"Forget your past life. From this day on, you are simply a Dark Angel--nothing else is of consequence. The Chapter is all that matters." — Supreme Grand Master Azrael addressing new recruits to the Scout Company
"No Statue! No statue will here be raised, No memorial to stand as remark upon our triumph! No songs, No poems, Nor tales of deed, so mighty that they astound the ear! No roars of praise, no feasts, no drink nor meat shall we have! No hymns of Valour, no sagas of remembrance shall be heard. Frigid winds on blue sands, the inconstant light of poisoned stars. These things shall be our witness. These things do not matter. Who care for baubles? Who cares for fame? Let our presence upon this world be our memorial! Let our feet, steel clad, pressed into the soils of this alien land, remark on our passing. Let the bones and ruin we leave behind be our joyful hymnal! What need have we of plaudit and praise? What satisfaction in elevation above the faithful is there, that can best the knowledge of service given? For we serve the Emperor! His eye is upon us! His will is our guide and our master! When we triumph, he is well pleased. When we falter, he aids our recovery. What is the opinion of men, what matters the swift passing approval of mortal kind, when the Emperor looks upon our deeds? No matter these trinkets of recognition. No matter the laurels of victory, no matter the glories other may seek. We are Space Marines, The Adeptus Astartes, The Angels of Death! And more than this...We are the Black Templars. Victory is its own reward." High Marshall Helbrecht. Source: Helbrecht The Crusader by Guy Haley.
anyone quote this?? "In dedicato imperatum ultra articulo mortis" aka "For the emperor beyond the point of death" -- Legion of the damned
"We are weapons. There is the Emperor, and there is war. Nothing more." - Blood Ravens Devastator Sergeant Avitus
"God-Emperor? Calling him a god was how all this mess started." -Bjorn the Fell-Handed, Venerable Dreadnought of the Space Wolves
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.
"Look at me! Look at me! I'm a flashy, fancy space marine, i goin' to kill orkz for the skinny git emperor! Trallala la la."
