30 Badass Quotes By Tommy Shelby From Peaky Blinders

We often show our different sides to other people. We show those according to our relationship with them.

We can change the way we do things but our desires remain the same. This is because our way of doing things often fails. Our desire does not change because of our will.

Many people like to spread lies and people readily believe in them. Thus, they spread easily. Also, lies appeal more than truth which helps it reach people’s ears faster.

When you plan something, you should not rush. By doing things in a hurry, we often falter. When we do things properly, we achieve plans in a much better way.

War and conflicts often happen. However, we need peace and the only way to attain that is to resolve conflicts.

To get things, we need to do it our way. When we do it our way, we are able to do things freely. We don’t depend on others as well.

Often people apologise when they make a mistake. However, they end up doing the same thing again and again. This happens when they don’t introspect on their mistakes.

People who are downtrodden rise up in life with their will and hardwork. They can do anything for a better living.

When fortune comes to you, do not ignore it. Instead, make use of it. Opportunities don’t always come back.

When the enemy is weak, you strike at them. They won’t be able to attack you back. You are at your strongest point.

At some point, we end up having an identity crisis. This is because we change with time. We eventually find out who we are.

Death can be kind to us at times. It frees us from all the responsibilities and sufferings we face in life. This kindness comes as liberation.

You are your own revolution. You are the change which can be brought around.

People who make rules don’t have rules. They are the ones who do that for others. They do things as they please.

People keep secrets with them. They can be big or small. There are secrets even the most honest people keep to themselves.

Being the boss of the most feared criminal organisation in Birmingham has its own perks. You either give Tommy Shelby what he wants or you pack your bags and leave. The tailors in Birmingham were expected to hand him the best suits they had or they would go out of business.

Upon meeting Tommy Shelby, Winston Churchill praises him for his wonderful speech at the House of Representatives. He asks him if he really believes all that he had said. Tommy evidently does not. According to him, being emotionally attached to a certain issue makes it harder to talk about it.

When going to a charity event meant for the less fortunate, Tommy buys a sapphire necklace for his wife, Grace. She shows concern that it wouldn’t be in good taste for her to wear sapphires to such an event. Tommy disagrees. According to him, good taste is just an excuse that the poor make to not feel bad about their circumstances. The rich do not have to be shy to show off their wealth.

When the factories and mines in London shut down because of Shelby company’s criminal activities, Niall Denvell accuses Tommy of being a traitor to his own class. But Tommy disagrees. He sees himself as a working class man who’s risen up the ranks with hard work and persistence.

Tommy is the brains of the Shelby company. He is the one who decides what they should be doing next and who they should kill if it comes to that. When Arthur tries to give his own inputs about an issue, Tommy puts him in his place, instructing him to leave all the thinking to Tommy and mind his own business.

Thomas Shelby is an unapologetically ruthless man. Grace, who is new to Birmingham, has no idea how dangerous he really is. Just to instill fear into her, Tommy tells her a story about how he put a bullet into his horse’s head just because he looked at him the wrong way.

Tommy has a lot of authority among his people. When on a mission to assassinate Field Marshall Russel, he bluntly tells his Major Campbell that if something were to happen to him, his people would always be there to avenge his death.

Tommy, being the head of the Shelby company, always has something up his sleeves. He never negotiates if he’s the one with a disadvantage. He always holds some form of leverage to threaten his enemies with and gain the upper hand.

This is probably one of the most famous quotes to come from Thomas Shelby. He says this when Grace accuses him of pimping her away for his own gain. He’s not entirely wrong. We all sell ourselves to get what we want, just in different ways. It’s just what life makes of us.

Tommy doesn’t really believe in a God. To him, religion is nothing but a foolish answer to a foolish question that humans ask themselves. We wonder about our place in the world and come up with stupid answers to the same.

Whisky surely can show you the true colours of someone. Tommy often uses this neat trick on his enemies to bring out the truth. Alcohol tends to loosen up their lips and makes them speak what they think.

You’re not going to have people spoon-feed you everything all your life. If you really want something, you have to get out there and get it your own way.

Tommy seems to show more compassion towards horses than he does toward people. Apparently, he’d seen enough men die in the war that he got used to it. The war had changed him forever, making him ruthless and cruel.

Our hearts are too stubborn to listen to our minds. You can control what you do and how you go about your life, but once your heart really desires something, you can never willfully change what it wants.

It’s clear that Thomas Shelby’s life is full of turmoil and violence. He is knee-deep in the world of crime and there is no turning back anymore. The only way he’ll be able to rest is death.