Quotes by David Gemmell

David Gemmell

British author of heroic fantasy

Alive from: 1948-2006

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

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  A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
  Source: Quest For Lost Heroes (2011) 43

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  I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.
  Source: Lord of the Silver Bow (2005)

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  A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn't hurt others.
  Source: Legend (2011) 114

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  All legends have a base in fact.

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  By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.
  Source: Legend (2011) 33

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  Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

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  Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.

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  Hate is the father of all evil.

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  He who fears to lose will never win.
  Source: Legend (2011) 131

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  I don't know yet whether I fully believe in fate, but certain things do happen in a man's life that he cannot explain.
  Source: Legend (2011)

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  I make little distinction between those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.

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  I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.
  Source: Troy: Shield Of Thunder (1990) 371

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  I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.

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  If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.

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  In my experience all women deserve someone better.