Yondu Udonta

388 quotes

"I'm Mary Poppins, y'all."
Humor
"You think I care what you think of me?"
Strength
"A man's only got so many chances to be a father."
Family
"I may be as pretty as an angel, but I sure as hell ain't one."
Truth
"You got guts, kid. Maybe not brains, but guts."
Courage
"Sometimes the only way forward is to look back at where you came from."
Wisdom
"Family ain't always blood."
Friendship
"I had a wife, once. Didn't work out."
Relationships
"You think you're better than me? You ain't."
"A whistle won't work on you anymore."
Freedom
"I've made a lot of mistakes raising you."
Perseverance
"When you're gone, there won't be nothing left of you but a scar."
Death
"You're my boy, and that ain't ever changing."
Love
"I was a fool to let you go."
"Life don't give you what you want. It gives you what you need."
Life
"Respect is earned, not given."
Leadership
"I've seen worse things than you, kid."
"You gotta have a code. Without it, you're nothing."
"Sometimes you gotta be cruel to be kind."
Wisdom
"I didn't plan on loving nobody."
Love
"A good man knows when he's lost."
"You can't outrun your past."
Truth
"Power means nothing if you got no one to share it with."
Power
"I've sailed through worse storms than this."
Courage
"Being a father ain't about rules. It's about doing right."
"You think you're tough? I'll show you tough."
Strength
"The worst pain is watching someone you care about slip away."
"I ain't no saint, but I ain't no devil neither."
"A man's gotta know his place in the world."
Wisdom
"You can't change the past, but you can change the future."
Change