The 120 Most Famous Beauty and The Beast Quotes

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Buena Vista Distribution.

The film was the first animated feature distributed by Buena Vista Pictures, now Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, a young woman in a small French-Belgian village who is taken prisoner by an evil sorcerer taking advantage of her father’s debts. The Beast eventually befriends her, and she helps him reform in exchange for his promise to stay human forever.

A live-action remake starring Emma Watson as Belle was released in March 2017

Read the following 120 most famous Beauty and the Beast quotes to brings back beloved memories

“Please… Don’t leave me. I love you.” ― Belle

“My dear Belle, you’re so ahead of your time. This is a small village, and it’s small-minded, as well. But small also means safe.” – Maurice

“You don’t have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring.”

“New and a bit alarming. Who’d have ever thought this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.” – Belle

“True, that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”- Beauty and the Beast

“Impress her with your rapier wit. Shower her with compliments.”

“Lumière: You must charm her! Be gentle!

Mrs. Potts: Kind!

Cogsworth: Sweet!

Lumière: Come, come, show me the smile!

[the Beast gives a wide smile, showing his monstrous teeth]

Mrs. Potts: Ooh, dear!

Cogsworth: Oh, my!”

“A dream is a wish your heart makes.”

“LeFou, I’m afraid I’ve been thinking.” “A dangerous pastime.” “I know.” – Gaston & LeFou

“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I wanted more than I can tell… For once it might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned!” – Belle

“Beast: I let her go…

Cogsworth: What? But why?

Beast: Because I love her…”

“Thank you for what you just did. But that doesn’t change that you’re too cowardly to be honest with me…”

“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”

“It’s not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas… thinking…” — Gaston

“If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.”

“It was her favorite story, that she remembers, but she would be hard-pressed to retell it now, faithfully, as it had been told to her. All she could recall were frayed, sleep-watered images of a forgotten castle in the middle of a wild forest, stone statues, crimson roses, and a dark, animal presence never seen, but which stained her memory of the tale, even past its edges to the daylight after.” ― Ava Zavora

“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.” – Narrator

“He fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”

“Try the grey stuff, it’s delicious! Don’t believe me? Ask the dishes!” – Lumiere

“Here’s where she meets Prince Charming, but she won’t discover that it’s him ’til chapter three!” – Belle

“Well there’s the usual things: flowers… chocolates… promises you don’t intend to keep.” — Cogsworth

“Now I know she’ll never leave me, even as she fades from view

She will still inspire me, be a part of everything I do

Wasting in my lonely tower, waiting by an open door

I’ll fool myself, she’ll walk right in, and as the long long nights begin, I’ll think of all that might have been

Waiting here forevermore…” ― Beast

“Here’s where she meets Prince Charming, but she won’t discover that it’s him ’til chapter three!” – Belle

“I let her go… Because I love her.” – Beast

“If he could learn to love another and earn her love in return, by the time the last petal fell, then, the spell will be broken.”- Beauty and the Beast

“We all know that Beauty grows to love the Beast. She grows to love him, despite what her family might think ? for his charm and education, his knowledge of art and his sensitive heart.” ― E. Lockhart

“My dear Belle, you’re so ahead of your time. This is a small village, and it’s small-minded, as well. But small also means safe.” ― Maurice

“How does a moment last forever? How can a story never die?- Beauty and the Beast

“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell!” ― Belle

“Take it with you so you’ll always have a way to look back… and remember me.” ― Beast

“Belle found she could look back. And not blush. And not have to look away.” ― Liz Braswell

“The Beast looked at her with wry amusement. “Since you’re the clever one here and haven’t come up with a cunning plan, I was going to suggest brute force. Like we’re a castle under siege, fighting them off. That’s what I know.” ― Liz Braswell

“As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.” ― Robin McKinley

“And for once it might be grand to have someone understand I want so much more than they’ve got planned.” ― Beast

“This is a tale of a beauty much deeper than that. It is the story of two people drawn together under the most interesting of circumstances, two people who learn to truly see what matters only after they meet each other and their tale—one both as old as time and as fresh as a rose—begins.” ― Elizabeth Rudnick

“I never felt this way about anyone. I wanna do something for her.”- Beauty and the Beast

“Well, I never thanked you for not leaving me to be eaten by wolves.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.” – Belle

“There always will be a time when the world is filled with peace and love.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.” ― Beast

“I want much more than this provincial life.” ― Belle

“How does a moment last forever? How can a story never die?

It is love we must hold on to, never easy, but we try

Sometimes our happiness is captured, somehow a time and place stand still,

Love lives on inside our hearts, and always will.” ― Maurice

“I will escape. I promise.” ― Belle

“You promised to give me my bookstore back,” she said, trying not to cry.

“I did promise,” he said, his voice growing stronger and more human. “And… a king keeps his promises.” ― Liz Braswell

“You are the wildest, most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen! Nobody deserves you…” ― Gaston

“Here’s where she meets Prince Charming, but she won’t discover that it’s him ’til chapter three!” ― Belle

“He fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”

“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”- Beauty and the Beast

“It is love we must hold on to, never easy, but we try.” – Beauty and the Beast

“A ferocious growl drew my gaze to the back of the room, where a hairy beast wore a yellow ball gown. I tried to block out the memory of Beauty in that dress earlier this evening.” ― Betsy Schow

“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I wanted more than I can tell… For once it might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned!” ― Belle

“I want adventure in the great-wide somewhere, I want it more than I can tell.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Did you honestly think she’d want someone like you when she had someone like me?” — Gaston

“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.” – Beast

“I’m very sorry Gaston, but I just don’t deserve you.” ― Belle

“No. You would never hurt me.”

The Beast gave a wan smile… and then leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.

“I would kill myself first,” he whispered.” ― Liz Braswell

“For the longest time after the curse fell, I did not know if I was a beast who dreamed of being a man, or a man who dreamed he was a beast.” ― Leife Shallcross

“Try the grey stuff, it’s delicious! Don’t believe me? Ask the dishes!” ― Lumiere

“He fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?” ― Narrator

“The master’s not as terrible as he appears!” ― Mrs. Pott

“New and a bit alarming. Who’d have ever thought this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.” ― Belle

“If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it.” ― Cogsworth

“As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.” ― Beast

“The people think I’m odd. So, I know how it feels to be…different. And I know how lonely that can be.” ― Belle

“Maybe she needed someone to show her how to live and he needed someone to show him how to love.” ― N.R. Hart

[Gaston notices the Beast, throws the torch away and uses the pistol before shoot him]

Gaston: Hello, Beast!

[the Beast notices him]

Gaston: I’m Gaston. Belle sent me… Do you in love with her? Do you honestly think she want you?

[prepares to shoot the Beast]

“New and a bit alarming. Who’d have ever thought this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.” – Belle

“Here in town there’s only she, who is beautiful as me, so I’m making plans to woo and marry Belle!” – Beauty and the Beast

“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.” – Beast

“Sometimes our happiness is captured, somehow a time and place stand still.” – Beauty and the Beast

“True, that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”

“If the Beast gave me a library like he gave to Belle, I’d marry him too.” ― Aya Ling

“Belle: Where is he?

Gaston: When we return to the village, you will marry me.

Belle: Never!” ― Beauty and the Beast

“If he could learn to love another and earn her love in return, by the time the last petal fell, then, the spell will be broken.”

“I never felt this way about anyone. I wanna do something for her.” – Beast

“Belle: [to Lumiere] What happens when the last petal falls?

Lumière: The master remains a beast forever…

Cogsworth: …and we become antiques!”

“You have to help me. You have to stand.” – Belle (to the Beast)

“We’re together now.”

“True, that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”

“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”

“You should learn to control your temper.”

“Take it with you so you’ll always have a way to look back … and remember me.” – Beast

 “You have to help me. You have to stand.” – Belle (to the Beast)

“If he could learn to love another and earn her love in return, by the time the last petal fell, then, the spell will be broken.”

“Can anybody be happy if they aren’t free?” ― Belle

“And here I was thinking you were an utterly uneducated beast,” Belle said teasingly.

“I am a prince,” he responded with hauteur.” ― Liz Braswell

“Tale as old as time, tune as old as song, bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong.” – Mrs. Potts

“Take it with you so you’ll always have a way to look back … and remember me.” – Beast

“Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind.”

“Love lives on inside our hearts, and always will.” – Maurice

“Since you are so kind as to think of me, be so kind as to bring me a rose, for as none grow hereabouts, they are a kind of rarity.” ― Jeanne Marie Beaumont

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.” ― Belle

“Tale as old as time, tune as old as song, bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong.” ― Mrs. Potts

“Impress her with your rapier wit. Shower her with compliments.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Were together now. Everything’s going to be fine…” – Beauty and the Beast

“You should learn to control your temper.” – Beauty and the Beast

“When the moment is right, confess your love.”

“My dear Belle, you’re so ahead of your time. This is a small village, and it’s small-minded, as well. But small also means safe.” – Maurice

“He’s no monster, Gaston; you are!” – Belle

“I am NOT a beast!” – Beast (to Gaston)

“Thank you for what you just did. But that doesn’t change that you’re too cowardly to be honest with me…”

“How can you read this? There’s no pictures!” “Well, some people use their imagination.” – Gaston & Belle

“Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind.”

“When I felt lost and lonely, not a dream in my head, your words lifted my spirit high! Remember what you said: As long as there’s Christmas, I truly believe that hope is the greatest of the gifts we’ll receive. As long as our guiding star shines above.”

“Don’t you see? She’s the one. The girl we have been waiting for. She has come to break the spell.” ― Lumiere

“Who’d have ever thought that this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming But there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.” ― Belle

“Master, we all understand how you feel about Christmas. But when a woman gives a man a gift, she’s saying, “I care about you.” ― Lumiere

“I never felt this way about anyone. I wanna do something for her.” – Beast

“I will escape. I promise.” – Belle

“When the moment is right, confess your love.”

“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell!” – Belle

“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Can anybody be happy if they aren’t free?” – Belle

“You take me as your prisoner, and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you insane?”

“He fell into despair, and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”

“If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it.” – Cogsworth

”You don’t lose hope, love. If you do, you lose everything.” – Beauty and the Beast

“I want adventure in the great-wide somewhere, I wanted more than I can tell… For once in might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned!” – Belle

“Did you honestly think she’d want someone like you when she had someone like me?” – Beauty and the Beast

“I want much more than this provincial life.” – Belle

“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.”

“How can you read this? There are no pictures!” “Well, some people use their imagination.” – Gaston & Belle

“If she is the one who’ll break the spell, you must finally learn to love.”

“For once in might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned!” – Beauty and the Beast

“You don’t have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring.” – Beauty and the Beast

“I know he looks vicious, but he’s really kind and gentle.” – Beauty and the Beast

“The people think I’m odd. So, I know how it feels to be…different. And I know how lonely that can be.” – Belle

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