Swords Quotes

173 Swords quotes by 129 unique authors

These symbolize (Proverbs 30:14) the greedy and usurers whose teeth are swords and knifes which they use to devour the poor and steal their megger… — Anthony of Padua
Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it continueth, though an army lay… — Gilbert Parker
In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares,… — John F. Kennedy
Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt. — Uesugi Kenshin
Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men… — Adam Weishaupt
The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords. — F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity. — Margaret Halsey
God's the seamtress that tailor-fitted my pain yo I got scriptures in my brain I can spit at yo dane straight the good book, look,… — Curtis Jackson
If there’s a zeppelin, it’s alternate history. If there’s a rocketship, it’s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, it’s fantasy. A book with… — Debra Doyle
I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth. — James Anthony Froude
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress… — Tench Coxe
It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers… — Lord Dunsany
Librarianship is a form of heroism. It’s just not as flashy as swords and dragons. — Mira Grant
Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords. — Benjamin Franklin
Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. — William Shakespeare
From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought… — David Saperstein
I still have a dream today that one day war will come to an end, that men will beat their swords into plowshares and their… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our swords shall play the orators for us. — Christopher Marlowe
Covenants without swords are but words. — Thomas Hobbes
When my kids started preschool, the teachers had to take away all the fake bananas because all the boys would pick them up and pretend… — Dean Norris
As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years… — Jonathan Stroud
I'm a ninja! I like swords and knives and stuff like that. — Isaiah Mustafa
Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong. — Rob Bell
I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a… — Danai Gurira
Chasing dragons with plastic swords, Jack Off Jimmy everybody wants more. — Sheryl Crow

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