Dark Knight Rises Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from Gotham City

I am not a hero. I am whatever Gotham needs me to be.

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

The night is darkest just before the dawn.

It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough, sometimes people deserve more.

A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy’s shoulders.

Theatricality and deception are powerful agents.

I won’t kill you, but I don’t have to save you.

You have nothing to fear, but fear itself.

When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die.

There is a prison in a more ancient part of the world, a pit where men are thrown to suffer and die.

Peace has cost you your strength, victory has defeated you.

I’m Gotham’s reckoning.

Do you think he’s coming back?

I wanted to save Gotham. I failed.

The fire rises.

You don’t fear death, you welcome it.

Fear is why you fail.

You see, it’s the slow knife… the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between the bones… that’s the knife that cuts deepest.

Theatricality and deception, powerful agents to the uninitiated.

Gotham is beyond saving and must be allowed to die.

There’s a storm coming.

The legend ends tonight.

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

You’ve changed things forever. There’s no going back.

Now is not the time for fear, that comes later.

He’s hunting. I’m the prey.

I won’t bury you. I’ve buried enough members of the Wayne family.

I’ll show you what happens when a city relies on someone else to solve its problems.

I’m Gotham’s reckoning, here to end the borrowed time you’ve all been living on.

Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars… I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it!

I expect you to pay for the privilege of being saved.

Storm’s coming, Mr. Wayne.

I’m not afraid. I’m angry.

Bane is coming.

Hope is precious. Hope is strength. Hope is victory.

Fear is why you fail.

I am the League of Shadows.

I had nothing… until I embraced the darkness.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it.

Gotham needs a symbol.

I am Gotham’s reckoning.

No guns, no killing. Where’s the fun in that?

This isn’t a car.

I am the last resort!

It’s not just a symbol. It’s a warning.

There is no escape from death.

Do you feel in charge?

You have been supplied with a false idol to stop you from tearing down this corrupt city. Let me tell you the truth about Harvey Dent.