I hope that you will enjoy the following collection of quotes from the popular movie: V For Vendetta.

Lilly and Lana Wachowski along with Joel Silver, the masterminds behind The Matrix trilogy brought the graphic novel of the same name to the big screen. In the movie, Great Britain has become a fascist state and a shadowy freedom fighter known only as “V” begins a violent campaign to destroy those who have embraced totalitarianism.

V for Vendetta was released in 2006 and became a cult classic with it’s underlying message about corrupt governments and the fight for freedom.

V for Vendetta has a number of powerful moments and quotes that have had audiences thinking about their deeper meaning. Let’s take a look at the best quotes from this classic movie.

1. People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. – V for Vendetta

2. Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof. – V for Vendetta

3. Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it. – V for Vendetta

4. Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell. – V for Vendetta

5. They say that life’s a game, and then they take the board away. – V for Vendetta

6. You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. – V for Vendetta

7. Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all that we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch, we are free. – V for Vendetta

8. Artists use lies to tell the truth while politicians use them to cover the truth up. – V for Vendetta

9. We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. – V for Vendetta

10. The past can’t hurt you anymore, not unless you let it. – V for Vendetta

11. Our masters have not heard the people’s voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember. – V for Vendetta

12. Love your rage, not your cage. – V for Vendetta

13. Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining. – V for Vendetta

14. There are no coincidences, only the illusion of coincidences. – V for Vendetta

15. What was done to me created me. It’s a basic principle of the universe that every action causes an equal and opposing reaction. – V for Vendetta

16. I didn’t put you in a prison, Evey. I just showed you the bars. – V for Vendetta

17. You were born in a prison. You’ve been in a prison so long, you no longer believe there’s a world outside. – V for Vendetta

18. Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can release me? Who’s controlling and constraining my life except…me? – V for Vendetta

19. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V. – V for Vendetta

20. Remember, Remember, the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. – V for Vendetta

Thanksgiving day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. The holiday originated in 1621 as a harvest festival celebrated by Pilgrims after a successful growing season. It has been celebrated nationally since 1789, when George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, a Thanksgiving holiday.

While Thanksgiving day is celebrated in the United States, we should all take the time more often to be thankful and grateful for all of the blessings in our lives.

I think that the following collection of Thanksgiving quotes perfectly capture the true meaning of the holiday; a time of giving thanks, feeling grateful, and enjoying the special time spent with friends and family.

1. We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. – John F. Kennedy

2. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

3. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

4. Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. – John Wooden

5. What if, today, we were grateful for everything? – Charlie Brown

6. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are. – Joyce Giraud

7. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. – Epictetus

8. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey

9. The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. – William Blake

10. There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. – Jim Rohn

11. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

12. When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. – Willie Nelson

13. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward

14. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

15. If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart

16. The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. – Norman Vincent Peale

17. Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. – Randy Pausch

18. Give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. – Brian Tracy

19. Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective. – Germany Kent

20. There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.

21. Even in the trials of life, if we have eyes to see them, we can find good things everywhere we look. – Joanna Gaines

22. Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle

23. What I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s purely about getting together with friends or family and enjoying food. It’s really for everybody, and it doesn’t matter where you’re from. – Daniel Humm

24. A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude. – Bruce Wilkinson

25. Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life. – Rumi

26. We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. – Neal A. Maxwell

27. Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude. – Nigel Hamilton

28. No matter what the situation is…close your eyes and think of all the things in your life you could be grateful for right now. – Deepak Chopra

29. Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have. – Catherine Pulsifer

30. Be kind, be thoughtful, be genuine but most of all be thankful.

Matthew McConaughey is an actor, producer and author who has spent over 20 years working in the entertainment industry.

Matthew McConaughey has starred in dozens of popular films including Interstellar, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The Wolf of Wall Street and his Academy award winning performance in the Dallas Buyers Club. 

Matthew is also a prominent thought leader in the personal development arena. He has given some great interviews on shows such as Tom Bilyeu’s Impact Theory and Lewis Howes’ The School of Greatness. His book Greenlights was number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Matthew McConaughey is a household name associated with acting, wisdom and insight into how to become more successful and live your best life.

I hope that you enjoy this wonderful collection of Matthew McConaughey quotes.

1. There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way. – Matthew McConaughey

2. I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don’t pay much attention to the past or the future. – Matthew McConaughey

3. We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. – Matthew McConaughey

4. Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won’t ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you’re a victim. You are not. – Matthew McConaughey

5. There are three things, to my account, that I need each day. One of them is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase. – Matthew McConaughey

6. Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it. – Matthew McConaughey

7. We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed. – Matthew McConaughey

8. I’m not perfect; no, I step in shit all the time and recognize it when I do. I’ve just learned how to scrape it off my boots and carry on. – Matthew McConaughey

9. Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time. – Matthew McConaughey

10. I’d rather lose money having fun than make money being bored. – Matthew McConaughey

11. Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill? – Matthew McConaughey

12. Life is our resume. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back? – Matthew McConaughey

13. Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and committing to it. – Matthew McConaughey

14. You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now. – Matthew McConaughey

15. Catching greenlights is about skill: intent, context, consideration, endurance, anticipation, resilience, speed, and discipline. We can catch more greenlights by simply identifying where the red lights are in our life, and then change course to hit fewer of them. – Matthew McConaughey

16. Life’s barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at. – Matthew McConaughey

17. It’s a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. – Matthew McConaughey

18. To select a path for your life, you need to know yourself, your interests, where you want to see yourself in the coming future. – Matthew McConaughey

19. Defining ourselves by what we are not is the first steps that leads us to what we are. – Matthew McConaughey

20. A man should always have his diary on him. That way he’s guaranteed to have something incredible to read. – Matthew McConaughey

21. Sometimes you gotta go back to go forward. And I don’t mean going back to reminisce or chase ghosts. I mean go back to see where you came from, where you been and how you got here. – Matthew McConaughey

22. The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice. – Matthew McConaughey

23. Give thanks. Appreciate what you do have…the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back. – Matthew McConaughey

24. Every hero doesn’t do this great big hero thing. They do the simple thing over and over…and they stick to it. – Matthew McConaughey

25. So to any of us, whatever those things are: whatever it is we look up to, whatever it is we look forward to, and whoever it is we’re chasin’. To that I say: Amen. To that I say: Alright, alright, alright. To that I say: Just keep livin’. – Matthew McConaughey