Marvel Comics was founded back in 1939. From 1939 to 1947, the company was known as Timely Comics, and from 1947 to 1961, they appeared on the market as Magazine Management, but both these publishing houses are considered to be the predecessors to the modern-day Marvel Comics, which was officially founded in 1961.
Since then, Marvel has become a major player in the industry, and in this article, we are going to bring you a list of the 65 best quotes taken from Marvel’s comic books. Enjoy!
Best Marvel Quotes
1. “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Author: Ben Parker (Spider-Man)
2. “Heroes are made by the path they choose, not the powers they are graced with.”
Author: Iron Man (Iron-Man)
3. “A true Defender never raises arms against an innocent, no matter how they threaten you.”
Author: Doctor Stephen Strange (Doctor Strange)
4. “The greatest power on Earth is the magnificent power we all of us possess… the power of the human brain!'”
Author: Professor X (X-Men)
5. “I’m the best at what I do, what I do just isn’t very nice.”
Author: Wolverine (X-Men)
6. “I am not a god. I have never created life… but I have lived. That is enough. So I will fight to preserve that same opportunity — to love, to dream, to soar among the stars — for all those yet to come. Many lives will be lost in the battle ahead — but their efforts will ensure that some remain to remember their deeds. And, like the gods, they will truly live forever… even after they are gone.”
Author: Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (X-Men)
7. “The door is more than it appears. It separates who you are from who you can be. You do not have to walk through it… You can run.”
Author: Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four / X-Men)
8. “Hulk smash!”
Author: Hulk (Hulk)
9. “I’m not a hero. I’m a thief. Born a thief. Raised a thief. Will die a thief.”
Author: Felicia Hardy / Black Cat (Spider-Man)
10. “We come into the world alone, and we leave the same way. The time we spend in between — time spent alive, sharing, learning together — is all that makes life worth living.”
Author: Jean Grey (X-Men)
11. “But now, I’ve made you look at your reflection, and you don’t like what you see in the shadows. One of these days, one of us is going to inevitably kill the other. It’s coming, Parker… Sooner than you think. And when it does, you’re going to have to choose.”
Author: Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (Spider-Man)
12. “There is no good, nor evil. There is only DOOM.”
Author: Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four)
13. “You counter despair with hope. You strive forever for the best you are capable to be! Therein lies the victory!”
Author: Ororo Munroe / Storm (X-Men)
14. “Face it Tiger, you just hit the Jackpot.”
Author: Mary Jane Watson (Spider-Man)
15. “I was hollowed out inside… empty… just like my other. We were both sick… because we were incomplete… but not anymore. We healed each other… made each other whole. Neither one of us can survive without the other. Forget host. Forget symbiote. There is only Carnage.”
Author: Cletus Kasaday / Carnage (Spider-Man)
16. “They have the men, the guns, the money. But I am the Kingpin.”
Author: Wilson Fisk / Kingpin (Spider-Man)
17. “If there’s nothing but what we make in this world, brothers… let us make good.”
Author: Beta Ray Bill (Thor)
18. “Morality is the first step toward cowardice. Your cowardice has doomed your whole world. I will hunt down and kill everyone and everything you have ever loved. Listen for it… soon you will hear everyone you love scream.”
Author: Ulysses Klaw (Black Panther)
19. “Love is for souls, not bodies.”
Author: Scarlet Witch (X-Men)
20. “Your humans slaughter each other because of the color of your skin, or your faith or your politics — or for no reason at all — too many of you hate as easily as you draw breath.”
Author: Magneto (X-Men)
21. “Being the best you can be, that’s doable. That’s possible for anybody if they put their mind to it.”
Author: Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel)
22. “When you decide not to be afraid, you can find friends in super unexpected places.”
Author: Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel (Captain Marvel)
23. “Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they can’t be saved.”
Author: Professor X (X-Men)
24. “This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world – ‘No, YOU move.’”
Author: Captain America (Captain America)
25. “Who am I? That, my dear, is an excellent question. Though not one easily answered.”
Author: Raven / Mystique (X-Men)
26. “The world is changing. Soon there will only be the conquered and the conquerors. You are a good man, with a good heart. And it’s hard for a good man to be a king.”
Author: Black Panther (Black Panther)
27. “Whatever happens tomorrow you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man.”
Author: Captain America (Captain America)
28. “The world is full of evil and lies and pain and death, and you can’t hide from it; you can only face it. The question is, when you do – How do you respond? Who do you become?”
Author: Phil Coulson (Avengers)
29. “You say you don’t want the responsibility? Guess what? People like us…we don’t get a choice.”
Author: Spider-Man (Spider-Man)
30. “My spidey sense is tingling”
Author: Spider-Man (Spider-Man)
31. “Every person on this whole stupid planet is counting on you, Peter Parker. Promise me. Do your job. Make me proud.”
