Quotes About Warrior

that sought to tear out his throat. The firelight gleamed on the scars that decorated Walking Elk's chest and shoulders—thick white gouges that showed briefly at the gaping neck of his shirt as he writhed picturesquely, arms straining upward against his invisible enemy. Ian found himself leaning forward, his

It's a sword, aye? Not a bloody club. Use the tip!

James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. Captain.

I understand I'm an entertainer and a fighter as well.

Fortunately Mercy was not so rare as it was beautiful, for it is universally true that "The bravest are the tenderest, the loving are the daring." "Bushi no nasaké"—the tenderness of a warrior—had a sound which appealed at once to whatever was noble in us;

As to strictly ethical doctrines, the teachings of Confucius were the most prolific source of Bushido.

Read Hearn, the most eloquent and truthful interpreter of the Japanese mind, and you see the working of that mind to be an example of the working of Bushido.

Bu-shi-do means literally Military-Knight-Ways—the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily life as well as in their vocation; in a word, the "Precepts of Knighthood," the noblesse oblige of the warrior class.

I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the sexes. I believe in my tribe. I believe in the righteous, intelligent clued-up section of the working classes against the brain-dead moronic masses as well as the mediocre, soulless bourgeoisie.

wrong: Penthesilea is

As I mounted the stairs, my lips silently tried out the two words "contrary warrior" together.

Jah – or at least I know about him. My father knew him well. They fought together at the battle of Zacatecas, the fiercest battle of the war. There is a rumor that my father fell because El Pantera abandoned him at the wrong time. My father, too, was a great warrior.

We march for Macragge!' The seargent declares 'No, not today,' Ventanus replied. 'Today, we march for Calth.'

Dorn shook out his shoulders, and raised his sword and shield. 'Try me,' he said. They rushed him.

As a warrior, I am a man of conscience, and that conscience is directed by my faith in the Emperor.

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does

You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death.

And what, Majesty, did you ask for?" "A noble and gallant sea officer. . . An honorable warrior." Her mouth tightened. "A hero." "Well then, allow me to pretend," he murmured, his fingers inches from those tempting breasts. "But you're a pirate!" "And a good one, too," he added, grinning wolfishly and letting his fingertips slide beneath her shirt.

Would you rather leave?" "Absolutely not. I may be bloodied, but I can still carry a sword.

the Maori and their haka. It is death. It is death, they chant. To terrify, to petrify.

God, give us Peace! not such as lulls to sleep, But sword on thigh and brow with purpose knit!

It should be dangerous to attack a warrior, but when we turn our protectors into cowed puppies, they sometimes do not even have the spirit to defend themselves from the kicks of an ungrateful public. And in the end, they may not be able to protect us and our loved ones at the moment of truth. It

War is the province of danger and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior, von Clausewitz maintained.

The Japanese samurai held the view that what was serious for the common man was but a game for the valiant. Noble