Henry Rollins Quotes

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this." "Shut up,Billy." "Think of the people in San Francisco." "I don't know any of the people in San Francisco," Virginia answered, then paused. "Well,actually I do,and I don't like them. But I do like you,Billy, and I'm not going to allow you to end up as lunch for some raggedy lion-monster-thingy." "A sphinx," Machiavelli corrected her. He was standing at the bars again. "Mistress Dare," the Italian said carefully. "I absolutely applaud you for what you want to do for your friend. But I urge you to think of the bigger picture.

...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all.

No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me." "Why are you saying that?" she cried. "You want to be responsible for the whole world?" It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say that. I knew I had to step up and claim it. "I can't let Nico be in any more danger," I said. "I owe that much to his sister. I…let them both down. I'm not going to let that poor kid suffer any more.

The fact that he was willing to sacrifice his own face in order to keep mine from getting bashed in

I'm a really selfish person. But I would do anything for my friends.

There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

Look, I would say that anyone who does this work and doesn't have a strain of idealism is an adrenaline junkie or completely narcissistic. There is no other justification. You're risking your life, and if anything happens, it's our families who suffer tremendously.

There's something so grabbing about people who will do anything for one another.

We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.

I will give my life to whoever in need, to any dear friend of mine.

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

I always knew my death would be a possible consequence of the work I do. But for me it was a price I was willing to pay because this is what I believed in.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.