are walking.

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No man is without the power to improve.

Balian of Ibelin: * From the Latin Inscription: Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem

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The Importance of Making the World Better

Balian of Ibelin: What man is a man who does not make the world better?

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A Call to Protect and Serve the People

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

Allegiance to the King and Unity in House

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

Finding Jerusalem Through Language Directions

Godfrey of Ibelin: Jerusalem is easy to find, go to where the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else.

A Knight's Oath of Courage and Integrity

Godfrey of Ibelin: [Slaps Balian] 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. And that is so you remember it. Rise a knight, and Baron of Ibelin.

Vision of a Better World

Godfrey of Ibelin: A new world. A better world. A kingdom of conscience...a kingdom of heaven.

Facing Death with Resolve

Godfrey of Ibelin: If you have come to kill me, even these days, it is not easy.

Mastering the Guard of the Hawk

Godfrey of Ibelin: 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.