Attack on Titan Quotes

"Dedicate your hearts!"

Erwin Smith's rallying cry to the Survey Corps, drawn from the Scouts' salute. Its most famous use is his final charge against the Beast Titan in Shiganshina during Season 3.

"I will keep moving forward, until my enemies are destroyed."

Eren's mantra in the final season during the Marley arc, marking his shift from defending Paradis to attacking the world beyond the walls.

"If you win, you live. If you lose, you die. If you don't fight, you can't win!"

Eren's words to a young Mikasa during the flashback to her kidnapping in Season 1. She repeats them to herself before fighting the Titans in Trost.

"If we kill all our enemies over there... will we finally be free?"

Eren at the sea in the Season 3 finale, after the Scouts finally reach the ocean and learn the truth about Marley. Instead of joy, he sees only more enemies beyond the water.

"The world is cruel, but also very beautiful."

Mikasa's reflection in Season 1 as she remembers the night her parents were murdered and Eren taught her to fight. It is her way of choosing to keep living.

"My soldiers, rage! My soldiers, scream! My soldiers, fight!"

Erwin's final charge order in Season 3 as he leads the recruits into a suicide run against the Beast Titan at Shiganshina, buying Levi the opening he needs.

"The only thing we're allowed to do is believe that we won't regret the choice we made."

Levi to Eren in Season 1 before the Female Titan battle, explaining that nobody can know the right answer in advance. Levi's own squad dies shortly after, giving the words their weight.

"I'm going to destroy them! Every last one of those animals that's on this earth!"

Eren's vow at the end of the first episode after watching a Titan eat his mother during the fall of Shiganshina. It sets the tone for everything he becomes.

"Give up on your dreams and die."

One of Levi's harshest lines, reflecting his pragmatic view that hesitation and wishful thinking get soldiers killed.

"Everyone was a slave to something."

Kenny's dying reflection in Season 3, listing the things people get drunk on, from alcohol and women to God and dreams, to keep going. He then hands Levi the Titan serum instead of using it himself.

"A person who cannot sacrifice anything cannot ever change anything."

Armin's realization in Season 1 while trying to understand how the Female Titan escaped, later echoed in the words he says to himself before facing the Colossal Titan in Season 3.

"I'm the same as you, Reiner."

Eren to a broken Reiner in the basement in Liberio in Season 4, just before he transforms and attacks Marley. He is telling Reiner that neither of them had a choice, and that he will do the same thing.

"If you think it's natural for people to sacrifice their own lives to save others, surely you understand that sometimes a single death can save many lives."

Erwin's justification for the Survey Corps' losses, reflecting his belief that individual deaths must buy humanity a step forward.

"Tatakae. Fight."

The word Grisha told Eren as a child and that Eren repeats to himself in Season 4, most famously before the attack on Liberio. It became the shorthand for Eren's entire philosophy.

"If we only focus on making the best moves, we will never get the better of our opponent."

Armin's reasoning on why unconventional gambles beat safe play, the principle behind his plans in Trost and later in Shiganshina.

"I am strong. Stronger than all of you. Extremely strong. I can kill all the Titans out there."

Mikasa rallying the frightened cadets during the Battle of Trost in Season 1, right after being told Eren is dead. She means every word, and then nearly gets herself killed.