I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art.
I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion.
But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.
I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art.
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves.
All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot.
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art.
I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion.
But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.
I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art.
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves.
All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot.
— Hippocratic Oath
King Svein said: "I know that it is customary at celebrations such as this for men to make vows as to increase their renown. And since you Vikings of Jom are famed in all lands it is likely that your vows will surpass all others. Now I shall make the beginning: I vow that I shall have driven King Aethelred of England from his kingdom before the beginning of next winter or else have slain him and thus obtained his kingdom. Now it is your turn, Sigvaldi. And make your vow not less."
Sigvaldi said it should be so. "Sire, I make the vow that before three years have passed I shall have harried in Norway with such forces as I have, and have driven Earl Hákon out of his land or killed him, or else have fallen myself."
Sigvaldi said it should be so. "Sire, I make the vow that before three years have passed I shall have harried in Norway with such forces as I have, and have driven Earl Hákon out of his land or killed him, or else have fallen myself."
"I may have left the Circle, but I took a vow. My magic will serve that which is best in me; not that which is most base."
— Malcolm Hawke, Dragon Age II
"Never cruel or cowardly. Never give up, never give in."
"For justice and peace, I will keep watch."
"For the sake of the Multiverse, I will keep watch."
"For the life of every plane, I will keep watch."
"If it means that people can live in freedom, yeah, I'll keep watch."
— Gideon, Jace, Nissa and Chandra forming the Gatewatch, Magic: The Gathering
Peter Parker: When Marla Jameson died, I just couldn't take it anymore. I made a vow. When I'm around, no one dies.
Mary Jane: Peter Parker, I think...that's the stupidest thing you've ever said.
Peter: Hey!
Mary Jane: That's impossible.
Peter: What? I'm impossible. I walk up walls. Bend steel in my bare hands.
Mary Jane: You forget to water the plants and can't parallel park. Yes, sweetie, you're super...but you're still ''human''. People make ''mistakes''. And that vow of yours? No one could live up that.
— Amazing Spider-Man #688, written by Dan Slott.
The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant: "Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination."
The Second Ideal of the Windrunners: "I will protect those who cannot protect themselves."
The Third Ideal of the Windrunners: "I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right."note
The Fourth Ideal of the the Windrunners: "I accept that there will be those I cannot protect."
The Second Ideal of the Skybreakers, the Ideal of Justice: "I swear to seek justice, to let it guide me, until I find a more perfect Ideal."
The Third Ideal of the Skybreakers, the Ideal of Dedication: "I will hold the law above all else." note
The Second Ideal of the Edgedancers: "I will remember those who have been forgotten."
The Third Ideal of the Edgedancers: "I will listen to those who have been ignored."
The Second Ideal of the Bondsmiths: "I will unite instead of divide. I will bring men together."
The Third Ideal of the Bondsmiths: "I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man."
— The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, The Stormlight Archive
And I swear by the spirits of my parents to avenge their deaths by spending the rest of my life warring on all criminals.
— Bruce Wayne, Detective Comics #33
