100 Assassin’s Creed Quotes to Step up Your Game

1. “Everything is permitted. Nothing is true.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2. “Where other men blindly follow the truth, remember, nothing is true. Where other men are limited by morality or law, remember, everything is permitted. We work in the dark to serve the light. We are assassins.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

3. “It’s better to have faith in something than nothing at all.” – Connor Kenway

4. “Life’s hardest choices are the ones that force you to question your own moral code.” – Shay Patrick Cormac 

5. “I am an expert swordsman, and I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

6. “Only a mind free of impediment is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world. This is our greatest asset.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

7. “We must never give up the fight. The minute we do, we have lost.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze 

8. “Our lives are so brief and unimportant. The cosmos cares nothing for us. For what we’ve done—had we wrought evil instead of good, had I chosen to abuse the Apple instead of seal it away—none of it would have mattered. There is no counting. No reckoning. No final judgment. There is simply silence and darkness—utter and absolute.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

9. “Our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be wise.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

10. “How could I regret the only life I’ve ever known?” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

11. “People are quick to judge but slow to correct themselves.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze 

12. “Sometimes, the face we show to the world needs to be one of strength despite the chaos we harbor beneath.” – Myrrine 

13. “What is a man but the sum of his memories? We are the stories we live! The tales we tell ourselves!” – Clay Kaczmarek

14. “We see the world as it really is and hope that one day, all mankind might see the same.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

15. “It is sometimes hard to remember how easy life was before the world changed.” – Arno Victor Dorian

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16. “The world is an illusion. One we can either submit to—as most do—or transcend.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

17. “I cannot shed my past like a snake sheds its skin.” – Bayek of Siwa

18. “I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceive that this also was a chasing at the wind. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.” – Al Mualim

19. “You’d kill people simply for believing differently from you?” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

20. “What you are not is actually what people will assume of you at first.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

21. “All that is good in me began with you, father.” – Darim Ibn-La’Ahad

22. “You’ll forgive me if I’ve grown tired of waiting for humanity to wake up.” – Rodrigo Borgia

23. “To say that nothing is true is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

24. “Wanting something does not give you the right to have it.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

25. “When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it, and I had love, but I did not feel it.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

26. “You parrot the words, but you do not understand them.” – Mary Read

27. “I realize now that it will take time. That the road is long and shrouded in darkness. It is a road that will not always take me where I wish to go, but I will travel down it nonetheless.” – Connor Kenway

28. “All we need is a cause to fight for, and for me, that cause is you.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

29. “Listen, do you really expect me to believe that God lives beneath the Vatican?” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

30. “I will not be captive to another man’s gaudy design. My destiny is mine to weave.” – Eivor Varinsdottir

31. “Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking as he does, no matter how much we disagree.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

32. “Most men are so afraid of beautiful girls that anyone who actually plucks up the courage to have a chat stands at an immediate advantage.” – Federico Auditore da Firenze

33. “Sometimes, standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will with their lives.” – Connor Kenway

34. “We think we are unique because we think none has faced the same kind of situation.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

35. “It must be knowledge that frees them, not force.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

36. “Self-expression is a vital part of understanding life and enjoying it to the full.” – Maria Auditore da Firenze

37. “Beware the easy path. Knowledge grows only through challenge.” – William Miles

38. “There is no greater glory than fighting to find the truth.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

39. “It might be that this idea is only the beginning of wisdom and not its final form.” – Edward Kenway

40. “Love, liberty, and time, once so disposable, are the fuels that drive me forward.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

41. “You take what you can get and hold on tight to it by any means necessary. After all, you only live once.” – Rodrigo Borgia

42. “A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

43. “Learning is knowledge, and knowledge is freedom and power. He knew that. He had forgotten that, somehow, but he knew it once more.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

44. “To say that everything is permitted is to understand that we are the architects of our actions and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

45. “The deadliest predator is the one you cannot see.” – Connor Kenway 

46. “For at my side, walks hope. In the face of all that insists, I turn back, I carry on. This—this is my compromise.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

47. “Escape plan? When no one’s left, walk out the front door.” – Jacob Frye

48. “From now, his life was forged for one purpose and one purpose alone—revenge.” – Narrator

49. “We are what we choose to be.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

50. “I make my own luck.” – Shay Patrick Cormac

51. “In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!” – Edward Thatch

52. “Who are we, who have been so blessed to share our stories like this, to speak across centuries? Maybe you will answer all the questions I have asked. Maybe you will be the one to make all this suffering worth something in the end. Now, listen—.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

53. “I do this not for myself.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

54. “I would give all that and more.” – Odin

55. “Fear not the darkness, but welcome its embrace.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

56. “How much would you sacrifice to be freed of fate’s shackles? Would you give your tongue, your hand, your sight?” – Angrboda

57. “I have lived my life as best as I could, not knowing its purpose, but drawn forward like a moth to a distant moon. And here, at last, I discover a strange truth, that I am only a conduit for a message that eludes my understanding.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

58. “Compromise—that’s what everyone has insisted on, and so I have learned it, but differently than most, I think.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

59. “When I was very young, I was foolish enough to believe our Creed would bring an end to all these conflicts. If only I had possessed the humility to say to myself, I have seen enough for one life. I have done my part.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

