--- title: "10 Iron Blood Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Iron Blood quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Iron Blood sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mao-tse-tung-39427_history_historical-experience-is-written-in-iron_1814241.jpg" --- > [“Historical experience is written in iron and blood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-tse-tung/historical-experience-is-written-in-iron-and-blood/) [Mao Tse-tung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-tse-tung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mao-tse-tung-39427_history_historical-experience-is-written-in-iron_1814241.jpg) > [Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/thank-god-for-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-our-fathers/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/theodore-roosevelt-218_blood_thank-god-for-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-o_1417511.jpg) > [“She lives on the fumes of whiskey and the iron in the blood of her prey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/she-lives-on-the-fumes-of-whiskey-and-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-her/) [Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/hilary-mantel-440_fiction_she-lives-on-the-fumes-of-whiskey-and-th_212366.jpg) > [“History doesn’t move you more than when it’s in the iron of your own blood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-tompkins/history-doesn-t-move-you-more-than-when-it-s-in-the-iron-of-your-own/) [J.R. Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-tompkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/j-r-tompkins-78153_battlefield_history-doesn-t-move-you-more-than-when_2213028.jpg) > [“There are magnets in my bones for that iron in her blood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atticus-poetry/there-are-magnets-in-my-bones-for-that-iron-in-her-blood/) [Atticus Poetry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atticus-poetry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/atticus-poetry-3936_atticus_there-are-magnets-in-my-bones-for-that-i_194244.jpg) > [The iron from that meteorite and the iron from your blood have common origin in the core of a star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-iron-from-that-meteorite-and-the-iron-from-your-blood-have-common/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_blood_the-iron-from-that-meteorite-and-the-iro_1656557.png) > [The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-moritz-arndt/the-brave-man-indeed-calls-himself-lord-of-the-land-through-his-iron/) [Ernst Moritz Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-moritz-arndt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/ernst-moritz-arndt-41494_blood_the-brave-man-indeed-calls-himself-lord_572185.jpg) > [The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/the-great-questions-of-the-day-will-not-be-settled-by-means-of/) [Otto von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/otto-von-bismarck-3444_answer_the-great-questions-of-the-day-will-not_862300.png) > [“Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/not-by-speeches-and-votes-of-the-majority-are-the-great-questions-of/) [Otto von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/otto-von-bismarck-3444_communication_not-by-speeches-and-votes-of-the-majorit_1592568.png) > [“My goodness, I am made from planets and wood, diamonds and orange peels, now and then, here and there; the iron in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-harding/my-goodness-i-am-made-from-planets-and-wood-diamonds-and-orange-peels/) [Paul Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-harding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/paul-harding-11330_blood_my-goodness-i-am-made-from-planets-and-w_1518807.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iron-blood/#itemlist", "name": "Iron Blood Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Historical experience is written in iron and blood.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mao Tse-tung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-tse-tung/historical-experience-is-written-in-iron-and-blood/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mao-tse-tung-39427_history_historical-experience-is-written-in-iron_1814241.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mao-tse-tung-39427_history_historical-experience-is-written-in-iron_1814241.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mao-tse-tung-39427_history_historical-experience-is-written-in-iron_1814241.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Historical experience is written in iron and blood.” — Mao Tse-tung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Theodore Roosevelt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/thank-god-for-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-our-fathers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/theodore-roosevelt-218_blood_thank-god-for-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-o_1417511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/theodore-roosevelt-218_blood_thank-god-for-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-o_1417511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/theodore-roosevelt-218_blood_thank-god-for-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-o_1417511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers” — Theodore Roosevelt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She lives on the fumes of whiskey and the iron in the blood of her prey.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hilary Mantel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/she-lives-on-the-fumes-of-whiskey-and-the-iron-in-the-blood-of-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/hilary-mantel-440_fiction_she-lives-on-the-fumes-of-whiskey-and-th_212366.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/hilary-mantel-440_fiction_she-lives-on-the-fumes-of-whiskey-and-th_212366.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/hilary-mantel-440_fiction_she-lives-on-the-fumes-of-whiskey-and-th_212366.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She lives on the fumes of whiskey and the iron in the blood of her prey.” — Hilary Mantel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“History doesn’t move you more than when it’s in the iron of your own blood.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.R. 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