Quotes About Strength

The first weapon you bring to any fight ain't a spear or an arrow or an axe." Flick blinked at him. "Sword?" "Surprise," said Clover. "Surprise makes brave men cowards, strong men weak, wise men fools.

The tree is only as strong as its roots, and knowledge is the root of power.

Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he's a fighter.

Bayaz chuckled. "The Bloody-Nine, scared of shadows? I'd never have believed it." "Every shadow's cast by something," growled the Northman,

You will be struck, and when you are the force of it must not stagger you, the pain of it must not slow you, the shock of it must not cause you to doubt.

No soy un guerrero. —Sí que lo eres. —Un guerrero no se asusta. —Un necio no se asusta. Un guerrero resiste a pesar del miedo, y tú has resistido.

El dolor es el mejor combustible para avivar un fuego.

Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field

She brushed the tip of his nose with a finger. "Oh my poor baby, are you scared of him?" He rolled away from her onto his back. "A little. Everyone should be at least a little scared of Bremer dan Gorst.

The Fates knew, she could have used some comfort. But some people need to be held up. Which means some people need to do the holding.

This wasn't fantasies, it was life. And life had a habit of kicking her in the cunt. But

Patience is as fearsome a weapon as rage. More so, in fact, 'cause fewer men have it.

Last Argument of Kings." Inscribed on his cannons by Louis XIV

Silence is a warrior's best armour, the saying goes. Hard looks and hard words have never won a battle yet, but they've lost a few.

No armour.' Yon was helping Brack into his mail, shaking his head as he frowned over at Whirrun. 'What kind of a bloody hero don't wear bloody armour?' 'Armour …' mused Whirrun, licking a finger and scrubbing some speck of dirt from the pommel of his sword, 'is part of a state of mind … in which you admit the possibility … of being hit.

Now he'd started crying he couldn't seem to stop. No more than you can rebuild a burst dam when the flood's still surging through. That's the problem with making yourself hard. Once you crack, there's no putting yourself back together.

Self-pity was for children and half-wits.

You are very brave' said the first of the Magi, and his voice was almost painful on her ear 'Or very rash. To cavil with a man who has called up storms and snatched down lightning. Who scattered the mighty Thousand Words like chaff on the wind.' He leaned forwards, baring his teeth, and it was the most she could do to stop herself cringing, stumbling back, dropping to her knees. 'Why, you must know, that with a thought I could make ash of you.

The general with the smallest numbers should remain always on the offensive.

Suffering is what gives a man strength, my boy, just as the steel most hammered turns out the hardest.

Hard words are for fools and cowards. Stour might be both, but you're neither.

Cairm Ironhead was a very different prospect. His scar-crossed face was a fortress of frown you could've blunted an axe on, eyes like nails under a brow like an anvil, cropped hair and beard an uncompromising black.

A türelem éppen olyan félelmetes fegyver, mint a harag. S?t, félelmetesebb, mert kevesebb ember rendelkezik vele.

In bloody days, swords were worth more than gods. They certainly had 'em outnumbered.