Sword Quotes

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.

Give me a sword fight any day.

The power of the sword, say the minority... is in the hands of Congress.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a man, who was this great sword fighter, and the captain fell in love with her.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in the airplane to stick your samurai sword.

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and is considerably easier to write with.

The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

I got into my very theatrical phase. I wore only black: a big black hat and wild hair and wild black clothes, and I carried a sword stick. I went there still looking like Miss Florida, and I came back looking very different.

Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.