Author: Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man)
32. “And then… just like that… I feel it. Above the pounding heart of Spider-Man below me. Putting his life on the line once again to protect the innocent. To protect my son. Through the endless demons clawing their way out of the shadows of my past. I can feel it rising in the air. Cutting through the screams of a carnage-born god. Sending ripples of electricity through my codex-laden spine… boiling. Just below the surface. Aching to get out. For the first time in a very long time… I feel it. Hope. They fall into me. Black rain. Burrowing and growing. The codices… writhing and connecting with my own. The voices of their former hosts screaming into my mind. Captain America’s voice barking orders and war strategies. Wolverine’s rage igniting my blood into ancient fire. I see through Hawkeye’s diamond-scalpel eyes. The Thing’s ungodly strength turning my muscles to stone. They all melt together inside of me. Many voices becoming one. The power… not like anything I have ever felt before… something… new. Something better. We are the fury of this red-drenched city. Clothed in the armor of an avenging legion. This ends with us. All of us. Because we’re stronger when we’re together. And together… we. Are. Venom.”
Author: Eddie Brock / Venom (Spider-Man)
33. “We run around, calling ourselves Avengers… yet, when this man comes before us with something to avenge — a wrong that shrieks to heaven for vengeance — we turn a deaf ear — because his cause isn’t world-shattering enough for us! We forget that the world can end with a whimper — as well as with a bang!”
Author: Captain America (Captain America)
34. “Avengers assemble!”
Author: Various (Avengers)
35. “The strength of this country isn’t in buildings of brick and steel. It’s in the hearts of those who have sworn to fight for its freedom!”
Author: Captain America (Captain America)
36. “There’s a word we use. Everyone who’s ever served as an Avenger, we’ve spoken that word. Hell, it’s a competition to say it. To shout it. Because it is that sacred to what we are and what we do. And that word is assemble. When we come together, we’re stronger than when we stand apart. That’s what it’s always been about. We come together to fight what can’t be fought alone. To defeat those things in the world that would drag us down. That would make us lesser. Those things no single hero can withstand. And by we? I mean all of us. When we make the effort to help those who need us– to help each other, to be there for each other — we are all Avengers. You are Avengers.”
Author: Luke Cage (Defenders)
37. “I’ll give you three choices: You can die. You can run. Or you can join my army.”
Author: Erik Killmonger (Black Panther)
38. “We’re not just our failures. As much as they hurt, we learn from them. Then we go out there and do our best to make up for them — Even though we never will. We save people. We save as many as we can to make up for the ones we couldn’t. That’s all we do.”
Author: Spider-Man (Spider-Man)
39. “If you cage the beast, the beast will get angry.”
Author: Wolverine (X-Men)
40. “My father has often said to me: ‘A man may not be too careful in his choice of enemies, for once he has chosen… he has forfeited a friend.’ These are words my father has lived by, for he is Fu Manchu, and his life is his word”
Author: Shang-Chi (Shang-Chi)
41. “All we can do is our best, and sometimes the best we can do is start over.”
Author: Peggy Carter (Captain America)
42. “You keep waiting for the dust to settle, and then you realize this is it; the dust is your life going on. If happy comes along — that weird, unbearable delight that’s actually happy — I think you have to grab it while you can.”
Author: Kitty Pryde (X-Men)
43. “Faith is my sword. Truth is my shield. Knowledge my armor.”
Author: Doctor Stephen Strange (Doctor Strange)
44. “Violence doesn’t discriminate. It comes as cold and bracing as a winter breeze and it leaves you with a chill you can’t shake off.”
Author: Daredevil (Daredevil)
45. “I believe in the Avengers. We came together to face threats no single individual could withstand. To make the world a safer place. Perhaps it was a simpler time. Perhaps we were naive. Jocasta just asked me where I’d be without the Avengers. I’ve thought long and hard about that. And I know, without question… I’d be dead. Or insane. Or in prison. Or just not doing anyone much good. The Avengers have saved the world countless times. But they have also saved me. Have I faced hard times as a result of being an Avenger? Definitely. But I’ve also experienced some of the greatest moments of my life. Seen and done thing no other scientist can ever imagine. I’ve had the privilege of fighting beside some of the greatest heroes–and best friends–the world’s ever seen. And I’ve found happiness. More than I probably deserve. If I’d never become an Avenger, I might have lived a quiet, contented, productive life as a researcher. But it’s just as likely I’d have struggled with the same demons—depression, mental illness, suicidal thoughts–and not make it out the other side. And I wouldn’t have had the great honor of teaching you.”
Author: Hank Pym (Ant-Man)
46. “A victory has more meaning when it is won by the force of your own arms, the ingenuity of your own brain!”
Author: Thor (Thor)
47. “Mutant must fight mutant, if the weak are to be winnowed from the strong. And when only the strong are left, Apocalypse will make his move. Pray, all of you, that you are among the strong.”
