‘If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.‘
– Jon Shannow, to Gareth Archer, Bloodstone
Tag Archives: Strength
‘It’s in the past, boy. You’ve been to the edge, and looked in the pit. Now you can either be stronger or weaker. It’s a choice – but it’s your choice. In life a man has to learn to be strong in the broken places.‘
– The Deacon, to Dr Meredith, Bloodstone
‘A man’s strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.‘
– Druss, to himself, Legend
‘These three mysteries the warrior must understand: Life, Harmony and Spirit. The first is life, sometimes called the Greek gift, for it is taken back, day after day. What is it? It is breath, it is laughter, it is joy. The brighter the light, the shorter its existence. But one thing is certain – and the warrior knows this. All lives end. A man can hide in a cave all his days, avoiding war, avoiding pestilence, and still he will one day die. Better the bright flame, the great joy. A man who has never known sorrow can never appreciate joy. So the man who has not faced death can not understand life.
Harmony is the second mystery. The tree knows harmony, and the breeze and the quiet stars. Man rarely finds it. Find it now, here on this lonely hill. Listen to the beating of your heart, feel the air in your lungs, see the glory of the moon. Be at one with the night. Be at one with these stones. Be at one with your sword and yourself. For in harmony is strength, and in strength there is life.
Lastly there is Spirit. Tonight you will want to run… to hide… to escape. But spirit will tell you to stand firm. It is a small voice and easy to shut out. But you will listen. For spirit is all a man has against the Darkness. And only by following the voice of spirit can a man grow strong. Courage, loyalty, friendship and love are all gifts of the spirit.’
– Revelation, to Cormac, Last Sword of Power
‘Power with conscience, strength without cruelty, love of homeland without hatred for one’s enemies.’
– Atreus, to Argurios, Lord of the Silver Bow
‘Strength and weakness, my friend, often seem as close as husband and wife. We are strong because we are proud. We are weak because our pride never allowed us to grow.’
– Agisaleus, to Xenophon, Lion of Macedon
‘I will always be the master of my fate. As will you – for we are men of strength.’
– Parmenion, to Attalus, Lion of Macedon
‘It is the nature of weak men to see their weaknesses as strengths and other men’s strengths as weaknesses or stupidities.’
– The Morrigu, to Banouin, Midnight Falcon
‘We make choices every day, some of them good, some of them bad. And – if we are strong enough – we live with the consequences.‘
– Helikaon, to Phaedra, Lord of the Silver Bow