Bards Quote by Jacqueline Carey

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to…

— Susan Glaspell

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

— Geraldine Brooks

Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band.

— Janet Morris

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the…

— William Butler Yeats

Sometimes the best moment to sing a victory song is in the middle of your battle.

— Jeremy Riddle

“Honor is served only by combat that elevates the spirit. Correct choices—of whom we fight, and why, and how we live—are paving stones. Taken…

— Keith R.A. DeCandido

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice.…

— Mark Helprin

There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

— Jeffrey Donovan

“Someone must preserve the ways of the People,” Warrior rasped, “someone who will sing our songs and teach our ways. Unless you do that,…

— Catherine Anderson

To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe.

— Emily Dickinson

“Glorious victories make fine songs, Yarvi, but inglorious ones are no worse once the bards are done with them. Glorious defeats, meanwhile, are just…

— Joe Abercrombie

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

— Arthur Schopenhauer