The best Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

Trust is a delicate flower. Once destroyed, it's not easily coming back.

The stronger we are, the less likely a war is.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

Children are our best judges.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Lies can make wars happen, but the truth can stop armies.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.

War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.

I was a warrior who dreamed he could bring peace. Sooner or later though, you always have to wake up.

This is how it's done. When people are sittin' on shit that you want, you make 'em your enemy. Then you're justified in taking it.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

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

Not all lies are bad, just as the truth is not always good.

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

The bigger the lie, the more people believe in it.

Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?

Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.

Which is worse: A lie that draws a smile or a truth that draws a tear?

Trust is earned - I can't just magically hand it over.

Trust no one. Not even your own feelings.

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Strength lies in knowing oneself.

No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it.

Surely iron cannot be forged without fire? Most peculiar indeed.

The iron that must bear the most heavy of burdens must also endure the most rigorous tempering!

I've seen a trace of nickel added to iron to make a blade lighter and stronger.

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

What do you mean, "he don't eat no meat"? That's okay. I'll make lamb.

Meat without wine is also a sin.

Thanks cows. I appreciate your tastiness.

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

The last thing a lion wants is to have his dinner handed to him on a silver platter.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

You don't bring a date to a wedding, that's like taking a deer carcass on a hunting trip.

Truth never wins, but its enemies cease to exist.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.