Fortress Quotes

You, men of England, who have no right to this Kingdom of France, the King of Heaven orders and notifies you through me, Joan the Maiden, to leave your fortresses and go back to your own country; or I will produce a clash of arms to be eternally remembered. And this is the third and last time I have written to you; I shall not write anything further. - Joan Of Arc

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, / Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: / That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. - Bible

Within this body-fortress is the Lord, the Sovereign Lord King, but the stubborn ones do not find the taste. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach. - Vladimir Kramnik

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place. - Phyllis McGinley

When you look around and see what happened to the rest of the community, I think we're real lucky. This place was built as the result of Hurricane Andrew, and it was built like a fortress. - Curtis Gray

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. - Antisthenes