40 Game of Thrones phrases that prove this series is sensational

A lion doesn’t care about the opinion of a sheep.

When your enemy challenges you, you must deal with him with iron and fire. But when he kneels at your feet you must help him up.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep sharp.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.

I was never more alive than when I was fighting for the throne. And I’ve never felt so dead since I sat on it.

Lannister, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell… They’re all just spokes on a wheel. This one is on top, then that one is on top, and so on it spins, crushing those on the ground. I will not stop the wheel. I will break the wheel.

If you leave a wolf alive, the sheep will never be safe.

The man who pronounces the sentence must brandish the sword.

Chaos is not an abyss. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given the chance to rise, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Only the ladder is real. Climbing is all there is.

Any man who needs to say “I am a king” is not a true king.

Some wounds never heal and bleed again at the sound of words.

When many people make false promises, the words become meaningless. Soon, there will be no more answers, only better and better lies, and lies will not help us win this fight.

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it kills all the same.

Most men are quicker to deny a hard truth than to face it.

It is the family name that endures. It’s all that remains. It’s not your personal glory, it’s not your honor… but your family.

Every wound is a lesson, and every lesson makes us better.

People are hungry for more than just food. They crave distractions. And if we don’t provide them, they will create their own. And your distractions will likely end up tearing us apart. A royal marriage is much safer, wouldn’t you say?

Give me honorable enemies instead of ambitious ones and I’ll sleep more peacefully at night.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

War is war, but killing a man at a wedding? Horrible. What kind of monster would do such a thing? As if men needed any more reason to fear marriage.

Power resides where man believes it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very long shadow.

Never forget who you are, the rest of the world won’t. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.

I will hurt you for this. A day will come when you will think you are safe and happy, and all your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth. And you will know that the debt is paid.

All my life, men like you have made fun of me. And all my life I’ve been knocking men like you into the dust.

A real man does what he wants, not what he must.

A man who fights for coins is loyal only to his wallet.

War is easier than daughters.

He was always very smart, even when he was a kid. But it’s one thing to be smart, another to be wise.

One day you will sit on the throne and the truth will be yours to make.

When the snow falls and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives!

A good deed does not eliminate a bad deed; not the other way around either.

– What do you say to the God of Death? – Not today.

A mother does not run away without her children.

People learn to love the chains that bind them.

How can a man be brave if he is afraid? That’s the only time a man can be brave.

My brother has a sword, the king has a hammer, I have my mind.

A madman really sees what he says he sees.

Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with feathers and crows.

A leader must learn that words accomplish things that many swords cannot.

Sometimes different roads lead to the same castle.