Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
They find the closest enemy and try to cut them up with swords. Madness. Just madness. Just so there can be something to carve on the cathedrals and put in children's stories.
— Lord General Xarius on the Space Marines, Warhammer 40,000
There's no contract to sign, no oath to swear. The enlistment procedure is to unsheathe your sword and point it at the enemy.
—Flavor text for the Magic: The Gathering card Glory Seeker
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
— Jean de La Fontaine
"Me, a warrior. Finally, a chance to be part of something important. A chance to use my sword... my arm... and maybe, even my blood..."
— Pippin, speaking over a mounting drum roll in Pippin
You can tell I’m lying, huh? That’s awesome. So you’ll know I’m telling the truth when I say your team hate your guts. They know you care more about rising from your position as the seventh most prominent member of the Protectorate than you do about them or the city.
Killing equals honor.
— Glorion, Journeyquest
Luz: Belos says he's trying to save humanity, and we're saying we wanna save our families, so isn't that the same thing, d-don't these feelings come from the same place?
The Titan: You assume Belos's goal comes from a genuine place. But that man doesn't care about anything but his need to be the hero in his own delusion. And because of that, he fears what he can't control.
The Titan: You assume Belos's goal comes from a genuine place. But that man doesn't care about anything but his need to be the hero in his own delusion. And because of that, he fears what he can't control.
No one will care about my death if I don't prove to them that I lived.
— Harold A. Shpitz, Perfect Vermin
