Skip to content

It is a terrible thing to be a king, especially a great one, for one must serve ideals of the spirit at the price of lovers of flesh and blood. Who profits from a king's fidelity save generations a thousand years unborn, and which of his works will they recall at that remove, or care?

— Steven Pressfield Last of the Amazons (2002)

Another quote →

More quotes by Steven Pressfield

You have never tasted freedom friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.

Gates of Fire (1998)

The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.

The War of Art (2002)

Both men were aware of the imperative held by all warrior races to serve honor before survival.

Last of the Amazons (2002)

If you think this is funny, wait 'till you get into combat. You'll think that's hysterical!

Gates of Fire (1998)

I believe him, Dienekes. He's so fucking stupid, this is just the way he would skrew it up.

Gates of Fire (1998)

All Steven Pressfield quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Steven Pressfield (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.