“I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].” FactsBlackCareersProudDirectAthleteNobleChiefsWarriorDescendantsHawks Author:Jim Thorpe
“On the other hand, heroism is basic to the character of the Nordic peoples. This heroism of the ancient mythic period and this is what is decisive has never been lost, despite times of decline, so long as the Nordic blood was still alive. Heroism, in fact, took many forms, from the warrior nobility of Siegfried or Hercules to the intellectual nobility of Copernicus and Leonardo , the religious nobility of Eckehart and Lagarde, or the political nobility of Frederick the Great and Bismarck , and its substance has remained the same.” LongStillsCharacterFactsHandsFormPoliticalLostReligiousAliveBloodPeriodsIntellectualAncientDespiteWarriorSubstanceDeclineHeroismNobilityLeonardoCopernicusNordicBismarck Author:Alfred Rosenberg
“A true warrior does not fight because he wishes to but because he has to. A man who yearns for war, a man who enjoys his killing, he is a brute and a monster. No matter how much glory he wins on the battlefield, that cannot erase the fact that he is no better than a rabid wolf who will turn on his friends and family as soon as his foes.” MenDoeWarMatterFactsTurnsFightingWinningWishEnjoyGloryKillingMonstersWarriorFamily And FriendsFoeTurn-onBrutesEraseBattlefieldsTrue Warrior Book:The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance Source: The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance