Sword Quotes
565 Sword quotes by 343 unique authors
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Gintoki: Listen, I don’t care what you guys do around the universe. This is my sword, and anywhere it can reach is my country! Bastards…
— Hideaki Sorachi
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Coming from light into the dark, he was looking ahead of him, not down at me. My lunge, as I came to my feet, took…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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You said sloppy! Look, I didn't even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.
— Ilona Andrews
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...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
— Charles Darwin
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We think that we know a man or a woman, when so much of what we know is actually that man's or that woman's situation,…
— Gene Wolfe
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The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He struck for Redwall!…
— Brian Jacques
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To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help.…
— Dan Ariely
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It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in…
— Maximilien Robespierre
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You're a sword not a palm tree
— Brandon Sanderson
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Torture can be a two edged sword.
— Christine Feehan
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Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.
— Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant?…
— Robert Jordan
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Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so…
— Scott Westerfeld
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The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Where are you heading, if you’ve got the choice?” James lifted an invisible sword. “‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.” Snape…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car." Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?" "No. But I…
— Ilona Andrews
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At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre is populated entirely…
— Hayao Miyazaki
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Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures…
— William Blake
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in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he achiev'd And left…
— William Shakespeare
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Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.
— Derek Landy
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But it was Valentine. I saw him. In fact, he had the Sword with him when he came down to the cells and taunted me…
— Cassandra Clare
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Tears, she said scornfully to Sansa as the woman was led from the hall. The woman's weapon, my lady mother used to call them. The…
— George R. R. Martin
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A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada.
— Rick Riordan
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Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used God’s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend Fight out life’s battle to…
— Edwin Markham
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Rose pictured him standing at the boundary of the Ogletree house in that enormous fur cape, with a giant sword sticking over his shoulder, roaring…
— Ilona Andrews
Who Wrote These Sword Quotes
343 authors contributed a total of 565 Sword Quotes, led by these top contributors: