David Gemmell Quotes
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We sit here safe, within a circle of swords held by other men.
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I don't know yet whether I fully believe in fate, but certain things do happen in a man's life that he cannot explain.
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Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.
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The point is ... that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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Fear is like a fire in your belly. Controlled, it warms you and keeps you alive. Uncontrolled, it burns and destroys you.
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Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.
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'One day you'll find a love, and then we can talk on equal terms. I do not mean that to sound patronizing. You are bright and intelligent. You have courage and wit. But sometimes, it is like trying to describe colors to a blind man. Love, as I hope you will find, has great power. Even death cannot destroy it. And I still love her.'
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He who fears to lose will never win.
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All men have talents. Some build, some paint, some write, some fight. For me it is different.
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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.
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It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.
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A man must know his limitations.
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Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.
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'I don't understand how any man would wish to pursue such a away of life.Causing pain, being hurt, risking death - and for what? so that a crowd of fat-bellied merchants can see blood flow.'
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While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.
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The onset of fear makes the simplest actions complex and difficult.
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All beauty is sad. For it fades.
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Only a fool loves war. Or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it.
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A problem shared is a problem doubled.
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Some of you are probably thinking that you may panic and run. You will not! Others are worried about dying. Some of you will. But all men die. No one ever gets out of this life alive.
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When your life has been spent in one war after another for forty-five years, you have to be pretty handy to survive.