Blood and sweat Quote by Robert E. Howard

Thy treasures of gold Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold; Thy home may be lovely, but round it I…

— Lydia M. Child

“But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish…

— Horace Walpole

“If, then, to meanest mariners, and renegades and castaways, I shall hereafter ascribe high qualities, though dark; weave round them tragic graces; if even…

— Herman Melville

“For I am already on the paint of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I…

— St. Paul

“Pile up gold, heap up silver, build covered walks, fill your house with slaves and the town with debtors, unless you lay to rest…

— Plutarch

Blood is the price of victory

— Carl von Clausewitz

“Aethe, near my heart. Without vanity, the ribbon. Without duty, the wind. Without blood, the victory.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“My verse, my blood.”

— Lepota L. Cosmo

“it is the blood of the peasant, the sweat of the weaver, the flesh of the artisan, the words of the poet, the trade…

— Anand Neelakantan

“O wretched slaves of Mammon, you cannot glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ while you trust in treasures laid up on…

— Bernard of Clairvaux

“I reached out my hand, England's rivers turned and flowed the other way... I reached out my hand, my enemies's blood stopt in their…

— Susanna Clarke

“Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still…

— J.R.R. Tolkien