Armor Quotes

• Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.

  Brent Weeks

  Remember

  Brent Weeks (2012). “The Blinding Knife: Book 2 of Lightbringer”, p.133, Hachette UK

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• Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Proud, Burden

  Mark Twain (1979). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.323, Univ of California Press

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• Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

  George R. R. Martin

  Ice, Thrones, Used

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• There is no armor against fate.

  James Shirley

  Fate

  James Shirley, “From Ajax Dirge”

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• Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.

  William Cowper

  Christian, Prayer, Fighting

  William Cowper, “Olney Hymn 29: Exhortation To Prayer”

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• The best armor is to keep out of range.

  Abraham J. Twerski

  War, Degradation, Range

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• Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

  Robert South

  Innocence, Children Innocence, Polished

  ROBERT SOUTH (1866). “SERMONS SEVERAL OCCASIONS”, p.43

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• Your choice of armor was your intellect.

  Alanis Morissette

  Education, Choices, Intellect

  Song: Surrendering, Album: Under Rug Swept, 2002

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• A sense of humor is needed armor.

  Hugh Sidey

  Sense Of Humor, Needed

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• If you're able to build from your falls you'll be unstoppable and damn near fearless. You see, every time you fall down and get back up, you add another piece of body armor to yourself. You learn what not to do, how to do better, and how to create comfort through practice.

  Chris Hardwick

  Fall, Practice, Fearless

  Chris Hardwick (2011). “The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)”, p.222, Penguin

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• As long as we let the Word of God be our only armor, we can look confidently into the future.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Long, Looks, Word Of God

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• Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Strong, Idols, Weapons

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.332, Penguin

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• When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.

  Pema Chodron

  Pain, Heart, Protection

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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  A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

  Hugh Sidey

  Funny, Happiness, Happy

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• There is no armor like perseverance.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Perseverance

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• If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than steel.

  Richard Bach

  Letting Go, Magic, Stronger

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• Occupation is the armor of the soul.

  George Stillman Hillard

  Soul, Occupation

  George Stillman HILLARD (1854). “The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession. An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, Etc”, p.22

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• Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Ignorance, Ignorant, Logic

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• It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.

  Margaret Fuller

  Self, Slave, Abandon

  Margaret Fuller (1844). “Summer on the Lakes”, p.73, Ardent Media

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• 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

  Dirty, Hero, Artist

  "Fictional character: Penelope Garcia". "Criminal Minds: True Night" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

  Ed Pastor

  War, Iraq, Support

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• Men, we don't need you in shining armor.
  We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.

  Virginia Madsen

  Men, Shining, Brave

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• 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

  Knights, Two Sides, Knowing

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• This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Errors, Land, Humanity

  Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1896, in 'The First Battle. A Story of the Campaign of 1896' (1896) vol. 1, ch. 10

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• Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Writing, Editors, Rejection

  Kurt Vonnegut (1982). “Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage”, Dell Books

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