48 quotes found
“One King means peace.”
“Do whatever you must, Karigan," he told her, his voice so quiet it would not carry, "to come back. You must come back. To me." ~King Zachary”
“I tell you the truth, a man may not make himself king; only the blessing of him who holds the kingship can elevate a man to that high place. For sovereignty is a sacred trust that may not be barter...”
“Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.”
“Silver hidden in the gold,Young man hidden in the old,Laughing lord with weeping eyes,Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest”
“Yet through virtuous living man is further ordained to a higher end, which consists in the enjoyment of God, as we have said above. Consequently, since society must have the same end as the individ...”
“Power is dangerous. It corrupts the best and attracts the worst. Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up.”
“Any fool with ambition and heartlessness can be a ruler.”
“It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. So its not surprising that kings would talk to shepherds.”
“If you serve the king of kings, the rest will serve you, money, success, prosperity, etc”
“Man wants to be the king o the rabbits, he best wear a pair o floppy ears.”
“The strength of a kingdom comes from its King,The strength of a King comes from his Queen.”
“He had never been a social man. He had shunned causes with contempt and disgust. They were for pig-simple suckers and people with too much time and money on their hands”
“How can the daughter of an whore ever think to hold the heart of a King?”
“He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.”
“The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it.”
“And only men could have invented the idea of a king.”
“He didn't know why, but seeing her made him feel like a man. She was something out of a dream - a dream in which he was not a spoiled young prince, but a king.”
“In bad times, a king or a queen can be a rock for the waters to crash against, so those less strong are not washed away. I will be such a rock. Only give me a chance, sweet Zoria, and I will be a r...”
“You may be a good warrior... But you've made a mistake I never did. You agreed to serve a stupid king.”
