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Quotes About Valor

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.
~ George R.R. Martin
A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.
~ George R.R. Martin
Did you teach him wisdom as well as valor, Ned! She wondered. Did you teach him how to Kneel! The grave yards of the Seven Kinfdoms are full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. Cat.
~ George R.R. Martin
It is chivalry that makes a true knight, not a sword.
~ George R.R. Martin
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave,
~ George R.R. Martin
A valiant deed unsung is no less valiant.
~ George R.R. Martin
Valor is a poor substitute for numbers
~ George R.R. Martin
The brave man slays with a sword, the craven with a wineskin.
~ George R.R. Martin
Even a hedge knight has his honor.
~ George R.R. Martin
No, but you have courage. Not battle courage perhaps but . . . I don't know . . . a kind of woman's courage.
~ George R.R. Martin
In the songs, the knights never screamed nor begged for mercy.
~ George R.R. Martin
Un hombre puede ser valiente cuando tiene miedo? —Es el único momento en que puede ser valiente.
~ George R.R. Martin
I am afraid but I must be brave
~ George R.R. Martin
Even the bravest men fear death and maiming
~ George R.R. Martin
A sword is only as good as the man who wields it.
~ George R.R. Martin
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?
~ George R.R. Martin
A knight swears by his sword.
~ George R.R. Martin
Three good men dead, to save a hedge knight's foot.
~ George R.R. Martin
His strength, his speed, his valor, all his hard-won skill . . . it was worth less than a mummer's fart, because he flinched from killing.
~ George R.R. Martin
Good armor and a good horse means a good ransom if I unseat him.
~ George R.R. Martin
Better to die a knight than live like that.
~ George R.R. Martin
A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword's are prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead.
~ George R.R. Martin
A sword so fine must bear a name. It would please me if you would call this one Oathkeeper.
~ George R.R. Martin
Nor I. There was a time that I would have given my right hand to wield a sword like that. Now it appears I have, so the blade is wasted on me. Take it." Before she could think to refuse, he went on. "A sword so fine must bear a name. It would please me if you would call this one Oathkeeper. One more thing. The blade comes with a price.
~ George R.R. Martin