Author: En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse (X-Men)
48. “Magic land, eh? Well, I’m a 16th level ranger in advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Chaotic neutral. Saving throws o’plenty”
Author: Deadpool (X-Men)
49. “Together, you and I will identify and confront America’s problems. Together, we will figure out what we are and what we can be. Together, we will define the American Dream and make it an American Reality. Now and forevermore, I am a man of the People.”
Author: Captain America (Captain America)
50. “Such bluster. How very typical. Ever the sheltered son. So many fractured delusions. You know nothing of war. For all these countless millennia — when it comes to the two of us — you seem to have avoided the simplest of conclusions. Instead, you feel the incessant need to avenge every wrong you perceive from your position of languid morality…as if it were some sort of game. Quite sad. But if it’s a war you truly desire, Thor — then Loki can happily provide.”
Author: Loki (Thor)
51. “Aye. I am an old man–foolish and fond, and quick with my temper. There are times I show little wisdom. And yet…here is wisdom. The strange wisdom of the world-tree I gave this eye to. The tree that is everything. That has its roots and branches in all that is. There are ten realms in this reality–ten spheres, ten universes, and the tree winds through them all. Through every star and planet. Every hero and villain. Every life. Every story. I am Odin Borson, who build the world from corpse-meat. I am Odin One-Eye, and sometimes my one eye is open. But above all, I am Odin All-Father. I am the one who speaks for the tree. I am the king of all stories…and you are my child.”
Author: Odin (Thor)
52. “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”
Author: Hulk (Hulk)
53. “My name is Gorr, son of a nameless father, outcast from a forgotten world. I have slain my way through multitudes to stand here at the genesis of all things. Blackened by vengeance, wet with holy blood. One simple dream still strong in my heart… The dream of a godless age.”
Author: Gorr the God Butcher (Thor)
54. “When God didn’t like what he created, he washed it all away in 40 days and 40 nights. I will do it in three.”
Author: Magneto (X-Men)
55. “No man can win every battle, but no man should fall without a struggle.”
Author: Spider-Man (Spider-Man)
56. “Better to die as men — Than to live as slaves!”
Author: Black Panther (Black Panther)
57. “Whether a law is right or wrong, moral or immoral, is an idea, a personal philosophy… but it always seems that fights over ideas skip over the barrier into the real world and become battles of real violence.”
Author: Spider-Man (Spider-Man)
58. “We get back to work for the people who need us. And if we have to, we do it all over again — only bigger.”
Author: Monica Rambeau (Captain Marvel)
59. “Your fate will lay heavily on my heart, though by all rights it shouldn’t. I did not force you to fight me. I gave you the chance to surrender the Gem. You forced me into doing what I did. I had to be faithful to my nature. For, after all, I am Thanos.”
Author: Thanos (Avengers)
60. “I know not who or what they are below! I only know Galactus must feed!”
Author: Galactus (Fantastic Four)
61. “Though thou be truly pure of heart – in thine innocence, thou art fair misguided! The true guru thou seekest doth lie within thyselves! Heed you now these words: ‘Tis not by dropping out – but by plunging in – into the maelstrom of life itself – that thou shalt find thy wisdom! There be causes to espouse!! There be battles to be won! There be glory and grandeur all about thee – if thou wilt but see! Aye, there will be time enow for thee to disavow thy heritage – yea, thou mayest drop out fore’er – once Hela herself hath come for thee! But, so long as life endures – thou must live it to the full! Else, thou be unworthy of the title – Man!”
Author: Thor (Thor)
62. “Focus solely on your goal, regardless of your surroundings. Be in the now. Set up and draw. Inhale and prepare for what you are about to do… take responsibility for the outcome, for every shot.”
Author: Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Hawkeye)
63. “Men must brawl to know one another! How better to learn the measure of a man – – ? And what greater gift can a man give another than the thrill, the joy, the glory of battle?”
Author: Hercules (Avengers)
64. “Intelligence is a privilege, and it needs to be used for the greater good of people.”
Author: Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man)
65. “I will not tolerate–I will not allow–any talk of the necessity of necessary evil. I have spent my life on that line and every time I’ve seen someone cross it, death and horror and shame was what followed. So I refuse to entertain it…”
Author: Captain America (Captain America)
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Now that you’ve read through our anthology of Marvel quotes, let us answer some frequently asked questions for you.
What Is Marvel’s Most Famous Quote?
Marvel’s most famous quote would be Uncle Ben’s “With great power comes great responsibility.” While there were certainly a lot of liable candidates, this quote has certainly had the most impact on the superhero genre and it has become a piece of history, not just a simple quote.
What Is the Avengers Slogan?
The Avengers’ slogan is, of course, “Avengers assemble!”. It has been spoken by a variety of characters throughout the stories and it illustrates how Stan Lee liked identical initials (AA). It has also been featured in various adaptations.
