Quotes and Sayings about Kings

Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.

You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.

A wise king never seeks out war, but he must always be ready for it.

Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.

Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight?

You can sit on a throne, that doesn't make you a ruler. It only means you have an arse.

You are a good man, with a good heart. And it’s hard for a good man to be a king.

Do you really think the crown gives you power?

The book spoke of a king carrying the burdens of his people. It said that those who led were the lowest of men, for they were required to serve everyone.

Souls and thrones are irreconcilable.

The king is a man, and a man can fail. But a myth is indestructible.

A king is only as noble as the cause he serves.

The throne is the most devious trap of them all.

A king's time as rules rises and falls like the sun.

Kings come and go, but gold stays.

A king does not ask, he commands.

A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

A crown is merely a hat that doesn't protect you from the rain.

"Who's that then?"
"I dunno. Must be a king."
"Why?"
"He hasn't got shit all over him."

A king without power is an absurdity.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

Tell me something, do you still believe good soldiers make good kings?

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

You should know that all power comes at a price. For every bit of power you gain, so too do you gain more responsibility.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

The Royal Family's wealth, unline their gene pool, is massive.

How romantic it must be to get imprisoned in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs.

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only once."

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.

"When your wives suggested couple's therapy, do you think that this is what they had in mind?"
"Definitely! I mean, we're a couple of couples, right?"

There's no death for those who don't fear it.

The only ones who gods care about is themselves.

The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

The mind is the weapon. You are unarmed.

In times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers.

Tress considered herself to be categorically boring. She liked her tea lukewarm, she went to bed on time, she loved her parents, occasionally squabbled with her little brother, and didn't litter. She was fair at needlepoint, and had a talent for baking. But had no other noteworthy skills. She didn't train at fencing in secret, she couldn't talk to animals, she had no hidden royalty or deities in her lineage. Though her great-grandmother Glorf had once reportedly waved at the king.

Life breaks us, Teft. Then we fill the cracks with something stronger.

I didn’t fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway. And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.

Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing.

Kora: "I'm here to make you an offer. To give you a chance at redemption."
General Titus: "We are beyond redemption."
Kora: "What about revenge?"

There's always a bit of truth in legends.