Chivalry Quotes
85 quotes by 73 authors
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I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' tales of chivalry…
— Daniel Radcliffe
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
— Mae West
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If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I…
— Betty White
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There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang…
— will.i.am
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Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of…
— Walter Scott
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In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.
— Dean Koontz
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All of that is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by many paths: chivalry…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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As if Spade's chivalry would allow him to do anything to a woman. The harshest punishment she could imagine him dishing out to Cat would…
— Jeaniene Frost
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I truly love our Code of Chivalry. We are taught that noblemen must take everything and say nothing. Noblemen must stand alone. Well, we're men,…
— Tamora Pierce
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Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is…
— Louisa May Alcott
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He released her with obvious reluctance and shoved open his door, then came around to open her door. His chivalry brought an even broader smile.…
— Colleen Coble
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Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn -…
— Walt Disney
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Defend the weak, protect both young and old, never desert your friends. Give justice to all, be fearless in battle and always ready to defend…
— Brian Jacques
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I did a research assignment on life in the Middle Ages only last year. I found the era fascinating, all that chivalry and court romance.…
— Marianne Curley
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I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is…
— George Bernard Shaw
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For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex.
— Jim Butcher
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What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right.
— Tamora Pierce
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Even if I’d been wide awake, I knew Dimitri would’ve taken my suitcase anyway. That’s how he was, a lost remnant of chivalry in the…
— Richelle Mead
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To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.
— Dejan Stojanovic
Who Wrote These Chivalry Quotes
73 authors contributed a total of 85 Chivalry Quotes, led by these top contributors: