Achilles Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.

— Stan Lee

“the heel of Achilles”

— William Strunk

While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone the choice…

— Tim O'Reilly

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory .

— François-René de Chateaubriand

Now rather thank I God there is no risk Of gravers scoring it with florid screed. Let my inscription be this soldier's disc. Wear…

— Wilfred Owen

Achilles only had an Achilles heel. I have an entire Achilles body.

— Woody Allen

It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. For every one of us, living in this world means waiting…

— Seamus Heaney

Obviously you don't want to mess with an Achilles. That is for sure.

— Zaza Pachulia

“[T]he unnamed soldier is a gift. The named soldier--dead, melted wax--demands a response among the living...a response no-one can make. Names are no comfort,…

— Steven Erikson

“Soldiers were the backbone of a people, but the leader was the head and heart. We had to make the big choices, the hard…

— Jaymin Eve

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

— Horatio Nelson

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

— William Tecumseh Sherman