Godfrey of Ibelin quotes from Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle.

Whoever dies here today, you will certainly be among them.

Let's work on your skills. Take a high guard, like this. The Italians call it 'la posta del falcone - the guard of the hawk. Strike from high. Like this.

If you have come to kill me, even these days, it is not easy.

A new world. A better world. A kingdom of conscience...a kingdom of heaven.

Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; that is your oath. [Slaps Balian] And that is so you remember it. Rise a knight, and Baron of Ibelin.

Jerusalem is easy to find, go to where the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else.

No matter your position, you are of my house, and we support the king.

Defend the King.... If the King is no more save the people..... You are all that survives me... Do not let me down.

She's denied the cross for suicide... and buried at the center of a crossroads. Huh. Show me the logic. Father?

Town priest

What?

The devil is a practical man. If she were a witch, she was a poor return on his investment.

Town priest

What would you know of logic?

Oh, I have ears, Father. Although one is notched [tugs ear lobe] because I love justice.

Town priest

You love thieving. Shut up. You dig.

Crusaders. Clear the road, if you will.

This is for the burial from my lord... and a Mass... for her soul.

Town priest

Wait. Have you forgotten?

She was your brother's wife.

Town priest

She was a suicide. Cut off her head. And return the ax.

You know this place, my lord?

Know it? I know all of it. Your brother? You have spoken to him?

On what matter, my lord? He is still arrested.

Your brother is as responsible for his wife's sin as I am.

Opinions differ, my lord. The burial was... Yes.

And you did not mutilate the person?

No.

Good. The law can go too far. It can too far. I ask myself...

Have you come to kill me? Even these days, it is not easy. Well?

I have done... murder.

Haven't we all?

God has made us man. We must suffer all. I also have lost. Some say Jerusalem is the very center of the world for asking forgiveness. For myself, I call it here. Now. I knew your namesake. I knew your mother. To be courteous, I should say that it was against her objections. But I was the lord's brother and she had no choice. But I did not force her. I have forgiveness to ask of you. I am Godfrey, the Baron of Ibelin. I have one hundred men at arms in Jerusalem. If you come with me, you will have a living... and... you will have my thanks. There it is.

Whoever you are, my lord... my place is here.

What made it your place is now dead. You will never see me again. If you want anything of me, take it now.

I want nothing.

I am sorry for your troubles. God protect you.

What could a king ask of a man like me?

A new world. A better world than has ever been seen. There, you are not what you are born but what you have it in yourself to be. A kingdom of conscience, of peace instead of war, love instead of hate. That is what lies in the end of a crusade. A kingdom of heaven.

Guy de Lusignan

If I had fought you when you were still capable of making bastards...

I knew your mother when she was making hers. Fortunately you're too old to be one of mine.

Are you sorry for your sins?

For all but one.