Sword Quotes
565 quotes by 343 authors
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I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.
— William Blake
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Drualt took Freya's warm hand, Her strong hand, Her sword hand, And pressed it to his lips, Pressed it to his heart. Come with me,'…
— Gail Carson Levine
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if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure.
— C.S. Lewis
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This is my password," said the King as he drew his sword. "The light is dawning, the lie broken. Now guard thee, miscreant, for I…
— C.S. Lewis
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Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing into the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked. Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies) stood and said in unison,…
— Ally Carter
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Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.
— Jasper Fforde
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You'll wrest a burning sword from an angel, but you're afraid of bats?" "I'm not afraid of them. I just don't like them. They're...furry. Flying…
— Kelley Armstrong
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
— Rick Riordan
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This world has need of song and sword.
— Patricia Briggs
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Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.
— Patricia Briggs
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Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and…
— Burton Raffel
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If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And thous didst it of thine obstinacy.…
— Khaled Hosseini
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I suppose like others I have come through fire and sword, love gone wrong, head-on crashes, drunk at sea, and I have listened to the…
— Charles Bukowski
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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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25 And the Lord spake unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying 'Where is the flaming sword that was given unto thee?' 26…
— Neil Gaiman
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So the Dark did a simple thing. They showed the maker of the sword his own uncertainty and fear. Fear of having done the wrong…
— Susan Cooper
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If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.
— Terry Goodkind
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Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide…
— Shannon Hale
Who Wrote These Sword Quotes
343 authors contributed a total of 565 Sword Quotes, led by these top contributors: