in a thread about less popular chapters, somebody mentioned the Celestial Lions, so I decided to go check them on wikia and read a little about them, this is some bad@ss thing to say to somebody. "In whatever underworld your foul breed believes, you shell tell your pig-blooded ancestors that you died to the blade of Ekene of Elysium, Lion of the Emperor."- Ekene Dubaku Chapter Master of the Celestial Lions.
That my good sir is a bad@ss quote and deserve to be said by a space marine. Lemme guess the celestial lions are a succser chapter of the dark angels ?
"What is it that gives us purpose?" "War." "What is it that gives war purpose?" "To vanquish the foes of the Emperor." "Who are the foes of the Emperor?" "The Heretic, the Alien and the Mutant." "What is it to be an enemy of the Emperor?" "It is to be damned." "What is the instrument of the Emperor's damnation?" "We, the Space Marines, the Angels of Death." "What is it to be a Space Marine?" "It is to be pure, to be strong, to show no pity, nor mercy, nor remorse." "What is it to be pure?" "To never know fear, to never waver in the fight." "What is it to be strong?" "To fight on when others flee; to stand and die in the knowledge that death brings ultimate reward." "What is the ultimate reward?" "To server the Emperor." "Who do we serve?" "We serve the Emperor and the Lion, and through them we serve mankind." "What is it to be Dark Angels?" "It is to be the first, the honoured, the sons of the Lion."
I can just imagine if there really are alien visitors on our planet, they would say something similar.
Being very partial to the chaplain my favorite quote has always been , " At battle's end, speak the Liturgy in a clear voice. Respect the bravery of the living. Give the Rite of Passage to the fallen. Honour the battle gear of the dead. To do all this with reverence, even when exhausted by battle and weary from the field, is the duty of a Chaplain. It is his burden and satisfaction." - From the Book of Faith
best tau/imperium (Gue'vesa'la) quote out there ""I used to be a like them [humans], in fact one of the strongest sceptics! But then i saw, the Greater Good isn't just a insignificant alien belief. The imperium's methods of violence will never achieve dominion of the galaxy. Violence solves only the direst of situations. Try punching your girlfriend in the face to keep her faithful for example!" —Tal Hunter, a former Imperial lieutenant. Now part of the Tau Empire.
Here's some: "If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others, he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he exercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echo through the millennia for a hundred lifetimes. Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy." "The lesson is this. The only real crime for those of superlative intellect and great prowess is to allow one's self to become shackled by mediocrity. The crime is to let your grasp be less than your reach. To aim low." "Though the gates that stand between the mortal world and the immortal Realm of Chaos are now closed to me, still I would rather die having glimpsed eternity than never to have stirred from the cold furrow of mortal life. I embrace death without regret as I have embraced life without fear." "What is Chaos? Suffering, you might say. Oppression. Deceit. But could not all these things be said of your Imperium? You hunt down the talented and the strong-willed. You break them or sacrifice them. You lie to your citizens and wage war on those who dare speak out. The inquisitors you call masters assume guilt and execute millions on a whim. And why? Why do you do this? Because you know Chaos is there but you do not know how to fight it, so you crush your own citizens for fear that they might aid the Enemy. The Imperium suffers because of Chaos. No matter how hard you fight, that will never change. Chaos exists in a state of permanent victory over you - you dance to our tune, mortal one, you butcher and torture and repress one another because the gods of the warp require you to. The Imperium is founded on Chaos. My lord Tzeentch won your war a long, long time ago." "That's what you don't understand about me, Vaanes. I don't care. I do what I want because it is who I am. Anything else is a lie and if there is one thing I can say of myself, it is that I will never compromise who I am. Not for the powers of the warp, not for the M'kar and certainly not for you. When death is a heartbeat away, I am truly alive. That's the only way I know how to live. What else is there?"
Already, you exalt me for my triumphs, when I ask only that you remember me for my treacheries. Victory is nothing more than survival. It carries no weight of honour or worth beyond that we ascribe to it. If you wish to grow wise, learn why brothers betray brothers. -Memorial Inscription for 'Khyron', First Grand Master of the Eighth Brotherhood alright well since you guys apparently brought my dead thread back to life here's another quote for you
