#throne

If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really deposing Christ from His throne in our own souls. ↗

— Roland Allen

#allow #christ #consideration #duty #gospel

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#build #long #sit #throne #you

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#throne #world

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones? ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#george-r-r-martin #ned-stark #varys #innocence

Most of us are not so strong. What is humor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms? Or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory and our great tragedy. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#inspirational #love #humor

Be certain,” Catelyn told her son, “or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Robb-these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelynstark #gameofthrones #inspirational #leadership #home

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#game-of-thrones #george-r-r-martin #life

He was done with politics and intrigue. He loved her, and no empire, no king, and no earthly fear would keep him from her. No, if they tried to take her from him, he'd rip the world apart with his bare hands. And for some reason, that didn't terrify him. ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#throne-of-glass #love

Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm.... ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelyn-stark #mother #mothers-love #robb #son

Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them. ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#sarah-j-maas #throne-of-glass #confusion