60. “It would be if it were doctrine, but it is merely an observation of the nature of reality.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

61. “You’re wrong, and that’s why you must be put to rest.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

62. “My story is one of many thousands, and the world will not suffer if it ends too soon.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

63. “It is you who is the traitor, Uberto. You, one of my closest associates and friends in whom I entrusted my life! And I am a fool. I did not see that you are one of them! You may take our lives today, but mark this—we will have yours in return!” – Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

64. “A warning to you both—choose to follow me or oppose me, and I will kill you.” – Connor Kenway

65. “Forgive me. I have a hard time remembering that Italian gibberish.” – Yusuf Tazim

66. “While you pray, I’ll act.” – Haytham Kenway

67. “I hope there is another life after this one. Then, I will see him and know the truth of his final days, and when it is your time, we will find you, and then, there will be no doubts.” – Abbas Sofian

68. “I can never forgive you, Altaïr. The lies you told about my family, my father. The humiliation I suffered.” – Abbas Sofian

69. “May it never change us either, Fratellino.” – Federico Auditore da Firenze

70. “Aye, and proven true! What have you done since Nassau fell, huh? Nothing, but murder and mayhem.” – Benjamin Hornigold

71. “Altaïr Ibn La’Ahad. He built us up, then set us free. He saw the folly of keeping a castle like this. It had become a symbol of arrogance and a beacon for all our enemies.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

72. “A damn sight better than you, Ben. The heart of a traitor, who thinks himself better than his mates.” – Edward Kenway

73. “You have earned your rest, brother. Requiescat in pace.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

74. “I did not know him well as a father. He was an assassin above all.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

75. “Demons are after me, demons with a black cross. They want me dead. Me! Can you imagine? If you see them, tell them to go away, but use your blade. It is the only language demons understand.” – Informant

76. “It is too late for me to feel paternal now. Whatever inside me that might once have been capable of nurturing my child had long since been corrupted or burned away. Years of and slaughter have seen to that.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

77. “Why should some poor animal die just because it tastes good to us?” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

78. “It is a good life we lead, brother.” – Federico Auditore da Firenze

79. “Of course not! I killed them because I could! Because it was fun! Do you know what it feels like to determine another man’s fate? And did you see the way the people cheered? The way they feared me? I was like a God!” – Majd Addin

80. “Even those men you sought to save have turned their backs on you. Yet, you fight, you resist. Why? Because no one else will!” – Connor Kenway

81. “Many decades would pass before I understood the meaning of all three, and now, the twilight of my life, this understanding has passed into contentment. Love, most especially, Mio Caro. For you, our children, our brothers, and sisters, and for the vast and wonderful world that gave us life and keeps us guessing. Endless affection, Mia Sofia. Forever yours.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

82. “I am a tactless minstrel. I sing off-key for coins. If you spot me in the street, please kick me in the loins.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

83. “You could’ve been a man who stood for something, but you have a killer’s heart now, with nothing but metal to show for all your blunders.” – Benjamin Hornigold

84. “Mia Cara! The string of fate have drawn us together. Two Italiani—lost and alone in the orient. Do you not feel the magnetismo?” – Duccio de Luca

85. “You are the leader of the assassins now. Unite them, Ezio Auditore, and take back Roma! Vittoria agli assassini!” – Caterina Sforza

86. “There will come a day in which men no longer cheat each other. And on that day, we will see what mankind is truly capable of.” – Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

87. “No books, no wisdom—just you, Fratello Mio.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

88. “Fate may command I die before the answers are discovered, but an assassin takes orders from no one.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

89. “I long for the day when men turn away from invisible monsters and once more, embrace a more rational view of the world. But these new religions are so convenient and promise such terrible punishment should one reject them. I worry that fear shall keep us stuck to what is surely the greatest lie ever told.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

90. “I do not know who started this conspiracy, but I know who will end it.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

91. “The best, and may it never change.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

92. “Man seeks dominion over all that he encounters. I suppose it is a natural tendency for us to aspire towards mastery of our surroundings, but this should not include other human beings. Every day, more and more are pressed into service by or by force.” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

93. “Nothing hangs between your thighs. In fact, there is a hole there so deep it reaches into the fucking underworld!” – Bartolomeo d’Alviano

94. “Shoot! Shoot the flying demon!” – Guard

95. “Someday, I will have a child—such is the way of our Order, and I will not make the same mistake, nor any, who call themselves an assassin. We shall be allowed to love our children and, in turn, to be loved. Al Mualim believed such attachments would weaken us—cause us to falter when our lives were on the line, but if we truly fight for what is just. Does love not make such sacrifice simpler, knowing that we do so for their gain?” – Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad

96. “The Templars lost their Christianity when they discovered banking.” – Ezio Auditore da Firenze

97. “Put your dagger back in its sheath.” – Rosa

98. “It’s-a me, Mario!” – Mario Auditore 

99. “Over time, any sentence uttered long and loud enough becomes fixed, becomes a truth. Provided, of course, you can outlast the dissent and silence your opponents. But should you succeed and remove all challengers, then what remains is, by default, now true.” – Oliver Bowden