115 Knight Quotes
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Famous Knight Quotes
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger. — Sir Philip Sidney
Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds. — Dejan Stojanovic
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. — Ernst Moritz Arndt
Knavery is the best defense against a knave. — Plutarch
The jester is brother to the sage. — Arthur Koestler
Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross. — Thomas Malory
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. — Honore de Balzac
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge. — Bob Dylan
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. — Charles Baudelaire
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. — Sun Tzu
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. — Socrates
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen. — Ovid
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen. — Mother Teresa
Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown. — Gordon Lightfoot
A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line. — Plutarch
Short Knight Quotes
- I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger. — Heath Ledger
- Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! — Mikhail Tal
- Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying! — Heath Ledger
- Play by the rules, but be ferocious. — Phil Knight
- In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining. — George R. R. Martin
- See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve. — Heath Ledger
- The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules. — Heath Ledger
- In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop — Vlastimil Hort
- Does it depress you? To know just how alone you really are? — Heath Ledger
- Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool. — Phil Knight
Knight Image Quotes
Dark Knight Quotes
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. — George Lucas
...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. — Michael Caine
If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely. — Liam Neeson
A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended. — Christopher Nolan
Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up. — Christopher Nolan
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain. — Aaron Eckhart
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will. — George Lucas
If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal and if they can't stop you, you become something else entirely - legend, Mr Wayne. — Henri
You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded. — Christian Bale
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? — Heath Ledger
Bobby Knight Quotes
This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.' — David Bonior
Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins. — Dan Quayle
From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I've always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, "I'm Bob Knight." — Bobby Knight
Howard Dean is narrowing the field of potential running mates. It's down to Mike Tyson or Bobby Knight. — Craig Kilborn
This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.' — David E. Bonior
Batman Dark Knight Quotes
Let's put a smile on that face! — Heath Ledger
Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair. — Heath Ledger
Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share. — Liam Neeson
The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat. — Zack Snyder
If you're good at something, never do it for free. — Jonathan Nolan
A little fight in you. I like that. — Heath Ledger
Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded. — Christian Bale
Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight. — Jonathan Nolan
To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong. — Kevin Conroy
I was excited about The Dark Knight until Heath Ledger gave away the ending, Batman always wins. — Zach Braff
Knight In Shining Armor Quotes
Don't listen to the lies, I swear they all lies. You know I could be your knight in shining Armor All tires. — Drake
I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park. — Rufus Wainwright
I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor. — Barbara Feldon
I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say. — Tyrone Power
There's a thing called game, and when you're out and you're trying to push up on a female and you're going, "Yo, I want to be your knight in shining armor," chances are you're going to get a drink on your face. — Shemar Moore
Ah, my Knight in Shining Armor. What, you don't think I can fend for myself? — James Dashner
Maybe all young men who love us become knights in shining armor when we love them back. — Cameron Dokey
Women do not need a knight in shining armor or a Prince Charming to come to their rescue. — Bryant H. McGill
Women love firefighters so much because it’s like a knight in shining armor kind of thing. — Taylor Kinney
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second- rate technology, led them into it in the first place. — Douglas Adams
Knighthood Quotes
More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life. — Barbara Tuchman
I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights. — Harold Pinter
Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no. — Derek Jacobi
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns. — Thomas Bulfinch
The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous. — Thomas Bulfinch
Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain. — Thomas Malory
For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls! — Brian Clough
But now that she had achieved knighthood, and thought and acted as she wanted and decided, for one has to act in this way in order to save this world, she neither noticed nor cared that all the people around her thought she was insane. — Kathy Acker
They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it. — George R. R. Martin
The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood. — Alex Ferguson
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 Heath Ledger |
62 | 953 |
 Plutarch |
392 | 3879 |
 Phil Knight |
28 | 567 |
 Sir Philip Sidney |
19 | 341 |
 Dejan Stojanovic |
188 | 461 |
 Ernst Moritz Arndt |
9 | 48 |
More Knight Quotes
I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union... I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden. — Ibn Arabi
"My aim is to institute perpetual adoration," spoke St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Franciscan priest and founder of the Knights of the Immaculata. For he said that this is "the most important activity," and "if half of the Brothers would work, and the other half pray, this would not require too much." — Maximilian Kolbe
Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of this Christian order and Knights of that one, all surrounding the sinner's free will in an embattled circle. — Sean O'Casey
Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he only had time to put on a suit of armor and ride swiftly on a black horse into a very well-lit woods where he vanished forever. — Richard Brautigan
Of course, history is only a muddle of facts and a fuddle of professors, and anyone who thinks it is one clear voice saying "Arise, sir Knight" deserves a life sentence in Camelot. — Wilfrid Sheed
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time. — Frank Miller
A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors. — Bernard Law Montgomery
One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home. — Jacqueline Kelly
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world. — Trevor Noah
I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — Emanuel Lasker
We used to think that everything started in the lab. Now we realize that everything spins off the consumer. — Phil Knight
The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice--or he is not a gentleman. — Emily Post
Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. — Savielly Tartakower
When you live in holiness, when you really try to stop sinning, you become braver. You become more courageous, you become a man of your word. You become a man of conviction that you're not willing to sell out and you're really a true knight in shining armour. — Jim Caviezel
How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered! After this, then, is it any longer worthwhile to rack one's brain to find new ghosts to fear? No, indeed: All hail optimism! - upon playing Hermanis Mattison after he overlooked an unusual knight manouevre. — Aron Nimzowitsch
To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight. — Emanuel Lasker
This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention. — Wilhelm Keitel
We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour. — Phil Knight
I think I'm not really into the handsome, chivalrous knight; I like the bad boys. — Sophie Turner
We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing! — Graham Chapman
Cinderella said to snow white, how does love get so off course? All I wanted was a white knight with a good heart, soft touch, fast horse. — Faith Hill
I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy. — Gary Cooper
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