Shield Quotes
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When Prussia hurried to the field,And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.
Walter Scott
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I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.
Damon Lindelof
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Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
J. R. R. Tolkien
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The God who had thrust him through in the darkness with probings of dread and shame was the same God who now held out the sword and shield.
Elizabeth Goudge
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Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Come back with your shield - or on it.
Plutarch
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When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.
Chip Kelly
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If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see a little soil, make for yourself a shield that will resist everything, for if you yield to your weaker nature you will not grow, you will dry up like a dead plant, and you will bear neither fruit nor flowers.
Alfred de Musset
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A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, "As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it."
Plutarch
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
David
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A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.
Plutarch
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Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His sword was long, his lance was keen, his shining helm afar was seen; the countless stars of heaven's field were mirrored in his silver shield. But long ago he rode away, and where he dwelleth none can say; for into darkness fell his star in Mordor where the shadows are.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Jesus has been my Everything. He’s been a Shield. He’s been a Provider. He’s been a Protector. He’s been a King. He’s been a Guide. So many things I can say about Jesus. Indeed I love Him. He’s in my heart.
Ricky Dillard
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I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes, than drama.
Alissa Nutting
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And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. He brushed away the tears, and stooped to pick up the green shield that Eowyn had given him, and he slung it at his back. Then he looked for his sword that he had let fall; for even as he struck his blow his arm was numbed, and now he could only use his left hand.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.
Martin Luther